Korea Observer

iKON’s Ju-ne, Jinhwan injured in car accident : iKON’s Jinhwan (left) and Ju-ne (Instagram)  K-pop boy band iKON members Ju-ne and Jinhwan suffered injuries when their vehicle hit a retaining wall on a national highway in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.  The accident happened at Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online: To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

Korea’s Gaon Music Chart reveals new platinum certifications, top-selling albums for 2020 : (Clockwise from top left) Monsta X, EXO’s Baekhyun, NCT 127, TXT and IZ*ONE (Twitter)  South Korea’s Gaon Music Chart has issued new platinum certifications for album sales and streaming.  Boy band EXO member Baekhyun led the album Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online: To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

Nielsen Music midyear report: BTS, NCT 127 land in top 10 best-selling albums in US : BTS and NCT 127 (Facebook/Twitter)  K-pop idol groups BTS and NCT 127 made it to the top 10 best-selling albums lists in the US for the first half of the year.  The two boy bands are the Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online: To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

Red Velvet’s Irene-Seulgi ‘Monster’ album sells 110,000 copies in 4 days : Red Velvet’s Irene and Seulgi (Twitter)  The debut album of K-pop girl group Red Velvet’s first unit composed of Irene and Seulgi sold more than 110,000 copies in four days.  Irene and Seulgi released their first mini-album Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online: To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

Ex-AOA leader Jimin’s bullying issue latest in FNC Entertainment’s controversies : From left: AOA’s Shin Jimin, CNBLUE’s Jonghyun and FT Island’s Choi Jong-hoon (Instagram/Facebook)  The departure of Shin Jimin as leader and member of K-pop girl group AOA due to bullying allegations by former member Mina has Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online: To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

Top 10 best-selling K-pop albums in first half of 2020 revealed : Caption (Clockwise from top center) BTS, EXO’s Baekhyun, NCT Dream, NCT 127, Seventeen, IZ*ONE, TWICE and GOT7 (Twitter/Facebook)  After naming the topnotchers in album sales by category, Korea’s Hanteo Chart has unveiled the overall top 10 best-selling Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online: To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

BTS, EXO’s Baekhyun named top-selling K-pop artists in 1st half of 2020 : (Clockwise from top left) EXO’s Baekhyun, BTS, IZ*ONE, Cravity and Mamamoo’s Solar (Twitter/Facebook)  South Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “the world’s one-and-only real-time music chart," has revealed the list of the top-selling K-pop artists for the first half Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online: To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

Woo Do-hwan meets ‘His Majesty’ Lee Min Ho before his enlistment : (Left) Woo Do-hwan and Lee Min Ho (Instagram)  Actor Woo Do-hwan, 27, who starred in the K-drama “The King: Eternal Monarch,” enlisted today (July 6) in the Korean military. A day before his enlistment, co-star Lee Min Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online: To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

K-pop idol Jimin quits AOA as bullying scandal snowballs with more exposé by ex-member Mina : AOA’s former leader Jimin (left) and former member Mina (Twitter/Instagram) Shin Jimin, the 29-year-old leader of AOA, has quit the girl group as the bullying allegations against her by former member Mina further escalated and more Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online: To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

‘Parasite’ stars, crew invited to join Oscars Academy : The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which organizes the yearly Oscars, has invited the cast and crew of the critically-acclaimed Korean film “Parasite” to join the organization.  They are among the 819 artists Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online: To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com