The ‘Anecdotes of Ages Collection’ marries unique art and whiskey Pop artist, Sir Peter Blake An extraordinary art and whiskey collaboration unveil the “Anecdotes of Ages Collection.” Blending with British pop artist Sir Peter Blake, this is The Macallan’s third with the iconic artist. A...
K-pop boy band Treasure, composed of 12 members, made their comeback in a little over a year, releasing their new album “The Second Step: Chapter One” on Feb. 15. The album is fronted by the song “Jikjin” (a Korean word which means “go straight”), a hip-hop song described as a track...
More K-pop stars have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to the Omicron variant surge in South Korea. ON Feb. 14, Yuehua Entertainment announced that all seven members of upcoming K-pop boy band Tempest have been confirmed to have COVID-19. They are Hanbin, Hyungseop, Hyuk,...
Five members of K-pop boy band The Boyz have recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The group’s agency IST Entertainment announced on Feb. 6 that The Boyz’s Eric, Younghoon, Hyunjae, Ju Haknyeon and Sangyeon have been released from quarantine as ordered by health authorities. “We...
Actor Jung Il-woo, K-pop boy band P1Harmony's Intak and more Korean stars have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the highly contagious Omicron variant continues to infect thousands of people in South Korea. Health authorities have declared that the Omicron variant is now the...
K-pop stars who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last two weeks have recovered but new cases have been confirmed as the highly contagious Omicron variant continues to infect people in South Korea. YG Entertainment announced on Feb. 3 that the five members iKON, four members...
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...
From a pop-up store which opened last quarter of 2021 to an actual Clé de peau Beauté store in the middle of this year! If you frequent Japan or are fond of Japanese style magazines, then you are sure to be familiar with Clé de peau Beauté. Established in 1982, it's mission is to be...
There are now at least 26 K-pop idols who have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last nine days as South Korea grapples to stem the surge in daily cases due to the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. On Jan. 27, Korean health authorities recorded 14,158 new...
K-pop boy band The Boyz’s Younghoon, former Sistar member Hyolyn and WEi’s Kim Dong-han, Yoo Yong-ha and Kang Seok-hwa tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as South Korea tallied 13,102 new cases on Jan. 26, the highest daily total since the pandemic started in 2020. (Clockwise...
K-pop, Korean dramas and Korean food are the first things that come to mind among youths in countries under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) including the Philippines. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Seoul-based ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC) “aimed to identify the...
K-pop boy band Treasure set a personal best for their upcoming new album “The Second Step: Chapter One.” According to YG Entertainment, the group’s agency, on Jan. 20, “The Second Step: Chapter One” exceeded 600,000 copies in pre-orders in eight days since the reservation started on Jan....