BTS and BLACKPINK nominated for 2022 MTV VMAs’ group of year K-pop supergroups BTS and BLACKPINK have been nominated for group of the year in the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, the U.S. music channel has announced. The two K-pop bands will compete for Best Group Of The Year with City Girls, Foo Fighters, Imagine...Read More
K-pop giant releases anthology album with 3 new songs The seven-piece act dropped its new anthology album, “Proof,” Friday, in celebration of the ninth anniversary of its debut. The music video of its lead track, “Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment),” has already exceeded 10 million views on YouTube as of 3 p.m. (KST)...Read More
Two K-pop superstars ― PSY and BTS’ Suga ― have joined hands to take the music scene by storm. PSY, who was propelled to global stardom with his 2012 hit “Gangnam Style,” has collaborated with the BTS rapper to drop “That That,” the lead single of his ninth full-length album, “PSY 9th.” The album is...Read More
8 Stars of Korean tourism 2021 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Korea Tourism Organization have selected eight provincial places including Seogwipo Forest of Healing on Jeju Island and Banwoldo Island, known more famously as Sinan Purple Island in Sinan-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province, as the winners of this year’s Korea Tourism Awards. Since...Read More
BTS wins Artist of the Year at 2021 AMA South Korean supergroup BTS once again rewrote K-pop history Monday by becoming the first Asian act to win artist of the year, considered the top award, at the American Music Awards (AMAs). The septet clinched the award during the 2021 AMAs broadcast live from Microsoft Theater...Read More
BTS tops Billboard Hot 100 for 6th straight week in new record Supergroup BTS rewrote its chart record on Wednesday as its upbeat summer number “Butter” retained the top spot on Billboard’s main singles chart for the sixth consecutive week. “”Butter” is officially No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100 chart for a sixth consecutive week,”...Read More
BTS to perform new single ‘Butter’ at Billboard Music Awards K-pop superstars BTS will put on its first performance of the upcoming release “Butter” at the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) scheduled for later this month. The seven-piece act will be performing at the annual music awards for the fourth consecutive year, unveiling “Butter” at the...Read More
Girl group LOONA named this year’s envoy for Korean culture The 12-member girl group LOONA is the Korean Culture and Information Service(KOCIS)’s promotional ambassador this year to spread Korean culture worldwide. Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee on May 10 gave the official letter of appointment to the group at a ceremony held...Read More
As the era of coronavirus pandemic stretches on further, shopping at a touch of the fingertips from home has certainly become the new norm. Yet in bid to compete in a retail industry that is losing all boundaries, Hyundai Department Store is offering a whole new look of what the megasized retail outlet of the...Read More
K-pop sensation BTS took home two awards at the 18th Korean Music Awards, Sunday. The Big Hit Entertainment group clinched awards for Song of the Year and the Best Pop Song with its hit “Dynamite,” the song that made BTS the first Korean act to top the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. “We put out...Read More
