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  • BLACKPINK becomes only K-pop artists with 3 songs topping 800 million YouTube views

    With “Kill This Love” topping the milestone of 800 million YouTube views Monday, BLACKPINK became the first K-pop artists to have three songs with over 800 million views. The music video of BLACKPINK’s latest hit song surpassed the 800 million YouTube mark early Monday morning, about one year after its release, the band’s management agency YG Entertainment said. It is the quartet’s third music video topping 800 million YouTube views, following “Ddu-du Ddu-du” and “Boombayah.” The record makes BLACKPINK the only K-pop singers with three music videos with over 800 million YouTube views so far, YG said. Within 63 hours of its release in April last year, “Kill This Love” collected more than 100 million YouTube views, attesting to the +

  • Seoul reports 0 new cases of COVID-19 in 62 Days

    South Korea reported 13 more cases of the new coronavirus on Monday, bringing the nation’s total infections to 10,647. It marked the third day in a row that the country’s new virus infections stayed below 20, according to the Korea +

  • South Korea Reports 8 New Cases, fall to single digits for first time in 2 months

    South Korea on Sunday reported eight more cases of the new coronavirus, bringing the nation’s total infections to 10,661, with the daily increase falling to a single digit for the first time in about two months. The figure for the +

  • Pengsoo debuts as singer targets Billboard

    Pengsoo, a sensational giant penguin mascot, will make its singing debut and target America’s Billboard chart. The 10-year-old character will release its first digital single “This is PENGSOO” on April 21, according to its creator the Korea Educational Broadcasting System +

  • South Korea’s new COVID-19 infections came below 20

    South Korea reported 18 more cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday, bringing the nation’s total infections to 10,653. It is the first time in nearly two months that the country’s new COVID-19 infections came below 20, according to the Korea +

  • Previous live BTS concerts to be streamed on YouTube to entertain fans at home

    A series of live concerts K-pop boy band BTS performed since 2014 will be shown for free on YouTube this weekend to entertain fans at home in this time of coronavirus self-quarantine. The band’s management agency, Big Hit Entertainment, said +

  • 2020 Incheon KPOP Concert(INK Concert) will be held on Oct 10

    Incheon Metropolitan City and Incheon Tourism Organization announced on the 17th April that Incheon’s representative Korean Wave content “2020 INK Concert” was selected as the highest grade in the 2020 K-pop concert support project organized by the Korea Tourism Organization +

  • A Letter from ‘Wonderland’ South Korea

    The Korean government will introduce a video clip containing a message to overcome COVID-19 by introducing Korea’s new method of dealing with coronavirus infections. Korean Culture and Information Service of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the +

  • South Korea reports 22 more cases of COVID-19: 14 cases from overseas

    South Korea on Friday reported 22 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the nation’s total infections to 10,635. It marked the fifth day in a row that the country’s new virus infections stayed below 30, according to the Korea +

  • South Korea’s 21st National Assembly Elections: Voters head to polls despite pandemic

    South Korean voters began casting ballots on Wednesday in parliamentary elections that are seen as a referendum on President Moon Jae-in amid the country’s fight against the new coronavirus. Voting kicked off at 6 a.m. and was to run until +






  • BTS appeared on the display at Times Square in NY for Hyundai Motor’s advertisement

    Hyundai Motor’s global hydrogen advertisement featuring BTS is aired via Marriott Marquis Hotel’s digital signage display at Times Square in New York on Friday. In the advertisement, which played for an hour, BTS members explained the company’s vision and efforts to achieve a future hydrogen society through its hydrogen fuel +

  • Seoul city to ban rallies, Shincheonji church services to curb virus

    As part of drastic measures to fight the spreading new coronavirus, the Seoul city government on Friday said it will ban rallies at three major public squares in the city center and close down Shincheonji churches in the capital. “We plan to ban the use of Seoul plaza, Cheonggye Plaza +

  • South Korean President orders swift response to COVID-19

    President Moon Jae-in received an emergency briefing from Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, Friday, regarding the quick spread of the coronavirus in Korea. Chung designated the Daegu-Gyeongsang region as a “special care area” after the first COVID-19 death was reported in Cheongdo, a remote village in North Gyeongsang Province. “The government +

  • Updated Guide to Korean Tourist Visa for Philippine Passport Holders

    Traveling has been a second nature to Filipinos, and it’s pretty evident with the massive demand of OFW (Overseas Filipino Workers) into the labor force. It was so culturally accepted that part of your identity as a Filipino is to have at least one relative working abroad. Over the years, +

  • BTS’ ‘Boy With Luv’ video featuring Halsey tops 700m YouTube views

    The video of “Boy With Luv,” K-pop boy band BTS’ Billboard-topping song featuring Halsey, has topped 700 million YouTube views. The lead track of BTS’ previous album, “Map of the Soul: Persona” released in April last year, achieved the feat this morning, becoming the second BTS music video to garner +

  • New BTS album ‘Map of the Soul: 7’ set to rock global music scene

    K-pop phenomenon BTS will drop a new album, “Map of the Soul: 7,” Friday evening, rocking the world music scene once again. The upcoming 20-track album is the second part of its “Map of the Soul” album series, following “Map of the Soul: Persona,” released in April last year. Like +

  • K-drama Tour: First Filipino Fangirl Who Visits Filming Location of Crash Landing On You!

    A Pinay K-drama Fan “Imee Aresta-Lee” was the first Filipino Fangirl who visits the filming location of the most anticipated K-drama series recently which is “Crash Landing On You”. Imee visited the North Korean setting of the drama where the male lead Captain Ri/Lee Jeong Hyeok lived. The North Korean +

  • South Korea health authorities to build regional defense vs. COVID-19

    ? Recommend travelers(from overseas and local) not to visit Daegu or nearby until COVI-19 case under control in that area Amid the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in select areas of the country, health authorities have announced revised responses to the outbreak, saying it considers this stage the +

  • Samsung signs partnership with BTS to boost marketing

    Samsung Electronics Co. signed a partnership with K-pop super band BTS for the marketing of its new smartphones, company officials said Feb.19th. Samsung will first work with BTS for the boy band’s global contemporary art initiative, “CONNECT, BTS,” and will expand their collaboration to other areas, according to the officials. +

  • “SBS Super Concert” announced temporarily postponed

    SBS will temporarily postpone ‘Super Concert’ scheduled to be held on 8 March in Daegu. SBS Super Concert announced on its official website on Feb. 19 that it would temporarily postpone the performance of “SBS Inkigayo Super Concert in Daegu.” Super Concert official said, “SBS Inkigayo Super Concert in Daegu +

  • Seoul to bar entry of foreigners aboard on the infected cruise ship in Japan

    South Korea will bar entry of foreign nationals who were aboard the coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Japan, officials here said today, as passengers began to disembark the Diamond Princess, where over 540 have been infected so far. “There are possibilities that the passengers could enter Korea (en route to their +

  • IZ*ONE breaks first-week sales record for girl group albums

    IZ*ONE has shattered a first-week sales record for albums by girl groups of all time with its new album. The group’s first full-length album “Bloom*Iz” sold some 184,000 copies within the first day of its release Monday(Feb.17th) at 6 p.m., Off the Record, IZ*ONE’s management agency said, citing data from +