Girls' Generation to hold first world tour

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin

Top Korean group Girls' Generation will hold their first world tour starting in June.

The 2013 Girls' Generation World Tour "Girls & Peace" will start in Seoul on June 8 and 9 at the Olympics Gymnastics Arena.

Psy to appear on 'The Today Show'

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila BulletinKorean rapper Psy flew to the US on April 25 to start promoting his new song "Gentleman."

"I'm coming US!! #OnceAgain #Gentleman," he tweeted.

Psy bags 6 nominations in 2013 Billboard Music Awards (+ list of nominees)

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin

Korean rapper Psy grabbed six nominations in the 2013 Billboard Music Awards including Top New Artist and Top Streaming Song for his hit single "Gangnam Style."

Billboard announced the nominees for this year's awards, which will be held on May 19 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

2PM Wraps Up Tokyo Dome Concert

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin

Korean boy band 2PM finished their two-day "Legend of 2PM in Tokyo Dome" concert on April 20 and 21 and were so overwhelmed by the support of more than 100,000 Japanese fans that they cried.

Photos by JYP Entertainment

CNBLUE Manila Concert ticket prices + seat plan

Boy band CNBlue will be having their first Manila concert on June 15 at the Araneta Coliseum. 

The promoter has released the ticket prices to the concert.

KARA beats One Direction in China Music Awards

KARA beats One Direction in China Music Awards

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KBS bans 'Gentleman' music video

KBS bans 'Gentleman' music video

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Ex-idol, Girl's Day member in May-December affair

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin

A former member of a popular 1990s Korean boy band and a member of K-pop group Girl's Day have been revealed to be in a relationship.

Tony An (36), former member of H.O.T. and founder of TN Entertainment, and Hyeri (20), have been seeing each other since March.

Photos by www.newsen.com

Manila Bulletin: Psy's 'Gentleman' reaches 100 million views in 4 days

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
Korean rapper Psy's "Gentleman" music video has reached a milestone, achieving 100 million views and more than 1 million likes since it was uploaded on YouTube on April 13.

The music video achieved the feat this morning and it continues to rack up more than one million views per hour.

Photos by YG Entertainment

Manila Bulletin: Psy’s ‘Gentleman’ video earns 22 million views in 24 hours

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin

Korean rapper Psy unveiled the much-anticipated music video for his new single “Gentleman” last April 13 and in just 24 hours, it set a record of more than 20 million views on YouTube.

The music video was uploaded on YouTube at about 8 p.m. on Saturday and, in just 12 hours, it already had 4.28 million views.