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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

Ulala Session to set up its own agency

Ulala Session, the winner of the country’s hit TV talent show “Superstar K3,” decided to establish its own company to pursue its music, according to CJ E&M. According to the cable channel which p...

Updated : 2012.06.15 17:59

Showing the real among the fake

Renowned singer and actor Lee Seung-gi, 25, has been known as a model student to the public. So, he thinks that being honest is most important. “Now it is easy to find out who is is fake, so I have ...

Updated : 2012.06.12 14:07

Jang Geun-suk tops Japan’s Oricon Chart

Jang Geun-suk set a new record of becoming the first foreign male solo singer to top Japan’s weekly Oricon Chart. His first album, “Just Crazy,” released in Japan on May 30, sold 88,000 copies in...

Updated : 2012.06.06 18:45

Wonder Girls and Big Bang go head-to-head with new albums

Wonder Girls and Big Bang go head-to-head with new albums Top K-pop groups to dominate summer soundtracks Wonder Girls and Big Bang dominated the music charts after the release of their new albums ...

Updated : 2012.06.05 15:11

Wonder Girls and Big Bang go head-to-head with new albums

Top K-pop groups to dominate summer soundtracks Wonder Girls and Big Bang dominated the music charts after the release of their new albums on Sunday, proving their firm hold on the K-pop music scene...

Updated : 2012.06.04 19:44

Park Jin-young’s Monster Headphones launched

Park Jin-young Music mogul Park Jin-young celebrated the launch of his new Monster Diamond Tears headphones at a star-studded party at Hotel Ellui on Friday. Park, who sheads JYP Entertainment, sui...

Updated : 2012.06.02 12:20

Colombians take to stage in homeland of K-pop

Winners of Colombia’s first K-pop reality show take first step toward stardom The winners of the first K-pop audition show overseas had their wishes come true when they performed in the homeland of...

Updated : 2012.05.31 19:17

K-pop stars take Silicon Valley by storm

TVXQ. (MBC) K-pop singers held a concert near Google’s headquarters in Mountain View in California earlier this week to celebrate a content-sharing deal between MBC and YouTube. The concert marked...

Updated : 2012.05.24 19:18

Wonder Girls to make Japan debut in July

Wonder Girls (Wonder Girls website) K-pop group Wonder Girls will release their Japanese debut album “Nobody for Everybody” on July 25, Japan’s Oricon said Thursday. The Japanese version of thei...

Updated : 2012.05.10 19:04

Wonder Girls to make Japan debut in July

Wonder Girls (Yonhap Photo) K-pop group Wonder Girls will be hitting Japan with their album titled “Nobody for Everybody” on July 25, Oricon reported Thursday. The Japanese version of their hit s...

Updated : 2012.05.10 14:06

Ministry to investigate showbiz agencies

The Culture Ministry said on Wednesday it will conduct an investigation to root out criminal entertainment agencies as crimes against trainees becomes a growing concern. The government, in cooperati...

Updated : 2012.05.09 18:27

Kim Hyun-joong to kick off pop tour in Singapore

Kim Hyun-joong smiles during his four-day tour in Taipei last August. (AP-Yonhap News) SINGAPORE (AP) ― Korean entertainer Kim Hyun Joong is preparing to kick off his “2012 Asia Fan Meeting Tour’...

Updated : 2012.05.03 14:48

New K-Arts Academy to feature traditional arts as hallyu

Lectures start to provide better understanding of Korean classics to content creators K-Arts Academy, supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, opened Monday as a part of the governm...

Updated : 2012.04.23 20:00

K-pop Cover Dance Festival kicks off preliminaries

Korea Year Committee announced the opening of the 2012 K-pop Cover Dance Festival. “Cover Dance” refers to emulating the choreography of popular K-pop groups. Those interested can participate by s...

Updated : 2012.04.23 19:56