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Asia's biggest K-pop awards MAMA to hit Nagoya, defying diplomatic row
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Yonhap) -- Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), the biggest K-pop award event in Asia, has chosen Japan's Nagoya as the destination for its 2019 ceremony despite a deepening diplomatic ... 12:42 Sep. 24
#TWICE-new album
TWICE returns with cheering house music, without Japanese member
By Park Boram SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Sensational K-pop girl band TWICE dropped Monday its eighth EP, "Feel Special," without one of its three Japanese members. The member, Mina, has been o... 17:54 Sep. 23
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Busan's annual K-pop concert to kick off next month
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Busan OneAsia Festival (BOF), a major annual K-pop concert in the second-biggest South Korean city of Busan, will kick off next month with a star-studded lineup. ... 14:04 Sep. 23
#girl band-world tour
K-pop rookie girl band ITZY set for 1st world tour
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- ITZY, a five-piece rookie K-pop girl band, will go on its first world tour in November, its management agency said Monday. JYP Entertainment announced the world tour,... 14:02 Sep. 23
Zico to release 1st full-length solo album
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- K-pop artist and producer Zico will release his first full-length solo album in his eight-year music career later this month, his management agency said Friday. The n... 14:12 Sep. 20
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Biggest annual K-pop fair MU:CON set to open this month
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's biggest K-pop fair, MU:CON, will kick off its four-day run in Seoul this month to pitch K-pop's new artists to the global music scene, its organizer said F... 11:36 Sep. 20
BTS leader donates 100 mln won for students with hearing impairments
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- RM, the leader of the popular boy band BTS, has donated 100 million won (US$83,745) to help students with hearing impairments, a Seoul school said Friday. The BTS lea... 11:34 Sep. 20
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BTS agency rejects dating rumor about member Jungkook
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- The management agency of boy band BTS refuted a dating rumor involving the band's youngest member, Jungkook, on Tuesday. The rumor originated from CCTV footage of a c... 13:57 Sep. 17
#music
Yun Isang composition award reborn
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- An international composition award honoring the renowned late South Korean-born composer Yun Isang has resumed after a six-year hiatus this year, the event's organizer s... 11:49 Sep. 17
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Seventeen explores solitude, fear in 3rd full album
By Park Boram SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band Seventeen on Monday dropped its third full-length album, "An Ode," a collection of dark, charismatic numbers. The 11-track album marks a ... 18:17 Sep. 16
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BTS plays role of ambassador of Korean culture
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- While fans across the globe are glued to every move the seven members of K-pop boy band BTS make, the septet has often drawn inspiration from Korea's traditional cultura... 11:00 Sep. 14
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Lead vocalist of The 1975 under fire for stepping on S. Korean flag
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- A member of the rock band The 1975 is getting flak on social media after posting a photo of himself stepping on the South Korean national flag. Matthew Healy, lead voc... 18:51 Sep. 07
#Nodeul Island culture space
Music-themed culture complex to open on Seoul's Nodeul Island
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- A new cultural complex will open on a Han River island in the heart of Seoul this month, providing citizens with more opportunities to enjoy music and other cultural perf... 08:05 Sep. 06
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Girl groups surrender reign of summer music scene to ballads
By Park Boram SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- The summer season in the Korean popular music scene has traditionally been a market exclusively reserved for girl bands. This summer, however, female K-pop ... 16:25 Sep. 05
#Big Hit
BTS agency to hold global audition to launch girl group in 2021
By Park Boram SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The music label of boy band BTS said Wednesday it will throw a global audition this year to launch a K-pop girl group around 2021. "In cooperation with S... 15:11 Sep. 04
#BTS member-forest
Fans create forest in celebration of BTS leader's birthday
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- In celebration of the 25th birthday of RM, the leader of the popular boy band BTS, his fans created a forest in his name at a public park along the Han River in Seoul, an... 15:36 Sep. 03
(LEAD) K-pop stars break out of glossy idol image with musical roles
(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 5-6) By Park Boram SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- At the height of his K-pop career this week, Hwang Min-hyun, a member of five-piece boy band NU'EST, launched a new show... 17:30 Aug. 29
K-pop stars break out of glossy idol image with musical roles
By Park Boram SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- At the height of his K-pop career this week, Hwang Min-hyun, a member of five-piece boy band NU'EST, launched a new show business career which his fans scar... 17:12 Aug. 29
#Seungri-police probe
(2nd LD) K-pop star Seungri questioned over gambling charges
(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES with more details; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- Seoul police questioned Seungri, a former member of the K-pop boy band BIGBANG, Wednesday over allegati... 23:59 Aug. 28
#NCT 127-US festival
NCT 127 to perform at global charity concert in New York next month
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy band NCT 127 has joined the lineup for an annual charity concert set for next month in New York as the first K-pop artists to perform in the event, the b... 17:57 Aug. 28