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...
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...
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...
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...
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) honored boy band Seventeen as the highest-charting K-pop artist in its annual album sales chart. IFPI released the top 10 artists on its 2021 Global Album Sales Chart, which “combines global sales of physical albums and digital...
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)...
K-pop boy band Seventeen member Vernon, girl group Billlie’s Haram and Sheon, actress Shin Hye-sun, actor-idol Lee Jun-young and Mamamoo’ Solar have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vernon tested positive for COVID-19 on Feb. 25, a week after Seventeen’s Wonwoo fully...
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has chosen K-pop superstars BTS as the 2021 Global Recording Artist of the Year, becoming the first Korean act to bag the award for two straight years. According to IFPI, the award is based on “an artist’s or group’s worldwide...
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...
K-pop girl group ITZY’s Lia and Yeji, and boy band CNBLUE’s Yonghwa tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), increasing the number of Korean stars who got the virus to 98 since Jan. 19. Lia was the first member of ITZY to test positive for COVID-19 on Feb. 13 followed by Yeji on Feb....
Seven members of a K-pop boy band Cravity and four of K-pop group BLANK2Y tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in one day to bring the total number of infected Korean stars to at least 95 since Jan. 19. According to agency Starship Entertainment on Feb. 12, the group members who have...
