ENTERTAINMENT
Feasting eyes on Jung Yong-hwa’s abs
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...
Feb 2, 2015
Girl group EXID wins first music award
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...
Jan 29, 2015
Davichi returns with new, mature sounds
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...
Jan 22, 2015
Eddy Kim reprises past love confessional in ‘My Love’
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 ...
Jan 21, 2015
EXO, CNBLUE sweep Golden Disk Awards
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...
Jan 16, 2015
MTV Iggy: Yoon Mi-rae is a diamond
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...
Jan 15, 2015
YG to establish K-pop cluster outside Seoul
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
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...
Jan 9, 2015
HyunA’s ‘Red’ among Rolling Stone’s best music videos of 2014
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...
Jan 6, 2015
Megahit K-pop stars to return in 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...
Jan 5, 2015
Seo Taiji to expand fan-donated Brazilian forest plot
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...
Jan 2, 2015
EXO’s first Asia tour draws 320,000
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...
Dec 26, 2014
TVXQ breaks Bon Jovi's record on Japanese chart
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....
Dec 23, 2014
Joo-yeon rumored to be leaving Afterschool
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...
Dec 22, 2014
Rolling Stone includes 2NE1’s ‘Crush’ in top 20 albums of 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...