Late K-pop singer Koo Ha-ra was the pivotal figure in exposing criminal celebrities related to the Burning Sun scandal in 2019, namely Seungri and Jung Joon-young, a BBC documentary exposed on Sunday.
Boy band Treasure will release a new Korean song on May 28, which was unveiled through cryptic teaser posters this month.
HYBE's public feud with subsidiary label ADOR has highlighted the industry's problematic obsession with numerical success and entanglement of management with content production.
AKMU made a 141 million won ($102,350) donation to local welfare and environment institutions. The duo gave 47 million won each to Green Asia, Severance Hospital and the Korea Youth Counseling & Welfare Institute.
Who runs the Billboard? Girls. Rookie K-pop girl groups ILLIT, BabyMonster and Kiss of Life are making their mark on the Billboard music chart just months after their debuts, signaling another year led by talented women of the Korean music industry.
Rookie girl group BabyMonster's EP, “BABYMONS7ER,” has achieved the highest weekly sales for a debut album or EP by a girl group, surpassing the record set by fellow newcomer ILLIT in March.
Sibling duo AKMU will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut with two concerts in June, the duo’s agency YG Entertainment said Friday.
BabyMonster returns as a seven-member group with Ahyeon back on the team with its first EP, 'BabyMons7er.'
AKMU kicked off celebrations for the 10-year anniversary of the duo’s debut by announcing the official fan community name on Thursday.
BabyMonster's upcoming album will mark its "true debut," according to YG Entertainment founder Yang Hyun-suk.
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