Forbes Korea released its 2022 Power Celebrity 40 list of the most influential and highest paid people in Korea. The Power Celebrity 40 is the Korean version of the Celebrity 100 list by US Forbes magazine, which ranks the highest paid celebrities. Forbes Korea's 2022 Power Celebrity 40 list...
Philippine clothing brand Penshoppe has revealed that Korean actress Han So-hee is its newest endorser. Han So-hee joined as the latest member of Team Penshoppe and the latest addition to the top fashion brand’s roster of world-renowned ambassadors. Korean actress Han So-hee is the...
BLACKPINK member Lisa’s special limited edition of her “Lalisa” album sold out within a day after pre-orders started. YG Entertainment announced on March 21 that Lisa’s “Lalisa” Gold Vinyl LP Special Limited Edition will be released on March 28. BLACKPINK Lisa's "Lalisa' special limited...
BLACKPINK’s Jennie will be returning to Korea today, March 12, after wrapping up her schedules in Paris and Hawaii. Jennie will be leaving Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii and arrive at Incheon International Airport at about 6 p.m. KST on March 12, according to Korean media. (From left)...
Music streaming platform Spotify has relaunched its popular K-pop playlist. Its playlist K-pop Daebak is now known as K-Pop ON! (온) . According to Spotify, K-pop has experienced a 230 percent growth in listening and with nearly eight billion monthly streams globally. In the last 90 days, Spotify...
K-pop boy band Treasure, rookie group NMIXX, STAYC, Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon and BTOB topped the monthly album chart in South Korea for the month of February 2022. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the ranking of the best-selling physical albums from Feb. 1 to 28. (Clockwise from top left)...
K-pop girl group members BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Apink’s Eunji and Hayoung have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). YG Entertainment announced on Feb. 28 that “BLACKPINK's Rosé, ahead of her departure on Feb. 28, tested positive in the PCR test for COVID-19 so some of her...
The Blue House, or the Office of the President of South Korea, has answered the national petition filed against the Korean drama “Snowdrop,” which starred Jung Hae-in and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo. On Dec. 19, a petition was filed on the Blue House website to stop the airing of “Snowdrop,”...
Joining her are ‘Euphoria’ star Dominic Fike and music artist Solange Knowles How you like that? Blackpink’s Jennie is bringing the heat on social media through a series of photos by Glen Luchford for American fashion label Calvin Klein. For the brand’s spring 2022 campaign, the South...
Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) released the results of the 2022 Overseas Hallyu (Korean Wave) Survey. The survey was conducted online from Nov. 5 to Dec. 8, 2021 among 8,500 respondents in 18 countries and...
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK reached a new milestone when another of their videos reached one billion views on YouTube. According to YG Entertainment, BLACKPINK’s "How You Like That" dance performance video reached one billion views on YouTube at about 10:19 p.m. Korea standard time on Feb. 7....
BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, Red Velvet and Seventeen copped the first five places in the brand reputation ranking for K-pop idol groups for February this year. The Korea Corporate Research Institute analyzed 93 million pieces of big data of K-pop idol groups from Jan. 1 to Feb. 1, an increase by 20.34...
