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Feasting eyes on Jung Yong-hwa’s abs

Feb 2, 2015

K-pop idol group CNBLUE’s lead singer Jung Yong-hwa, who recently kicked off his solo career, showed off his abdominal muscles on Thursday. (Twitter) The singer uploaded a shirtless photo of himsel...
Girl group EXID wins first music award

Jan 29, 2015

K-pop girl group EXID, which shot to sudden stardom with the viral hit single “Up & Down,” won its first music award at Wednesday’s fourth Gaon Chart K-Pop Award. “We are so thankful for such a grea...
Davichi returns with new, mature sounds

Jan 22, 2015

Kang Min-kyung (left) and Lee Hae-ri of Davichi perform at a showcase for their new album “Davichi Hug” in Seoul on Wednesday. (Yonhap) K-pop female pop-ballad duo Davichi has by all accounts upgrad...
Eddy Kim reprises past love confessional in ‘My Love’

Jan 21, 2015

Former Superstar K4 contestant Eddy Kim melts young female hearts when he performs his enchantingly romantic, self-written ballads with his signature ladies’ man, charming demeanor. The 24-year-old ...
EXO, CNBLUE sweep Golden Disk Awards

Jan 16, 2015

CNBLUE. (FNC Entertainment) K-pop boy band EXO claimed the top prize on the second day of the 29th Golden Disk Awards in Beijing on Thursday. The 10-member group snatched the Album of the Year awar...
MTV Iggy: Yoon Mi-rae is a diamond

Jan 15, 2015

Yoon Mi-rae. (Feel Ghood Music) Local female rap sensation Yoon Mi-rae was recognized as the Korean hip-hop scene’s “diamond in the rough” by U.S. music publication MTV Iggy. MTV Iggy recently publ...
YG to establish K-pop cluster outside Seoul

Jan 15, 2015

YG family. (YG Entertainment) YG Entertainment, which recently became the nation’s top K-pop entertainment agency, is expanding its empire with its latest music endeavor ― a “YG Global K-pop Cluster...
Bobby Kim probed over sexual harassment on flight

Jan 9, 2015

Bobby Kim (Yonhap) R&B singer Bobby Kim was investigated by the FBI for allegedly causing a disturbance and sexually harassing a flight attendant on an international flight, local media outlets repo...
HyunA’s ‘Red’ among Rolling Stone’s best music videos of 2014

Jan 6, 2015

HyunA of 4Minute. (Cube Entertainment) The music video of K-pop star HyunA’s hit single “Red” is the Rolling Stone’s No. 5 pick for the best music videos of 2014. Although the acclaimed magazine de...
Megahit K-pop stars to return in 2015

Jan 5, 2015

Big Bang A host of K-pop idol groups, both old and new, are gearing up to make a comeback, raising hopes of fresh energy in the K-pop scene early this year. One of the long-awaited acts is K-pop se...
Seo Taiji to expand fan-donated Brazilian forest plot

Jan 2, 2015

Old-school K-pop icon Seo Taiji announced that he would be expanding the section of the Guapi Assu Brazilian forest named after him as part of his new “Be the Green” environmental preservation effort...
EXO’s first Asia tour draws 320,000

Dec 26, 2014

EXO. (SM Entertainment) In its first-ever solo tour of Asia, K-pop boy band EXO drew 320,000 concert goers, proving their overseas fame, its label SM Entertainment said Friday. The hottest K-pop ac...
TVXQ breaks Bon Jovi's record on Japanese chart

Dec 23, 2014

South Korean male duo TVXQ set a new record by topping Japan's Oricon weekly albums chart for the fourth consecutive time, the most for a foreign artist in Japan, the group's management said Tuesday....
Joo-yeon rumored to be leaving Afterschool

Dec 22, 2014

Afterschool’s Joo-yeon. (Pledis) K-pop starlet Joo-yeon may be parting ways from the eight-member girl group Afterschool as well as her label Pledis Entertainment, according to news reports that beg...
Rolling Stone includes 2NE1’s ‘Crush’ in top 20 albums of 2014

Dec 22, 2014

Beating out the cream of the crop in pop music such as Pharrell Williams and newcomer Sam Smith, the K-pop idols of 2NE1 have made their mark this year with the album “Crush” named in Rolling Stone’s...