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All posts tagged "K-pop"

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  First-generation K-pop idol group Click B to come back after 13 years

  First-generation K-pop idol group Click B is making a comeback after 13 years, Yonhap reported. According to DSP Media, all seven original members will join in the comeback and are working on releasing an album toward the...

  • Posted August 27, 2015
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  The birth of K-sportainment: SM joins hands with top sports agency

  It looks like the beginning of Korean “sportainment” — sports agency/marketing powerhouse IB Worldwide and K-pop giant SM Entertainment have joined hands in a strategic partnership through mutual investment. IB Worldwide saw an increase in capital of...

  • Posted August 26, 2015
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  Girls’ Generation’s ‘Lion Heart’ tops Billboard World Albums

  SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) — K-pop group Girls’ Generation opened at No. 1 on Billboard’s World Albums chart on Wednesday, the American music website showed. Its fifth album “Lion Heart” hit American retailers last Tuesday, local time,...

  • Posted August 26, 2015
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  What exactly was South Korea broadcasting to the North?

  K-pop may have the rest of the globe dancing on their feet, but for North Korea, it seems to have been a trigger for the heightened tension that plagued the Korean peninsula these past few days. South...

  • Posted August 24, 2015
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  Super Junior’s Ki-bum leaves SM Entertainment

  Inactive Super Junior member Kim Ki-bum has left SM Entertainment. The 27-year-old announced the news on his Instagram account Thursday in Korea, writing, “Finished with S.M. ent. Lets (sic) begin my new life…!!!” Kim, who debuted as...

  • Posted August 20, 2015
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  Your next Airbnb host could be G-Dragon

  If you’ve used Airbnb, you’ve likely seen your share of eclectic hosts. But Airbnb’s newest host will top them all — the open-for-all room rental service has invited G-Dragon to make his Deokyang Studio available for a...

  • Posted August 20, 2015
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  K-pop’s girl groups sweep summer 2015 charts

  SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) — South Koreans appear to have caught the girl-group bug this summer, with Sistar reigning supreme for much of the season with its third EP title “Shake It.” The upbeat, if generic, tune...

  • Posted August 20, 2015
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