By MARK REY MONTEJO The Gilas Girls flexed their might once more, this time mauling Maldives, 144-22, to secure their spot to the knockout round in the FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship at the Prince Hamza Hall in Amman, Jordan on Tuesday evening, July 11. *Gilas Girls celebrate as they manhandle...
Yuri, member of K-pop group Girls’ Generation, will be coming to Manila to hold a fan meeting in July. The official Twitter account of Girls’ Generation and Yuri made the announcement on June 5 as well as events company CNCA. Girls' Generation member Yuri (Instagram) (CNCA) The K-pop idol...
HYBE, the parent company of K-pop acts BTS, Seventeen, TXT, ENHYPEN and NewJeans, is now officially the single largest shareholder in SM Entertainment, the agency that manages artists like EXO, NCT, Aespa, Red Velvet, Girls’ Generation, Super Junior and TVXQ. (Clockwise from top) BTS, EXO,...
K-pop group Brave Girls, who rose to the top of music charts in 2021 with the song “Rollin,’” are disbanding after seven years. Brave Entertainment announced on Feb. 16 that Brave Girls’ exclusive contracts will end today (Feb. 16) and they will finish their activities with the release of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) renewed their commitment to extend more support to women in the field of science in celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Saturday, Feb. 11. (Courtesy of CHED/FB) “As we continue to...
K-pop idol group BTS’ Jungkook scored another achievement through “Dreamers,” the main song in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 official soundtrack that he sang at the opening ceremony. “Dreamers” was released on Nov. 20 and Jungkook headlined the performances at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar...
K-pop group Girls’ Generation member Taeyeon tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea’s new daily cases surged to more than 70,000. On Nov. 14, SM Entertainment announced Taeyeon’s condition. Girls' Generation's Taeyeon (Instagram) “Taeyeon was diagnosed with COVID-19 today (Nov. 14),”...
BLACKPINK member Lisa topped Billboard‘s Hot Trending Songs chart, powered by Twitter, for the second straight week and emerged as the only female artist to hold the top two positions at the same time. According to Billboard, Lisa’s “Lalisa” is the No. 1 song on the Aug. 20-dated chart,...
A Korean director admitted to plagiarizing an emblem by Tokyo DisneySea for K-pop group Girls’ Generation’s new music video. Girls’ Generation celebrated their 15th anniversary since their debut by releasing the “Forever 1” album. The emblem used in the Girls' Generation's "Forever 1"...
Rookie K-pop girl group NewJeans topped the weekly physical album chart in Korea two weeks after their official debut. Korea’s Hanteo Chart announced that NewJeans’ debut album “New Jeans,” which was released on Aug. 1, sold 311,271 copies and garnered a physical record index of 368,387.34...
K-pop boy band NCT’s Mark and members of girl groups Cosmic Girls and Cignature tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea experiences a surge in cases due to the Omicron BA.5 subvariant. “NCT’s Mark was confirmed with Covid-19 today (25th),” SM Entertainment announced. (Clockwise from top...
K-pop girl group Aespa’s new album “Girls” debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, their first time to enter the top 10 on the chart. Billboard reported the latest Billboard 200 chart results for July 23 based on “the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric...
