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
BTS NCT DREAM: May set to be big month for K-pop fans May is going to be a big month for K-pop fans, with a plethora of stars sharpening themselves up to return to the stage with new songs. Among them are BTS, NCT DREAM and OH MY GIRL, which will vie for the top...Read More
BTS wins 4 nominations at 2021 Billboard Music Awards BTS has clinched nominations in four categories ― the most for the K-pop superstars ― in the upcoming 2021 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) set for next month. The seven-member act was nominated in the categories of Top Duo/Group, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Social Artist and...Read More
BTS 2nd English single ‘Butter’ on May 21 K-pop sensation BTS is ready to come back next month with the cheerful summer number “Butter,” its agency said Tuesday. The “fun and upbeat summer song,” which will be the seven-piece act’s second English single following “Dynamite” released last year, will drop globally in a digital version...Read More
BTS Bang Bang Con 21 peak simultaneous 2.7 million viewers The number of peak simultaneous viewers of the latest online concert streaming event by K-pop group BTS surpassed 2.7 million, the boy band’s agency said. The milestone figure was announced by Big Hit Music one day after “Bang Bang Con 21” ― comprised of some...Read More
YG Entertainment Global Audition One of Korea’s largest management agencies YG Entertainment is holding a global audition for a new boy group. On April 12, YG Entertainment announced that they are planning on holding a global audition for a new boy group titled, ‘2021 YG New Boy Group Audition at Home’. YG Entertainment said that...Read More
Apologizes over racist jokes about BTS Only about a month after a German radio host came under fire for his racist comment on K-pop behemoth BTS, Chilean comedians have infuriated its fans again with racist jokes about the global stars. Chilean channel Mega, which aired the controversial spoof on its comedy show “Mi Barrio,” on...Read More
‘Dynamite’ sets the longest stay on Billboard Hot 100 The digital single “Dynamite” by K-pop megastar BTS has made history as the longest-charting song by a Korean act on the Hot 100 singles chart of the U.S.-based Billboard. In the latest update of the rankings on April 5, “Dynamite” finished 30th for its 32nd consecutive...Read More
Busan One Asia Festival 2021 The Busan One Asia Festival (BOF), a major annual K-pop event, will kick off online next month in this southeastern port city due to concerns over the new coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Sunday. According to the Busan Tourism Organization, BOF 2021 will be streamed online from May 6-9 from the...Read More
#StopAsianHate Movement K-pop stars like Eric Nam, Jay Park, and Choi Si-won are raising their voices in support of the #StopAsianHate movement, triggered by the Atlanta spa shootings on March 16 that took the lives of eight people, including four ethnic Koreans. The suspect, a 21-year-old white man named Robert Aaron Long, admitted to the...Read More
