The Korea Herald

ENTERTAINMENT

LATEST NEWS

Big Hit, Netmarble team up on new music-streaming platform

BTS likely to release new songs exclusively for the platform

Jul 9, 2019
Music
BTS becomes highest-charting foreign artist in Japan with new Japanese single

Super group BTS topped Japan's Oricon weekly singles chart this week with its latest Japanese single "Lights/Boy With Luv," garnering the highest weekly score for any foreign artist in the Japanese m...

Jul 9, 2019
Music
Pianist Son Yeol-eum to make BBC Proms debut

Pianist Son Yeol-eum is set to make her BBC Proms debut later this month. Son is to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Omer ...

Jul 8, 2019
Music
Boy band Pentagon kicks off world tour

Boy band Pentagon has kicked off a world concert tour, bringing it to 23 cities across the globe, its management agency said Friday. The world tour, named “Prism,” kicked off with its inaugural conc...

Jul 5, 2019
Music
WINNER stages seven-city tour in Japan

Four-piece K-pop boy band WINNER has started its sixth Japanese tour that will take it to seven cities, its management agency said Thursday. As the first leg of its "WINNER Japan Tour 2019," the gro...

Jul 4, 2019
Music
Corporate giving: Eagon to perform popular classics with guests from Berlin Philharmonic Camerata

Berlin Philharmonic Eagon Ensemble will perform with blind student musicians at Incheon, Seoul concerts

Jul 3, 2019
Music
[Herald Interview] Observing K-pop crossover from other side

While K-pop crossovers have been enjoying momentum, a columnist shared his opinion on the global phenomenon and its development from the perspective of an outsider looking in. Jeff Benjamin is a fre...

Jul 2, 2019
Music
BTS launches fan community on mobile application

Roaring K-pop boy band BTS launched Monday an official mobile application channel to connect with fans around the world. The septet announced the opening of BTS Weverse, an official fan community ba...

Jul 1, 2019
Music
Gracias Choir teams up with classical musicians

Gracias Choir has teamed up with classical musicians for its nationwide tour, titled “Svobodno,” which will entail six concerts in five cities. Classical musicians joining the tour include pianist M...

Jun 30, 2019
Music
BTS tops global ticket chart

Ticket sales from stadium concerts in three countries have earned K-pop group BTS the No. 1 position in the world, a US poll agency said Saturday. (BigHit Entertainment) Pollstar said BTS gained th...

Jun 29, 2019
Music
BTS garners more than $50 million from stadium tours in May

K-pop band BTS topped the monthly list of tour grosses with the biggest attendees among global superstars in May, Billboard reported on Thursday (on US time). "From only eight shows in New York, Chi...

Jun 28, 2019
Music
Korean musicians receive awards at Tchaikovsky Competition

Four classical musicians from South Korea have received awards in the voice, violin, cello and brass instruments sections of the International Tchaikovsky Competition held this week in Russia, accord...

Jun 28, 2019
Music
GOT7 showcases new song on ‘The Today Show’

K-pop act GOT7 showcased the English version of its new song “Eclipse” on “The Today Show,” a popular NBC program. The seven-piece act appeared on the show around 10 a.m. to enthusiastic applause an...

Jun 27, 2019
Music
WJSN to kick off Japan tour

K-pop girl group WJSN, also known as Cosmic Girls, is set to go on a Japan tour for the first time since the band’s debut. The tour -- titled “Would You Like? Zepp Tour in Japan” -- kicks off in Tok...

Jun 26, 2019
Music
BTS to globally release third movie on its world tour

A new documentary film on K-pop band BTS' 2018 world tour will be globally released in Aug., the band's management agency announced Wednesday. "'Bring The Soul: The Movie' will have its global relea...

Jun 26, 2019
Music

The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation

Address : Huam-ro 4-gil 10, Yongsan-gu,Seoul, Korea
Online newspaper registration No : Seoul 아03711
Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
Juvenile Protection Manager : Yang Sung-jin
Tel : 02.727.0114