SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- Jungkook, a member of the global K-pop sensation BTS, has been cleared to attend the upcoming Grammy Awards ceremony upon completing his quarantine after a positive COVID...
13:38 Apr. 03
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Wendy of South Korean girl group Red Velvet has tested positive for the coronavirus, her management agency said Saturday.
"Wendy has completed her third COVID-19 vacci...
19:12 Apr. 02
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Officials of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition team on Saturday visited Hybe, the agency of K-pop sensation BTS, without discussing the issue of military service...
17:51 Apr. 02
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- Key news agencies of South Korea and Vietnam opened a joint photo exhibition in Seoul on Thursday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two ...
17:58 Mar. 31
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SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- Celebrity actor couple Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin got married Thursday, with the wedding ceremony stric...
17:20 Mar. 31
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SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- Celebrity actor couple Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin will get married Thursday with the wedding ceremony to...
09:29 Mar. 31
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- Celebrity actor couple Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin will get married Thursday with the wedding ceremony to be hidden from the public eye.
The wedding will be held at Grand...
08:19 Mar. 31
SEOUL, March 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean romantic comedy "Business Proposal" topped Netflix's latest weekly viewership chart of non-English TV shows for the second consecutive week, the global vide...
10:19 Mar. 30
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SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Renowned director-writer Yeon Sang-ho said Tuesday he thinks it is so fortunate that his lesser-known first animated feature has been remade into a live-act...
16:24 Mar. 29
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean star actor Gang Dong-won has signed with the American talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for international representation.
According to a report...
14:15 Mar. 24
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, March 24 (Yonhap) -- Local TV networks have been enjoying a rise in viewership for their current romantic comedies, backed by the newfound boom of the genre in the country.
S...
11:58 Mar. 24
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- Disney+ will come up with its third Korean-language original series, "Soundtrack #1," starring rising stars Han So-hee and Park Hyung-sik.
The four-part ...
15:56 Mar. 23
SEOUL, March 19 (Yonhap) -- The music video for K-pop superband BTS' "On" has passed 300 million views on YouTube, its management agency said Saturday.
The video for the main track of its fourt...
10:09 Mar. 19
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By Kim Boram
SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- A co-director of the upcoming period drama "Pachinko" said Friday the show is specifically abou...
15:28 Mar. 18
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- A co-director of the upcoming period drama "Pachinko" said Friday the show is specifically about a Korean family moving to Japan in the 20th century, but it...
12:56 Mar. 18
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- The rising global popularity of Korean TV adaptations of web comics has brought in increasing demand for their originals across the world, data showed Thurs...
11:21 Mar. 17
SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- Lee Jung-jae of "Squid Game" on Thursday returned home after winning best TV drama series actor at the Critics Choice Awards.
"The award is not only given to myself b...
09:55 Mar. 17
SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean legal drama "Juvenile Justice" topped Netflix's weekly viewership chart of non-English TV shows for the second consecutive week, the global video stream...
13:48 Mar. 16
By Kim Boram
SEOUL, March 16 (Yonhap) -- Talented South Korean directors of popular TV series are poised to begin their Hollywood career amid the unprecedentedly strong presence of Korean content a...
11:20 Mar. 16
SEOUL, March 15 (Yonhap) -- A former Korean Navy special warfare officer who recently left for Ukraine to join the war against Russia as a volunteer soldier posted news of his survival on social me...
17:08 Mar. 15