All posts tagged "topstories"

  • K-pop group NCT's Jaemin (Yonhap)
    NCT’s Jaemin donates 100 mln won to UNICEF

    Jaemin, a member of popular boy group NCT, has donated 100 million won (US$68,998) to UNICEF’s program for supporting children around the world, UNICEF Korea said Tuesday. The donation was made in the name of the K-pop...

    • Posted December 26, 2024
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  • A poster for "Squid Game" Season 2, provided by Netflix. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    Netflix’s global phenomenon ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 premieres Thurs.

    The highly anticipated second season of Netflix’s Korean original series “Squid Game” premieres Thursday, continuing the gripping narrative that captivated audiences worldwide. The new chapter follows protagonist Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who abandons his plans to leave for...

    • Posted December 26, 2024
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  • Jennie of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK is shown in these photos provided by her agency, OA Entertainment. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    Jennie announces plan for solo album next year

    Jennie of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has revealed plans to release a solo, “life-reflecting” album next year. According to her agency, OA Entertainment, she shared the announcement in a “Happy Holidays” video posted on the company’s website...

    • Posted December 26, 2024
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  • This undated photo, provided by JYP Entertainment, shows Stray Kids. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    Stray Kids scores 6th Billboard 200 No. 1

    K-pop boy group Stray Kids has claimed its sixth No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart with its new album, “Hop.” The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart for this week with 187,000 equivalent...

    • Posted December 23, 2024
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  • The cover image for BTS member V's first solo album "Layover," provided by BigHit Music (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    ‘Love Me Again’ by BTS’ V hits 1 bln Spotify streams

    BTS member V’s 2023 hit song “Love Me Again” surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify on Saturday, joining the global music streaming service’s Billions Club, his agency said. The track is from V’s first solo album, “Layover,”...

    • Posted December 16, 2024
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  • BTS' Jungkook is seen in this photo provided by BigHit Music. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    BTS’ Jungkook wins two 2024 BBMAs, marking 2 consecutive years of success

    Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS clinched two awards at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards, one of the major pop music awards in the United States. The vocalist won in the Top K-pop Album and Top Global K-pop...

    • Posted December 13, 2024
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  • Han Kang, this year's laureate of the Nobel Prize in literature, attends a meeting with Korean reporters at a publishing house in Stockholm on Dec. 11, 2024. (Yonhap)
    Nobel Prize winner Han Kang hopes ‘Human Acts’ will be access road to understanding Gwangju uprising

    Han Kang, this year’s laureate of the Nobel Prize in literature, hopes her novel “Human Acts” will be an access road to understanding the May 18, 1980, pro-democracy people’s uprising in Gwangju to many people. “I was...

    • Posted December 13, 2024
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