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Roy Kim returns to investigations, tarnished name

K-pop singer Roy Kim returned to Korea on Tuesday morning to be investigated on suspicions he distributed lewd photos. The Korean singer arrived at Incheon Airport at around 4:30 a.m., and was expec...

Apr 9, 2019
Music
IZ*ONE sets record as best-selling girl group, nudging TWICE

IZ*ONE, a project girl group formed through the idol competition show series "Produce," sold more than 130,000 copies of its latest album titled "HEART*IZ" in the first week of its sales, breaking a ...

Apr 8, 2019
Music
BTS releases teaser video of new album's main track featuring Halsey

K-pop superstars BTS released Monday a teaser video of "Boy with Luv," the main track of the band's upcoming album "Map of the Soul: Persona," featuring young American singer and songwriter Halsey. ...

Apr 8, 2019
Music
BTS to wrap up world tour in Thailand

Global K-pop sensation BTS will wrap up its monthslong world tour in Thailand later Sunday, its management agency said, having drawn a combined 250,000 fans in four countries in Asia alone. Big Hit ...

Apr 7, 2019
Music
Korean stars lend helping hand to fire victims

With the nation’s eastern region suffering from one of the worst blazes in recent years, Korean celebrities have stepped up to send relief funds to the people of Gangwon Province. “Gangnam Style” ar...

Apr 7, 2019
Music
Twice wraps up dome tour in Japan, amassing 220,000 fans

Twice on Saturday wrapped up its three-week tour of domed arenas in Japan, which had attracted 220,000 fans. It was the first K-pop girl group to hold such a tour in the country. The nine-piece girl...

Apr 7, 2019
Music
NTC 127 teams up with Universal Music Group to enter US market

Boy band NTC 127 will expand into the US pop market in cooperation with a music label under the entertainment giant Universal Music Group, the band's local management agency said Friday. SM Entertai...

Apr 5, 2019
Music
BTS nominated for 2019 Billboard music award

K-pop superstars BTS was nominated in the Top Duo/Group category for the upcoming 2019 Billboard Music Awards set for May, as well as in the Top Social Artist category, which the septet has conquered...

Apr 5, 2019
Music
Bolbbalgan4 to debut in Japan in June with 'Galaxy'

The K-pop female indie duo Bolbbalgan, also known as BOL4, will debut in Japan in June with a Japanese translated version of their 2016 hit song "Galaxy," their management agency Shofar Music said Th...

Apr 4, 2019
Music
Super Junior's subunit D&E to drop new album this month

Super Junior-D&E, a two-men subunit of K-pop boy band Super Junior, will drop their third EP later this month, the band's management agency Label SJ said Tuesday. The duo of two Super Junior members...

Apr 2, 2019
Music
EXO Chen releases mellow ballads on 1st solo album

Chen, the main vocalist of popular K-pop boy band EXO, released his first solo EP on Monday, presenting six mellow ballads to the spring K-pop scene. The 26-year-old, whose real name is Kim Jong-dae...

Apr 1, 2019
Music
Spring arrives in Tongyeong with classical music

TONGYEONG, South Gyeongsang Province -- With cherry blossoms in full bloom, the Tongyeong International Music Festival 2019 began Friday. The annual 10-day festival, founded in 2002, takes place at ...

Mar 31, 2019
Music
[Herald Review] ‘Where do I come from? Where am I going?’

TONGYEONG, South Gyeongsang Province -- Refugees were on composer Toshio Hosokawa’s mind when he wrote “The Maiden From the Sea” in 2017. At the time, images of refugees’ suffering and deaths had sho...

Mar 31, 2019
Music
ASAP Rocky to hit Seoul for concert Friday

ASAP Rocky is stopping by Seoul on Friday as part of his 2019 “Injured Generation” world tour. The American rapper kicked off the trek in January in promotion of his third studio album, “Testing,” w...

Mar 31, 2019
Music
YG, major broadcasters burning bridges with scandal-ridden pop stars

The management agency of boy band BIGBANG ended sales of merchandise related to the disgraced former band member Seungri, while major broadcasters stopped servicing VOD contents featuring the singer ...

Mar 29, 2019
Music

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