Donations are pouring in from Korean celebrities for the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey (Türkiye) and Syria on Feb. 6 resulting in the death of more than 40,000 people. According to the Korean Committee for UNICEF, as of Feb. 17, the amount publicly donated by Korean stars...
The ultimate fanmeet: Stray Kids comes to Manila for the second time around STAYS FOREVER Filipino fans can't get enough of Stray Kids, who have visited the country twice for a concert Nothing quite beats talent, but mix it with heavenly looks, and it elevates into a surefire deadly combo....
The 30th Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2022 held its second day of ceremony at Jamsil Arena on Feb. 11. Organizers handed out the “daesang” (grand prizes) on the second day. BTS won two grand prizes: Best Artist and Best Song. According to the awards’ website, the Best Artist award is given...
The first day of the 30th anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2022 was held at Jamsil Arena in Seoul on Feb. 10. It is based on the Hanteo Chart, which started its service in 1993, and those eligible were artists who released albums and digital music from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022. (Clockwise from top...
K-pop boy band Stray Kids dominated the latest Billboard Hot Trending Songs chart with their first Japanese studio album that will drop next month. Stray Kids will be releasing their first Japanese studio album “The Sound” on Feb. 22. Stray Kids (Twitter) Billboard's Jan. 28-dated Hot Trending...
Luminate, the company that supplies music data to Billboard for its charts, has released its “Luminate Year-End Music Report” for the US in 2022. The report showed six K-pop artists entering the top 10 in different categories for albums in the US last year. (Clockwise from top left) BTS, TXT,...
Grammy nominee BTS and rookie girl group IVE emerged as the biggest winners at the 37th Golden Disc Awards held on Jan. 7 in Thailand. BTS took home the Album of the Year award for “Proof,” released in June last year, their seventh “daesang” or grand prize at the Golden Disc Awards since...
DOH The number of fireworks-related injuries (FWRIs) has already increased to 307, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The figure includes the 16 new cases that were recorded. The total tally is "62 percent higher compared to 2021 (189 cases) but three percent lower compared to the five-year...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that the number of fireworks injuries increased to 261, while one was wounded due to a stray bullet. Fifty-one new cases of fireworks-related injuries were reported by sentinel hospitals, the DOH said in its latest report on Tuesday, Jan. 3. The total figure...
ILOILO CITY — A woman was wounded by a stray bullet on New Year’s Eve in Iloilo City. Police identified the victim as 20-year-old Kate Cambronero of Barangay Rizal in La Paz District. Cambronero was in bed when the stray bullet hit her left leg at past 9 p.m. She was taken to the hospital. The...
DASOL, Pangasinan -- A woman died while her husband was injured when their motorcycle crashed after avoiding a stray cat on the national highway in Barangay Amalbalan here on New Year's Eve. Police identified the victims as Diosdado Cerna, 54, and his wife, Estrella, 53. The couple was on their way...
Hanteo Chart has released the list of the best selling albums in South Korea in 2022. The ranking is based on its proprietary physical record index, which incorporates the total number of copies sold and the price of the album. (Clockwise from top left) BTS, Stray Kids, Seventeen, BLACKPINK and NCT...
