All posts tagged "topstories"

  • BTS member Jin is seen in this promotional image for "I'll Be There," provided by BigHit Music. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    BTS’ Jin to prerelease track of 1st solo album

    Jin of K-pop supergroup BTS will unveil “I’ll Be There,” a prerelease track from his forthcoming first solo album “Happy,” on Friday, his agency said. The song aims to uplift listeners who may feel weary and alone,...

    • Posted October 27, 2024
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  • BLACKPINK's Jennie is seen in this photo provided by OA Entertainment. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    BLACKPINK’s Jennie makes Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Mantra’

    “Mantra,” the latest solo release from K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Jennie, has entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The digital single debuted on the chart at No. 98, Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) on social media platform...

    • Posted October 23, 2024
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  • K-pop girl group ILLIT poses for a photo during a media showcase event held in Seoul on Oct. 21, 2024, to promote its second EP, "I'll Like You." (Yonhap)
    ILLIT aims to keep its unique style as it returns with new album

    After making a successful debut this spring with “Magnetic,” girl group ILLIT is back, aiming to replicate its success with its second EP, “I’ll Like You.” The album marks the group’s return seven months after its debut...

    • Posted October 21, 2024
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  • BTS member J-Hope salutes outside the main gate of the 36th Army Infantry Division in Wonju, some 90 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Oct. 17, 2024, after completing his mandatory military service. (Yonhap)
    BTS’ J-Hope returns from military service

    J-Hope, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, was discharged from his 18 months of mandatory military service Thursday, becoming the band’s second member to complete his service after the eldest member, Jin. J-Hope appeared outside the...

    • Posted October 18, 2024
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  • K-pop girl group Billlie poses for a photo during a press showcase for the group's fifth EP, "appendix: Of All We Have Lost," in Seoul on Oct. 16, 2024. (Yonhap)
    Billlie makes full-group comeback with new EP

    K-pop girl group Billlie made a comeback as a full group of seven members with the release of its fifth EP, “appendix: Of All We Have Lost,” on Wednesday. The album marks the group’s first full-member release...

    • Posted October 16, 2024
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  • BLACKPINK's Jennie is seen in this photo provided by OA Entertainment. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    Jennie tops iTunes charts in 47 countries with ‘Mantra’

    K-pop star Jennie has topped iTunes charts in 47 countries, including the United States, with her latest release, “Mantra,” her agency said Saturday. The BLACKPINK member’s new digital single, released Friday, claimed the No. 1 spot on...

    • Posted October 14, 2024
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  • Novelist Han Seung-won (L) poses for a photo with his daughter, novelist Han Kang, in this 2005 file photo provided by the South Korean publisher Munhak Sasang. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    Novelist Han Seung-won ‘stunned’ by daughter’s Nobel Prize win

    South Korean novelist Han Seung-won, father of the country’s first Nobel laureate in literature, on Friday expressed astonishment at his daughter Han Kang’s win, saying it felt as if “the world had been turned upside down.” Speaking...

    • Posted October 11, 2024
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