K-BLOG

Jan 20, 2025
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Rookies, fifth-generation K-pop acts to drop new releases next month

By Lee Gyu-leeThe fifth generation of K-pop is set to conquer the charts this February, with leading groups like IVE and ZEROBASEONE spearheading a wave of highly anticipated comebacks. Girl group IVE is making a comeback with its third EP,...

K-POP/DRAMA

Jan 07, 2025
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SEVENTEEN wins 2nd straight Golden Disc Award for top album

By Xu AiyingVideo = Golden Disc Awards' official YouTube channel The K-pop group SEVENTEEN, which marks the 10th anniversary of its debut this year, has received Album of the Year for its EP "Spill the Feels" at the Golden Disc...

K-POP/DRAMA

Dec 31, 2024
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'Harbin' director, cast say film encourages 'better tomorrow'

By Xu AiyingPhotos = Xu AiyingVideo = CJ ENM Movie's official YouTube channel"Long live Korea!" (Корея Ура!)This is what pro-independence activist Ahn Jung-geun said on Oct. 26, 1909, at a rail station in Harbin, China, after fatally shooting Hirobumi Ito,...

K-POP/DRAMA

Dec 26, 2024
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Global Hallyu influencer gala Seoul Con to open on Dec. 28

By Koh Hyunjeong This year's Seoul Con, an expo of global influencers promoting the lifestyle of the capital, will open this weekend. The Seoul Business Agency (SBA) on Dec. 23 said it will host the event from Dec. 28 through...

K-POP/DRAMA

Dec 26, 2024
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Huge six-cess! Stray Kids extend No. 1 streak on Billboard 200

By Lee Dasom The K-pop boy band Stray Kids has made history with six straight entries that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 main albums chart. Billboard on Dec. 22 said in a chart preview article that the...

K-POP/DRAMA

Dec 17, 2024
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K-drama 'When The Phone Rings' sparks renewed interest in original web novel

The growing popularity of the drama series When The Phone Rings has led to a surge of interest in the original web novel that inspired it and the simultaneously produced webtoon. The eponymous web novel on Kakao Page saw its sales increase...

K-POP/DRAMA

Dec 17, 2024
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Story on deaf boy band leads Korea.net's top 5 articles of 2024

By Margareth Theresia Korea.net throughout this year has spread news on Korea to the world.As of 9 a.m. on Dec. 17, the service posted 12,180 articles in 11 languages including Korean. Among these stories, the following five were the...

K-POP/DRAMA

Dec 04, 2024
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'Winter Ahead,' duet by V of BTS, tops 75 global iTunes charts

By Kim HyelinVideo = Hybe Labels' official YouTube channel "Winter Ahead," a duet by V of the K-pop boy band BTS and singer Park Hyo-shin, has hit No. 1 on iTunes' Top Song charts in 75 countries, BTS' management agency...

K-POP/DRAMA

Nov 25, 2024
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The MAMA Awards has potential to be the big American awards show K-pop deserves

When BTS ended Justin Bieber’s reign by winning the Billboard Awards’ Top Social Artist in 2017, a year that also marked “the first big moment for K-pop on American television,” K-pop fans dared to hope. Wonder Girls had become the...

K-POP/DRAMA

Nov 15, 2024
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Netflix entertainment show "Black and White Chef: The War of Cooking Classes" (hereinafter referred to as "Black and White Chef") topped the Netflix Global Top 10 TV (non-English).

Black and White Cooks: The War of the Culinary Order'. Photo by Netflix According to Netflix's TOP 10 website on the 25th, "Black and White Cooks: The War of Cooking Classes" recorded 3,800,000 viewers from Monday 16th to Sunday (the...

K-POP/DRAMA

Nov 15, 2024
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Rosé's 'APT.' sweeps the world with Korean drinking game

K-pop girl group Blackpink’s Rosé has captivated audiences worldwide with her new song “APT.” in collaboration with American pop star Bruno Mars, released on Oct. 18. Just four days after its release, the song topped both Spotify’s global and...