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All posts tagged "K-pop"

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  Rain and Kim Tae-hee reportedly set to marry within the year

  South Korean superstar Rain, 32, and top actress Kim Tae-hee, 34, will likely marry before the end of the year, local media reported Friday. The Hallyu couple, who confirmed they were dating in January 2013, received marriage...

  • Posted April 17, 2015
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  Super Junior Kangin, 10cm Kwon Jung-yeol face trouble for failure to attend military training

  Super Junior member Kangin and 10cm’s Kwon Jung-yeol are in trouble with the law for failing to participate in reserve forces training for the South Korean military. According to Yonhap, Kangin received three notices to attend a...

  • Posted April 16, 2015
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  EXO Tao not leaving group, SM says

  After a flurry of rumors and a Chinese media’s report about a third Chinese EXO member’s exit from the superstar K-pop group, SM Entertainment has stepped up to shut them down. The agency told Yonhap Thursday that...

  • Posted April 16, 2015
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  K-pop auditions for FNC Entertainment coming to US for first time

  FNC Entertainment, home to CN BLUE, AOA and FT Island, will hold its first-ever U.S. auditions in five cities. K-pop idol hopefuls in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Seattle and Hawaii will have a chance to...

  • Posted April 15, 2015
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  [NYT] Review: ‘Make It Pop’ on Nickelodeon veers toward K-pop

    Two musically inclined freshmen meet on their first day at Mackendrick Preparatory High School, an East Coast boarding school. Sun Hi (Megan Lee) is highly caffeinated and forever filming herself on her phone,...

  • Posted April 14, 2015
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  [NPR] How Asian Americans found a home in the world of K-pop

    It’s no secret that the Korean entertainment industry’s prime export — K-pop — is now a global phenomenon. But for what’s considered a largely Asian hit-making machine, it’s Americans who are often headlining the groups....

  • Posted April 14, 2015
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  JYP beats out Miss A to top music charts with ‘Who’s Your Mama’

  Park Jin-young, producer of the eponymous JYP Entertainment, surpassed a girl group of his own tutelage to land No. 1 across nine music charts in South Korea with his new single, “Who’s Your Mama.” The hit, his...

  • Posted April 13, 2015
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