K-pop boy band Super Junior member Choi Siwon has tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time, his agency said. Super Junior member Siwon (Twitter) “We would like to inform you about the Covid-19 confirmation of Siwon of Super Junior,” Label SJ said in a statement released on Aug. 3. It...
Filipino weightlifters continued to dominate the Asian Youth and Junior Championships 2022 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan following a six-gold medal haul from Rosalinda Faustino and Rosegie Ramos. Rosegie Ramos Faustino prevailed in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total in the women’s 49kg youth...
Photo from Asian Weightlifting Federation Rose Jean Ramos continued to make heads turn after reaping four gold, one silver and one bronze medals in the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Monday night. Competing in the women’s 45kg category, the 17-year-old...
Filipina weightlifter Angeline Colonia made heads turn on Sunday, July 17, after breaking the world and Asian records in the 40kg category and taking home two gold medals and one silver in the 2022 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Angeline Colonia (Photo...
K-pop boy band Super Junior will be returning to the Philippines for a concert slated to be held in August. Super Junior will hold their “Super Show 9: Road in Manila” at 5 p.m. on Aug. 6 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, according to an announcement by Happee Sy of concert promoter Pulp Live...
K-pop boy band Treasure, rookie group NMIXX, STAYC, Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon and BTOB topped the monthly album chart in South Korea for the month of February 2022. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the ranking of the best-selling physical albums from Feb. 1 to 28. (Clockwise from top left)...
Samantha Catantan Philippine fencing team mainstay Samantha Catantan will lead a strong 22-man national squad that will see action in the 2022 FIE Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championship at the Hamdan Sports Complex on April 2 to 10 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Catantan, gold medalist in...
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...
BTS’ Jimin, Kang Daniel, 2PM’s Junho, BTS’ V and BTS’ Jin topped the brand reputation index for individual K-pop boy band members for the month of February 2022. The Korea Corporate Research Institute analyzed 117 million brand big data from 703 members of K-pop boy bands from Jan. 19 to...
K-pop boy band Super Junior’s Kyuhyun has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while Seventeen’s Wonwoo has been cured as South Korea breached the 100,000 mark for a single day tally of new cases. Label SJ, Super Junior’s agency, announced that Kyuhyun has been confirmed to have...
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...
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...
