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K-pop stars attract 100,000 in Tokyo

Fans cheer for the signers of S.M. Entertainment at the “SM Town Live World Tour III in Tokyo” concert held during the weekend at Tokyo Dome. (S.M. Entertainment) A performance featuring K-pop sin...

Updated : 2012.08.06 19:37

T-ara‘s Hwayoung apologizes for causing trouble amid bullying controversy

The controversy over top South Korean girl group T-ara‘s surprise shedding of one of its members is showing signs of abating as the member apologized for causing trouble on her personal Twitter acco...

Updated : 2012.08.01 19:37

2PM’s Nichkhun booked for driving under influence

Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul, a member of K-pop group 2PM (Yonhap News) Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul, the Thai-American member of the K-pop group 2PM, has been booked without detention for driving under the i...

Updated : 2012.07.24 13:33

Digital art show celebrates K-pop

S.M. Entertainment to hold an IT exhibition on K-pop singers in collaboration with global firms S.M. Entertainment, one of the country’s three major entertainment agencies, is hosting the world’s ...

Updated : 2012.07.23 20:10

Global popularity of Korean language surges

More than 10,000 were enrolled at King Sejong Institutes ― Korea’s state-run Korean language institutes operating overseas ― last year, double the number of students registered when the language s...

Updated : 2012.07.22 20:28

Applications open for N.Y. K-pop contest

Applications are open for the annual K-pop competition in New York, organizer Korean Cultural Service New York announced on Sunday. The 2012 NY K-pop Festival, which celebrates its second edition th...

Updated : 2012.07.22 19:56

KARA named most popular Korean artist in Japan

KARA (DSP media) KARA, one of the most popular Korean pop groups in Japan, was ranked 6th in the “2012 First Half Talent Power Ranking” according to Nikkei Entertainment, a Japanese entertainment ...

Updated : 2012.07.12 19:46

Girls’ Generation most popular among foreign K-pop fans

South Korean group Girls’ Generation was the No. 1 choice for foreigners participating in a South Korean contest for emulating the choreography of popular K-pop groups, the organizer said Tuesday. A...

Updated : 2012.07.11 19:55

Girls' Generation most popular among foreign K-pop fans

SM Entertainment South Korean group Girls' Generation was the No. 1 choice for foreigners participating in a South Korean contest for emulating the choreography of popular K-pop groups, the organize...

Updated : 2012.07.11 10:32

S.M. Entertainment artists to hold joint performance in Seoul

A dozen of South Korean pop singers from the same entertainment agency will hold a joint performance in Seoul next month as part of a world concert tour organized by their agency to capitalize on the...

Updated : 2012.07.05 19:54

200,000 fans flock to see SHINee on first Japan tour

Five-member boy band SHINee has completed its first arena tour of Japan. The group performed 20 concerts, stopping off at Fukuoka, Hokkaido, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Tokyo and Hiroshima, and attracting ...

Updated : 2012.07.02 19:35

Star-studded K-pop concert in H.K.

Members of Beast perform during “Music Bank,” a K-pop artists’ concert, in Hong Kong on Saturday. (AP-Yonhap News) HONG KONG (AFP) ― Thousands of fans flocked to a major K-pop concert in Hong Ko...

Updated : 2012.06.24 20:11

2PM, 2NE1, Girls’ Generation win at Japan MTV awards

Boy band 2PM and girl groups 2NE1 and Girls’ Generation received major awards at the MTV Japan music video awards on Saturday, beating other internationally famous artists. 2PM won the Best Group V...

Updated : 2012.06.24 20:07

K-pop spreads to Latin America

News of the arrival of South Korean boyband JYJ prompted hundreds of fans to camp out on the streets recently to get closer to the trio. But this wasn’t in Seoul or even Tokyo: it was in Lima. Havin...

Updated : 2012.06.20 19:02

Wonder Girls turn to Asia

Five members talk about their futures, unfinished musical journey in the U.S. Wonder Girls, one of the few K-pop groups that bravely entered the gigantic music market in the United States, are turni...

Updated : 2012.06.20 19:02