BTS member J-Hope will be discharged from the military on Oct. 17, the second member of the K-pop group to complete military service. BTS’ agency, Big Hit Music, announced on Oct. 14 that no special events will be held to mark J-Hope’s discharge. “We are excited to bring you the...
South Korea is celebrating the win of author Han Kang, the first Korean writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Prize announced on Oct. 10 that the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 is awarded to Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas...
A Seoul court has fined BTS member Suga for driving an electric scooter while intoxicated last Aug. 6. In a decision on Sept. 27, the Seoul Western District Court issued a summary order against Suga, imposing a fine of 15 million won (about $11,466). With the summary order, Suga’s...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the 15th Infantry Division of the Army, a frontline unit in Gangwon Province on Sept. 17, the day of Chuseok. The 15th Infantry Division is where Private First Class Kim Nam-joon (김남준), popularly known as K-pop group BTS leader RM, is...
Another member of K-pop idol group BTS will be completing his military service next month. BTS’ J-Hope, aka Sgt. Jung Ho-seok, has started the countdown to his military discharge slated on Oct. 17. On Sept. 17, J-Hope posted on the Weverse app about completing the mandatory military...
Amid the legal battle between Korean entertainment company HYBE and Min Hee-jin, former CEO of ADOR, the agency that manages group NewJeans, fans of BTS have issued a statement opposing her reinstatement. HYBE is the parent company of BTS, NewJeans and other K-pop groups. Last Sept. 11,...
The collaboration song by Megan Thee Stallion and BTS member RM entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. According to Billboard, Megan Thee Stallion and RM’s “Neva Play,” released on Sept. 6, debuted at No. 36 on the Sept. 21-dated Hot 100 chart. “It earns RM his second career...
A prosecutor’s office in Seoul has summarily indicted BTS member Suga for drunk driving stemming from an incident on Aug. 6. On Sept. 10, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office announced that it filed a summary indictment or summary order against Suga, 31, who is accused of driving...
The first day of the 2024 The Fact Music Awards (TMA) was held on Sept. 7 at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. The Korean music awards ceremony was organized by media outlet The Fact and it was the first time that the event was held overseas to celebrate the news site’s 10th anniversary. ...
A documentary film about K-pop group BTS’ leader RM will have its world premiere and first screening at the 29th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) which will run from Oct. 2 to 11 in Busan, South Korea. “RM: Right People, Wrong Place,” a documentary film directed by Lee Seokjun,...
Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS won the title Best National Singer/Group of the 21st century in South Korea. Polling firm Gallup Korea conducted a survey from Aug. 19 to 23 among 1,052 respondents aged 19 to 69 nationwide in South Korea, commissioned by Korean media outlet Star News for its...
BTS member Jin and actress Ji Ye-eun will be joining TV personality and webtoon artist Kian84 in a Netflix entertainment show. Jin and Ji Ye-eun will be working as employees with Kian84 in the reality TV show “Kian’s Bizarre B&B” that will be premiering on Netflix in 2025. ...
