Category: Overseas
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Ringo Starr on turning 80 and what he learned from fatherhood
Los Angeles — It is always a thrill to meet or interview a musical icon, especially if they are former Beatles.
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Ex-AOA leader Jimin’s bullying issue latest in FNC Entertainment’s controversies
The departure of Shin Jimin as leader and member of K-pop girl group AOA due to bullying allegations by former member Mina has given focus on their agency, FNC Entertainment.
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KCC Philippines’ ‘Korea at Home’ brings K-culture online
Amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in the Philippines has launched the “Korea at Home” campaign to present Korean culture online.
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Top 10 best-selling K-pop albums in first half of 2020 revealed
After naming the topnotchers in album sales by category, Korea’s Hanteo Chart has unveiled the overall top 10 best-selling K-pop albums for the first half of 2020.
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BTS, EXO’s Baekhyun named top-selling K-pop artists in 1st half of 2020
South Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “the world’s one-and-only real-time music chart,” has revealed the list of the top-selling K-pop artists for the first half of 2020.
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Woo Do-hwan meets ‘His Majesty’ Lee Min Ho before his enlistment
Actor Woo Do-hwan, 27, who starred in the K-drama “The King: Eternal Monarch,” enlisted today (July 6) in the Korean military.
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K-pop idol Jimin quits AOA as bullying scandal snowballs with more exposé by ex-member Mina
Shin Jimin, the 29-year-old leader of AOA, has quit the girl group as the bullying allegations against her by former member Mina further escalated and more issues of impropriety surfaced.
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Ex-AOA member Mina reveals she was bullied for 10 years by leader Jimin
Mina, former member of K-pop girl group AOA, has revealed that she was bullied for 10 years during her trainee days and while in the girl band that drove her to attempt to take her own life.
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Late K-pop idol Goo Hara’s ex-boyfriend sent to jail for assault, blackmail; brother disappointed over verdict
The former boyfriend of the late K-pop idol Goo Hara was sent to jail after a Seoul appeals court found him guilty of assaulting and blackmailing her with a sex video, and reversed an earlier ruling.
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2PM’s Taecyeon writes to fans about his girlfriend
K-pop idol and actor Taecyeon of boy band 2PM wrote a note to fans days after Korean media revealed he has a girlfriend.
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Yoo Ah-in-Park Shin-hye’s zombie film ‘#Alive’ tops Korean box office
The Korean zombie film “#Alive,” starring Yoo Ah-in and Park Shin-hye, has topped the box office in South Korea as cinema attendance continued to rise despite the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
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‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda recalls email from Aretha Franklin, moment with Prince Harry
Los Angeles — Everything that Lin-Manuel Miranda touches turns into gold.
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PH crew UPeepz advances to ‘World of Dance’ semifinals
Filipino hip-hop dance crew UPeepz is en route to the “World of Dance” semifinals after it won against American dance crew The Rise in a round called the Duels.
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Is ‘The Old Guard’ movie faithful to source graphic novel?
The 50-year-old American comic book writer Greg Rucka thinks adapting graphic novel to film could be a “chance” to “fix” things that maybe didn’t work in the source material.