Saturday, July 11, 2020

Nielsen Music midyear report: BTS, NCT 127 land in top 10 best-selling albums in US

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

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Friday, July 10, 2020

Red Velvet’s Irene-Seulgi ‘Monster’ album sells 110,000 copies in 4 days

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

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

Ex-AOA leader Jimin’s bullying issue latest in FNC Entertainment’s controversies

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

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Top 10 best-selling K-pop albums in first half of 2020 revealed

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

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

BTS, EXO’s Baekhyun named top-selling K-pop artists in 1st half of 2020

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

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Monday, July 6, 2020

Woo Do-hwan meets ‘His Majesty’ Lee Min Ho before his enlistment

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

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K-pop idol Jimin quits AOA as bullying scandal snowballs with more exposé by ex-member Mina

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

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Thursday, July 2, 2020

‘Parasite’ stars, crew invited to join Oscars Academy

‘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

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Saturday, March 7, 2020

So Ji-sub, Daniel Henney join IU, Lee Min Ho in COVID-19 donations

By: Jonathan Hicap
Korean star So Ji-sub and Korean-American actor and “Criminal Minds” star Daniel Henney have made generous donations to fund efforts against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Korea.

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