Boy band keeps gaining popularity in Japan
The conflict between Seoul and Japan shows no signs of letting up after the latter announced strict restrictions on exports of key high-tech materials, which the former’s firms use to make memory chips,...
Fans ask people to leave Jimin alone
A few days ago, a video clip was posted at an Instagram where a lady gives a forehead flick to a young man at a pub in Paris. It instantly went viral as...
Members of boy band dominate table
The seven members of K-pop superstar band BTS were named top idols for April, according to the Korea Institute of Corporate Reputation that compiles related data including media attention and comments on social network...
Boy band helps a beleaguered firm turn around
In early 2019, Kyung Nam Pharm, one of South Korea’s oldest pharmaceutical companies, ran the risk of being ousted from the country’s stock market on suspicion of accounting fraud.
Understandably, the Seoul-based company...
New video clip gathers more than 100 million views in 2 days
K-pop superstar BTS dropped its comeback album “BE” (Deluxe Edition) on Nov. 20. In just two days, its music video gathered more than 10 million views on YouTube...
French photographer keeps taking issue with BTS work
French photographer Bernard Faucon has once again accused K-pop colossus BTS of having plagiarized his work, just a week after the boy band came up with its latest album “Map of the...
Korea has something to do with the London area
Does Korea have something to do with Wembley, an area of northwest London, which houses a big arena and a huge stadium? Strange to say, it might be so.
Koreans are used...
Did BTS collaborate with Uniqlo?
In late June this year, a T-shirt collection related to K-pop superstar BTS and Japanese apparel maker Uniqlo came to town to attract great popularity across the world.
At the time, the clothing retailer came up...
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...
Global Times readers rap anti-BTS sentiments
Over the past week, controversies swirled about K-pop superstar BTS leader RM’s remarks on the Korean War (1950-53) after receiving the General James A. Van Fleet Award.
On Oct. 7, RM said, “We will always...
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