Los Angeles-based auction house Julien’s Auctions ended 2024 with record-breaking sales and expansion into new categories and markets in the thriving pop culture and celebrity auction scene. It dominated and set new world records in the industry led by the high-profile sales of John...
Polling firm Gallup Korea released its year-end survey, unveiling the top 10 favorite Korean singers and songs in 2024. Gallup Korea conducted the survey three times: July 11 - Aug. 2, 2024; Sept. 6 - Oct. 14, 2024; and Nov. 11 - 25, 2025. It asked 5,281 people in two age group brackets...
Following Tokyo, Seoul, Jakarta and Los Angeles, the highly-anticipated immersive K-pop exhibit D’Festa was launched in the Philippines in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig. D’Festa is produced by Korean media outlet Dispatch to mark its 10th anniversary. The exhibit showcases...
K-pop star Jungkook of idol group BTS will be returning to Disney+ with a brand new three-episode docuseries. The “Jung Kook: I Am Still: The Original” will premiere on Disney+ on Dec. 3. The Disney+ docuseries is an extended cut of the theatrical release “Jung Kook: I Am Still” and...
Korean entertainment company HYBE gave an update on the highly anticipated full group comeback of K-pop idol group BTS. In October 2022, when Big Hit Music, BTS’ agency, announced the military service of the members, it said, “Both the company and the members of BTS are looking forward to...
A duet of the famous holiday song “White Christmas” will be released, featuring BTS’ V and Bing Crosby. “White Christmas (with V of BTS),” featuring the voices of V and Crosby, is set for release at 2 p.m. KST on Dec. 6. Big Hit Music, BTS’ agency, announced that V...
Korean media outlet Joy News 24 marked its 20th anniversary by conducting a survey from Sept. 30 to Oct. 8 about dramas, variety shows, movies, actors and singers that shined in 2024. The survey was conducted among 200 people in the Korean entertainment industry, including entertainment and...
K-pop boy band BTS member RM’s music video for the song "Lost!" won two awards at the UK Music Video Awards 2024 (UKMVAs). “Launched in 2008, the UKMVAs has become the most important annual event in the calendar for the world of music video production, celebrating the best work in music...
K-pop group BTS member J-Hope threw the ceremonial first pitch at the KBO League Korean Series game on Oct. 23. J-Hope arrived at the Gwangju-KIA Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea in a KIA car. BTS' J-Hope at the Gwangju-KIA Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea (X) BTS' J-Hope...
Welcome back, J-Hope. BTS member J-Hope completed his military service on Oct. 17 and was discharged from the 36th Infantry Division new recruit training center in Wonju, Gangwon Province in South Korea. Banners containing messages from J-Hope were placed by fans near the camp to...
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...
