K-pop artists under Pledis Entertainment have fully recovered from Covid-19 as South Korea recorded nearly 384,000 new cases in one day. On March 12, the agency announced that K-pop boy band Seventeen’s The 8 and Seungkwan “have made full recoveries from Covid-19 and their quarantine has...
Three members of K-pop boy band BTOB and a member of girl group STAYC have tested positive for Covid-19 while members of Seventeen and Fromis 9 have recovered. Cube Entertainment announced that on March 10, “Lee Changsub, Peniel, and Yook Sungjae tested positive while Lee Minhyuk and Seo Eunkwang...
WASHINGTON, United States – Two recent missile tests conducted by North Korea were of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, the Pentagon said Thursday, marking what one US official called a "serious escalation" that will be punished with fresh sanctions. According to North...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea reported 327,549 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday, raising the total number of infections to 5,539,650, the health authorities said Thursday. The daily caseload was slightly down from a record high of 342,438 in the previous day, but it stayed above...
SEOUL, South Korea – Threatening a pre-emptive strike, swiftly responding to missile tests, and telling "rude boy" leader Kim Jong Un to behave: South Korea's next president looks set to get tough on the nuclear-armed North, analysts say. For the last five years Seoul has pursued a policy of...
K-pop boy band NU’EST member Minhyun has tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea recorded more than 300,000 new cases in one day. “Minhyun experienced a mild fever and a sore throat and was tested negative on a self-test he took on Tuesday, March 8. However, he took a rapid antigen test as...
Korean star couple Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin, Song Hye-kyo and more have made donations for the victims of forest fires in South Korea. The forest fires started on March 4 and has razed 21,772 hectares of woodland. The affected areas are Uljin in North Gyeongsang province with 16,913 hectares of...
Two more members of K-pop idol group Seventeen have been diagnosed with Covid-19 as South Korea continues to battle the surge of cases due to the highly contagious Omicron variant. South Korea recorded 202,721 new Covid-19 cases on March 8 to bring the total confirmed cases to 4.86 million,...
More K-pop stars have tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea recorded 210,176 new cases on March 7 due to the Omicron variant to push the total confirmed cases to 4.66 million. Among those who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 include two members of K-pop boy band Astro, Hyuna, Kwanghee and...
K-pop boy band Seventeen The 8 tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the seventh member of the group to catch the disease in three weeks. Pledis Entertainment made the announcement on March 7. (Clockwise from top left) Seventeen's The 8, Seungkwan, DK, S.Coups, Hoshi, Vernon and Wonwoo (Instagram)...
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,...
