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BTS' recent home concerts created economic effect worth nearly 500 b won: report
K-pop boy band BTS' fan meetings and concerts in South Korea last month created an economic effect worth nearly 500 billion won ($424.2 million), an academic report showed Wednesday. According to th...
Jul 24, 2019
BTS nominated in 4 categories of MTV 2019 Video Music Awards
K-pop boy band BTS has been nominated for American TV channel MTV's 2019 Video Music Awards in four award categories, the TV channel's website showed Wednesday. "Boy With Luv," BTS' latest single fe...
Trouble-ridden Jisan festival canceled 3 days before opening
The 2019 Jisan Rock Festival was officially canceled Tuesday, as the ambitious attempt to revive the festival came to a sudden and screeching halt, much to the anger and confusion of fans. D2 Global...
Jul 23, 2019
Violinist Sarah Chang to hold solo recital tour in winter
Violinist Sarah Chang will embark on a six-city tour across Korea in December, marking her first solo recitals here in seven years. The 39-year-old Korean American musician, also known as Chang Youn...
Jul 22, 2019
[Feauture] Offering classical music to more in Seoul
With tickets to classical music concerts typically around 100,000 won ($85), and sometimes triple that for big-name performers, prices have been a major barrier to widening the audience for classical...
Jul 21, 2019
Wiz Khalifa, Joey Bada$$, Rejjie Snow to hold Seoul concert in September
Hip-hop artists Wiz Khalifa, Joey Bada$$ and Rejjie Snow will hold a joint concert in Seoul in September, local promoters said. The upcoming show will be held Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at Olympic Park in So...
Jul 19, 2019
BTS makes Time's list of 25 most influential people on internet
K-pop superstars BTS has made it on Time magazine's list of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet for the third year in a row. The K-pop septet was among the 25 people the US magazine unvei...
Jul 17, 2019
Lee Moon-sae to hold charity concert in Pyeongchang in August
Korean singing legend Lee Moon-sae will hold an outdoor charity concert in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, next month, his agency said Monday. According to KMOONfnd, the concert will be held at 7:30 ...
Jul 15, 2019
BTS wraps up Japan stadium tour
BTS has successfully completed the Japanese leg of its tour. Following its tour of the Americas and Europe, BTS performed for 210,000 fans in Japan as part of its “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” tou...
DAY6 aims to capture beautiful moment of youth in new album
Youth, the main theme in the previous hit songs by five-piece K-pop rock band DAY6, such as "Congratulations" and "You Were Beautiful," still runs deep in its new album released Monday: "The Book of ...
Lena Park to unveil 9th album
Singer Lena Park, also known as Park Jung-hyun, will release her ninth full-length album on July 18. Titled “The Wonder,” the upcoming album marks her first full-length album in seven years. Her mos...
Jul 12, 2019
Scandal-ridden member Kangin to leave Super Junior
Kangin, a scandal-ridden member of long-running K-pop boy band Super Junior, said Thursday he will leave the team, ending his 14-year membership. The 34-year-old, whose real name is Kim Young-woon, ...
Jul 11, 2019
Pianist Im Sung-mi honored to ‘breathe with audience’
Pianist Im Sung-mi took the stage for the 711th edition of “The House Concert” at Daehangno, central Seoul, on Monday. “The House Concert” is a small-scale music project run by artistic director Par...
BTS' 'IDOL' music video hits 500 m YouTube views
The music video of K-pop super band BTS' hit song "IDOL" surpassed 500 million YouTube views Thursday, the band's fifth music video to accomplish the feat. The hypnotic music video off the band's pr...
[Herald Interview] Pianist Kevin Kenner explores humor in classical music
Pianist Kevin Kenner believes humor can improve people’s lives, even more than aspirin. Kenner, who is in South Korea for his second solo recital in the country, titled “Humoresque,” will perform at...
Jul 10, 2019