(Clockwise from top left Lee Min Ho, BTS, BLACKPINK, Psy, TWICE, EXO, Lee Jong-suk, Song Hye-kyo, Gong Yoo and Hyun Bin (Photos: MYM, Instagram, Twitter) An overseas survey conducted by South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and Korean Foundation for International...
K-pop boy band EXO member D.O., 28, has been officially discharged from the military on Jan. 25 after serving for nearly 19 months. Fans celebrated his return by trending the hashtag #PrinceKyungsooReturns on Twitter. Kyung-soo is his real name. D.O. took his last vacation from the military last...
Treasure, The First Step Treasure Effect, Hanteo Chart, (G)I-DLE, NCT, Victon, TXT, Kai, ENHYPEN, MCND, Jeong Sewoon, Sungkyu, Infinite, EXO Rookie K-pop idol group Treasure topped the weekly music chart with their first official debut album “The First Step: Treasure Effect.” Hanteo Chart...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, BLACKPINK, Seventeen, NCT 127, NCT and EXO's Baekhyun (Twitter) Gaon Music Chart has released the final figures for the top-selling albums in South Korea in 2020 and has also published new certifications. The Album Chart refers to the total number of albums shipped...
Mayor Vico Sotto of Pasig City It was a New Year's Day playtime that Mayor Vico Sotto of Pasig City did not see coming. Just the same, the hardworking local official engaged netizens in a fun time that trended on Twitter. On December 30, netizens uploaded photos of Exo member D.O. whose facial...
( Clockwise from top left) BTS, EXO’s Baekhyun, Seventeen, BLACKPINK, NCT, NCT Dream (Twitter/Instagram) Hanteo Chart has revealed the top 30 best-selling albums in South Korea in 2020, covering the period Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020. K-pop idol group BTS topped the list and garnered the first two...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS’ V, BTS’ Jungkook, EXO’s Lay, NCT’s Taeyong, BTS’ Jimin, ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo, ENHYPEN’s Ni-Ki, Seventeen’s Mingyu and Wonho. (Screenshots from TC Candler’s YouTube video) TC Candler’s The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2020 includes 24 K-pop idols,...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, Seventeen, NCT, BLACKPINK, NCT 127, IZ*ONE, TWICE, EXO’s Baekhyun, Stray Kids and TXT (Twitter, Instagram) Gaon Music Chart has released the rankings for the best-selling artists in Korea in 2020 based on the total sales of physical albums. Despite the...
EXO’s Chanyeol and Oh My Girl’s Arin (Twitter) K-pop boy band EXO member Chanyeol and girl group Oh My Girl’s Arin will be appearing in the new season of the SBS TV program “Law of the Jungle.” The new expedition team will go to the disputed Dokdo Island as well as the nearby Ulleungdo...
The top 10 most tweeted about K-pop groups in the Philippines in 2020 are (clockwise from top left) Seventeen, EXO, TWICE, Treasure, BLACKPINK, TXT, GOT7, ENHYPEN, Stray Kids and BTS (Twitter, Instagram) Twitter Philippines has announced the most tweeted about K-pop groups and K-pop hashtags in the...
Twitter’s top 10 Most Tweeted K-pop accounts globally in 2020 (Twitter) Twitter has revealed the top 10 most tweeted K-pop accounts globally and most tweeted about people worldwide in 2020. According to Twitter, the top 10 Most Tweeted K-pop accounts globally in 2020 are: BTS (@bts_twt) EXO...
(Clockwise from top left) NCT, ENHYPEN, GOT7, EXO’s Kai and BTS (Twitter, Belift Lab) K-pop boy bands NCT, ENHYPEN and GOT7 garnered the first three places on the weekly music chart. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the weekly album chart for the period Nov. 30 to Dec. 6. NCT’s “NCT...
