Korean boy group will perform in October
It typically costs less than 200,000 won ($150) to stay at a Busan hotel for two days. But the charge is up to 5 million won ($3,700) for Oct. 15 this year.
The reason...
Famed Boy band appointed as honorary ambassador
K-pop megastar BTS members were officially appointed this week as the honorary ambassadors to promote South Korean port city Busan’s attempt to host the World Expo in 2030.
The Busan bid committee visited the...
Girl group aespa delivers speech on sustainability & metaverse
Midway through this week, K-pop girl group aespa was invited to speak at the United Nations’ high-level political forum on sustainable development in New York.
aespa is a four-member girl group that...
Korean entertainment giant sees depreciation in stock market
The share price of HYBE goes down as its boy group BTS announced the break earlier this week. They plan to pursue solo careers.
HYBE saw its stock price slip 10.96 percent on...
K-pop megastar attracts fans
K-pop superstar BTS dropped an anthology album, dubbed “Proof,” on June 10 to win the hearts and minds of the seven-piece boy band’s global fans.
Its title track was “Yet To Come.” Members of the music act,...
BTS label will build new boy groups
When HYBE took over Ithaca Holdings of the United States last year for around $1 billion, it was expected that the company behind K-pop superstar BTS would tap into the global markets in...
K-pop group continues to make history
South Korean boy group BTS has won three prizes at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards this week out of six for which they were nominated.
The seven-piece music act won Top Duo/Group, Top Song Sales...
Korea delves into military conscription policy
This might be the last chance for BTS member Jin, who is supposed to leave the K-pop boy band this year to join the military. But the Korean government has yet to give good...
Let's focus on the boy band's songs, not sexual orientation
In late May in 2018, a host of a Mexican TV show called BTS members gay, which generated much hate from the fans of the K-pop band that debuted in...
HYBE enters NFT-focused business
HYBE, the music label for K-pop megastar BTS, has recently announced that it would form a joint venture with Donamu, which runs South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange Upbit.
The two companies said in regulatory filings on Nov....
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