All posts tagged "topstories"

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    BTS to drop anthology album ‘Proof’ on Friday

     K-pop supergroup BTS will make a highly anticipated return to the music scene Friday with an anthology album titled “Proof.” The group will drop the album compiling the group’s nine-year-long activities since its debut at 1 p.m....

    • Posted June 8, 2022
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    aespa to hold showcase for fans in Los Angeles this month

    South Korean girl group aespa will hold a showcase in Los Angeles this month for its American fans, its agency said Tuesday. The group will perform its hit singles and new songs during the “aespa Showcase SYNK...

    • Posted June 8, 2022
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    Yoon posthumously awards top cultural order to TV host Song Hae

    President Yoon Suk-yeol posthumously awarded the top order of cultural merit to TV host Song Hae on Wednesday, his office said. Song, who died earlier in the day at 95, was the country’s oldest TV presenter, best...

    • Posted June 8, 2022
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  • SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- Big Hit Music, the label behind BTS, kicked off a global audition Monday in search of new talent to become the next global K-pop stars.

Big Hit said it "is now looking for individuals with talent and passion who will be the next global superstars," announcing the schedule of the 2022 global audition.

The audition will be held online and offline concurrently, with the application for the online section running from Monday till September 18, according to the announcement.

An on-site audition will be held in seven cities across the world, starting in Los Angeles on June 25; Toronto, Sydney and Bangkok in July; Taipei in August; and Tokyo and Seoul in September.

Males who were born after Dec. 31, 2001, are eligible to compete in three categories -- vocals/rap, dance and other -- offline and four categories online, which additionally include the production section.

Details of the global audition are available at http://bighitaudition.com.

This image promoting Big Hit Music's 2022 global audition is provided by the music label. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
    Big Hit kicks off global audition in search of next global stars

    Big Hit Music, the label behind BTS, kicked off a global audition Monday in search of new talent to become the next global K-pop stars. Big Hit said it “is now looking for individuals with talent and...

    • Posted June 6, 2022
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    ‘The Roundup’ tops 9 million viewers

    The Korean action comedy “The Roundup,” starring “Eternals” star Ma Dong-seok, topped 9 million accumulated viewers Monday, data showed. On its 20th day on the big screen Monday, the sequel to the 2017 hit movie “The Outlaws”...

    • Posted June 6, 2022
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    Seventeen’s new album sets first-week sales record for this year

     K-pop boy group Seventeen’s fourth full-length album has sold more than 2 million copies in the first week of its release, a record for all albums released this year, the group’s agency said Friday. “Face the Sun”...

    • Posted June 3, 2022
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    Girl group ITZY to drop new EP next month

    K-pop girl group ITZY will roll out a new EP next month, to be followed by the its first-ever U.S. tour, the group’s agency said Thursday. The five-member group will release the EP titled “Checkmate” at 1...

    • Posted June 3, 2022
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