All posts tagged "topstories"

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    NCT Dream’s ‘Candy’ winter EP sells 2 mln copies in preorders

    South Korean boy group NCT Dream’s special winter EP, “Candy,” has surpassed 2 million copies in preorders, the group’s agency, SM Entertainment, said Monday. A subunit of the K-pop supergroup NCT released the six-track EP digitally Friday...

    • Posted December 19, 2022
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    Star-studded ‘The Match’ skips theaters, goes straight to Netflix

    SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Yonhap) — “The Match,” a highly anticipated Korean film about professional Go players, will skip theaters and go straight to Netflix for global release, the streaming service said Friday. The movie is based on...

    • Posted December 16, 2022
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  • SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- Suga of K-pop sensation BTS will carry out his military service as a social service agent, military and music industry sources said Tuesday. They said the 29-year-old rapper was assigned to be a social service agent instead of an active-duty soldier. But details, including when his enlistment will be, remain unknown. Suga, born in 1993, had his service deferred until the end of next year under a revised law that allows "those who excel in popular culture and art" to postpone their service until the age of 30. In South Korea, all able-bodied men are obliged to serve between 18 and 21 months in the military. A photo of BTS member Suga, provided by Big Hit Music (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    ‘BTS’ Suga to fulfill military service as social service agent

    SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) — Suga of K-pop sensation BTS will carry out his military service as a social service agent, military and music industry sources said Tuesday. They said the 29-year-old rapper was assigned to be...

    • Posted December 14, 2022
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    ‘Decision to Leave’ nominated for Critics Choice Awards

    SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Yonhap) — Park Chan-wook’s romance thriller “Decision to Leave” has been nominated for best foreign film for this year’s Critics Choice Awards. According to the nominations announced by the Critics Choice Association on Wednesday...

    • Posted December 14, 2022
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  • (ATTN: UPDATES with more information, message from Jin in paras 6, 12-15, 24-25) SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- K-pop superstar Jin on Tuesday entered a boot camp in a front-line area to begin his mandatory military service, with hundreds of reporters from domestic and foreign news media waiting outside to cover the news. The 30-year-old became the first member of the boy band BTS to join the military. The group's six other members -- RM, Suga, Jimin, J-hope, V and Jungkook -- will also be enlisting in the military in order, according to the band's agency, Big Hit Music. The vocalist quietly entered an Army training center in Yeoncheon, 60 kilometers north of Seoul, in a car without a farewell event for fans. Journalists and BTS fans gather outside of an army training camp in Yeoncheon, 60 kilometers north of Seoul, to see Jin, a vocalist of the band, on Dec. 13, 2022. (Yonhap)
    BTS’ Jin enlists in military amid intense media coverage

    SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) — K-pop superstar Jin on Tuesday entered a boot camp in a front-line area to begin his mandatory military service, with hundreds of reporters from domestic and foreign news media waiting outside to...

    • Posted December 14, 2022
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  • (ATTN: UPDATES with deployment of 300 officials in paras 9-10) SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) -- K-pop superstar Jin will enter a boot camp in a front-line area to begin his mandatory military service Tuesday. The 30-year-old vocalist of boy group BTS will quietly enter an Army training center in Yeoncheon, 60 kilometers north of Seoul, without a farewell event for fans, according to sources in the music industry. He is the first BTS member to join the military. The group's six other members -- RM, Suga, Jimin, J-hope, V and Jungkook -- will also be enlisting in the military in order, according to the band's agency, Big Hit Music. A photo of BTS member Jin, provided by Big Hit Music (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    BTS’ Jin to begin active-duty military service

    K-pop superstar Jin will enter a boot camp in a front-line area to begin his mandatory military service Tuesday. The 30-year-old vocalist of boy group BTS will quietly enter an Army training center in Yeoncheon, 60 kilometers...

    • Posted December 12, 2022
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    JTBC’s ‘Reborn Rich’ becomes this year’s most-watched drama

    SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Yonhap) — Local cable channel JTBC’s corporate drama “Reborn Rich” has broken past the 20 percent mark to achieve the highest viewership ratings this year with its intriguing revenge plot by a man who...

    • Posted December 12, 2022
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