K-pop boy band Seventeen’s special live meeting event with fans scheduled on March 7 has been postponed after four of their members tested positive for Covid-19. “We would like to provide you with some information on the tentative postponement of the Seventeen Carat Membership special live...
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile Saturday, Seoul's military said, continuing this year's record-breaking blitz of weapons tests with a launch just days before South Korea's presidential election. From hypersonic to medium-range ballistic missiles,...
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea deployed thousands of firefighters and issued its highest fire hazard warning Saturday as a large wildfire torn through the country's eastern coastal region. Some 6,000 people were forced to flee their homes as the fire, which started early Friday on a...
K-pop boy band Seventeen members DK and Seungkwan have been diagnosed with Covid-19 on March 5, hours after fellow member S.Coups was announced to have the disease. DK and Seungkwan became the fifth and sixth members of Seventeen to get Covid-19 in three weeks after S.Coups, Hoshi, Vernon and...
K-pop boy band Seventeen’s S.Coups has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the fourth member of the group to get the disease in three weeks after Hoshi, Vernon and Wonwoo. “S.Coups was tested positive on the self-test kit he took on Friday, March 4. He promptly took a PCR test and was...
Jungkook, 24, the youngest member of K-pop superstars BTS, is now a university graduate. South Korea’s Global Cyber University uploaded on March 3 a video showing Jungkook announcing that he is now a graduate. BTS' Jungkook in his graduation video (Screenshot from Global Cyber University video)...
One of the stars of Netflix’s global hit Korean series “Squid Game” and a member of K-pop boy band The Boyz have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Korean actor Wi Ha-joon initially tested positive using a self-test kit on March 1, according to his agency MS Team...
The Korean movie “The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure” and the American film “Uncharted” topped the monthly box office in South Korea in February 2022. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, cinema admissions in February totaled 3.26 million, down...
Seventeen’s Hoshi, Kim Tae-ri, SHINee’s Key test positive for COVID-19; Vernon recovers More Korean celebrities have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as South Korea recorded more than 198,000 new cases in a single day due to the highly contagious Omicron variant. Testing...
Three more members of K-pop girl group Apink and eight more members of girl group Loona have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while The Boyz’s Jacob was diagnosed with the virus in South Korea after vacationing in Canada. Apink IST Entertainment announced on March 1 that...
K-pop girl group members BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Apink’s Eunji and Hayoung have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). YG Entertainment announced on Feb. 28 that “BLACKPINK's Rosé, ahead of her departure on Feb. 28, tested positive in the PCR test for COVID-19 so some of her...
K-pop girl group ITZY’s Ryujin and Super Junior’s Ryeowook have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as at least 157 Korean stars have been diagnosed with it since last month. “On the afternoon of the 27th , Ryujin from ITZY was confirmed to have COVID-19. Previously on the...
