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#Terminator series
Actors of new 'Terminator' film to visit Seoul this month
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, the leading actors of "Terminator: Dark Fate," will visit South Korea this month to promote the new American science-fiction acti... 10:45 Oct. 07
#K-pop
City festival to bring together K-pop stars in southern Seoul
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- An army of high-profile K-pop stars, including sensational rookie band X1, will get together for a joint concert in southern Seoul on Saturday. The Yeongdong Boulevard ... 09:00 Oct. 05
#BIFF
Master director devotes life to making films charged with Korean emotions
By Kim Boram BUSAN, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Im Kwon-taek, one of the most prominent film directors in South Korea, had a life-long goal: to make films fully charged with subtle Korean emotions and detai... 18:51 Oct. 04
#BIFF
(2nd LD) Busan film festival kicks off 24th edition
(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 3-4, last 3 paras; CHANGES photo) By Kim Boram BUSAN, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) started its 24th edition in the southern port ci... 22:53 Oct. 03
#BIFF
(LEAD) Busan film festival kicks off 24th edition
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with opening; CHANGES slug and photo) By Kim Boram BUSAN, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) started its 24th edition in the southern port cit... 20:32 Oct. 03
#BIFF
Directors of 'The Horse Thieves' boast of Kazakh-Japan teamwork
By Kim Boram BUSAN, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The directors of "The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time," the opener of this year's Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), said Thursday that their movie was th... 19:35 Oct. 03
#Busan Int'l Film Festival
Busan film festival set to kick off 24th edition
By Kim Boram BUSAN, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) will open its 24th edition in the southern port city of Busan on Thursday, filled with more than 300 worthwhile m... 09:26 Oct. 03
#K-pop
K-pop dream team SuperM kicks off journey to storm U.S. market
By Park Boram SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- In a major K-pop collaboration project, SM Entertainment and Capitol Music Group (CMG), major music labels from South Korea and the United States, unveiled W... 15:42 Oct. 02
#K-pop
Super Junior, Kang Daniel join lineup of Busan's annual K-pop concert
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- The organizer of the Busan One Asia Festival (BOF), a major annual K-pop concert in the city of Busan, on Wednesday announced the final lineup of its 2019 event, which inc... 10:28 Oct. 02
Tomorrow X Together to release 1st full album this month
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- K-pop rookie band Tomorrow X Together, also known as TXT, will release its first full-length album this month, its management agency said Wednesday. The upcoming record... 09:36 Oct. 02
#police
Former YG chief undergoes second questioning about gambling charges
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- Yang Hyun-suk, the scandal-ridden former CEO of YG Entertainment, was summoned by police for a second time Tuesday and underwent questioning until shortly after midnight a... 09:26 Oct. 02
EXO's Chen drops 2nd solo EP with retro music
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- Chen, the main vocalist of popular K-pop boy band EXO, unveiled Tuesday his second solo EP, a six-track record led by the retro pop number "Shall We?" The new EP, "Dear... 17:17 Oct. 01
Police search multiple agencies over audition show's alleged vote rigging
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- Police on Tuesday raided multiple K-pop agencies as part of an investigation into allegations that the entertainment firm CJ ENM's cable music channel rigged the results o... 16:59 Oct. 01
Ex-Virgin Music chief says BTS opened door to success in U.S. for other K-pop acts
By Park Boram SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- The wild global success of Korean boy band BTS is not a stand-alone case but has opened the door for many more K-pop music acts to make inroads into the Amer... 16:35 Oct. 01
Biggest annual K-pop fair, MU:CON, kicks off 4-day run
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's biggest K-pop fair, MU:CON, kicked off its four-day run in Seoul Monday to pitch K-pop's new artists to the global music scene. The 8th edition of the S... 19:00 Sep. 30
MAMA stirs controversy with decision to hold this year's event in Japan
By Park Boram SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- CJ ENM is generating a bit of controversy over its choice of Japan as the sole destination for this year's Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) despite unprecede... 17:48 Sep. 30
(News Focus) Broadcasters, IT firms scramble for supremacy in online content market
By Kim Boram SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- As South Korean broadcasters and IT firms scurry to reorganize and launch new over-the-top (OTT) services, the question of how to create bankable content is... 16:38 Sep. 30
#K-pop
F.T. Island's Lee Hong-gi enlists in Army
YANGGU, South Korea, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- Lee Hong-gi, a member of K-pop boy band F.T. Island, temporarily left the music scene to join the Army on Monday. The 30-year-old started his mandatory ... 15:28 Sep. 30
#K-pop
BLACKPINK's 'Kill This Love' video tops 600 mln YouTube views
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- The video for BLACKPINK's latest song, "Kill This Love," surpassed the milestone of 600 million YouTube views on Sunday. The music video topped the threshold Sunday ... 15:00 Sep. 29
#BTS
BTS' J-Hope releases collaboration with Becky G
SEOUL, Sept 27 (Yonhap) -- J-Hope, a member of K-pop boy band BTS, will release Friday a hip hop single featuring American musician Becky G, his management agency said. The song, "Chicken Noodl... 09:32 Sep. 27