Korea Observer

Seoul City will be operating a late-night (midnight~5:00 AM) bus service starting April 19. Initially, the service will be operated for three months on a trial basis.  Photo by Seoul Metropolitan Government 

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin Korean pop rock band CNBLUE will be holding their first ever concert in the Philippines. The 2013 CNBLUE Blue Moon World Tour in Manila will be held on June 15 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

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.

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin Korean rapper Psy flew to the US on April 25 to start promoting his new song "Gentleman." "I'm coming US!! #OnceAgain #Gentleman," he tweeted.

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.

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

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 Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online:Email me at sangchusan(at)gmail.com

KBS bans 'Gentleman' music video Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online:Email me at sangchusan(at)gmail.com

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