Korea Observer

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin K-pop quintet 4Minute notched their first TV music chart triumph since making their comeback with their new mini-album “4Minute World,” which contains five tracks including the lead single “Whatcha Doin’ Today.” The girl group performed the title track on SBS “Inkigayo” on March 30, competing with other artists including CNBLUE, Girls’ Generation, 2NE1, Orange Caramel, Boys Republic and JJCC. 4Minute showing their first comeback trophy (Twitter)

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin Film star Jackie Chan is now also managing artists, including a K-pop boy band known as JJCC, or Double JC. The boy band just released their first single “At First,” making their debut performance on Korean TV music show “M Countdown.” JJCC and Jackie Chan (www.newsen.com and Jackie Chan’s website)