Korean media outlet Joy News 24 marked its 20th anniversary by conducting a survey from Sept. 30 to Oct. 8 about dramas, variety shows, movies, actors and singers that shined in 2024. The survey was conducted among 200 people in the Korean entertainment industry, including entertainment and...
K-pop boy band BTS member RM’s music video for the song "Lost!" won two awards at the UK Music Video Awards 2024 (UKMVAs). “Launched in 2008, the UKMVAs has become the most important annual event in the calendar for the world of music video production, celebrating the best work in music...
K-pop group BTS member J-Hope threw the ceremonial first pitch at the KBO League Korean Series game on Oct. 23. J-Hope arrived at the Gwangju-KIA Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea in a KIA car. BTS' J-Hope at the Gwangju-KIA Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea (X) BTS' J-Hope...
Welcome back, J-Hope. BTS member J-Hope completed his military service on Oct. 17 and was discharged from the 36th Infantry Division new recruit training center in Wonju, Gangwon Province in South Korea. Banners containing messages from J-Hope were placed by fans near the camp to...
BTS member J-Hope will be discharged from the military on Oct. 17, the second member of the K-pop group to complete military service. BTS’ agency, Big Hit Music, announced on Oct. 14 that no special events will be held to mark J-Hope’s discharge. “We are excited to bring you the...
South Korea is celebrating the win of author Han Kang, the first Korean writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel Prize announced on Oct. 10 that the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 is awarded to Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas...
A Seoul court has fined BTS member Suga for driving an electric scooter while intoxicated last Aug. 6. In a decision on Sept. 27, the Seoul Western District Court issued a summary order against Suga, imposing a fine of 15 million won (about $11,466). With the summary order, Suga’s...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the 15th Infantry Division of the Army, a frontline unit in Gangwon Province on Sept. 17, the day of Chuseok. The 15th Infantry Division is where Private First Class Kim Nam-joon (김남준), popularly known as K-pop group BTS leader RM, is...
Another member of K-pop idol group BTS will be completing his military service next month. BTS’ J-Hope, aka Sgt. Jung Ho-seok, has started the countdown to his military discharge slated on Oct. 17. On Sept. 17, J-Hope posted on the Weverse app about completing the mandatory military...
Amid the legal battle between Korean entertainment company HYBE and Min Hee-jin, former CEO of ADOR, the agency that manages group NewJeans, fans of BTS have issued a statement opposing her reinstatement. HYBE is the parent company of BTS, NewJeans and other K-pop groups. Last Sept. 11,...
The collaboration song by Megan Thee Stallion and BTS member RM entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart. According to Billboard, Megan Thee Stallion and RM’s “Neva Play,” released on Sept. 6, debuted at No. 36 on the Sept. 21-dated Hot 100 chart. “It earns RM his second career...
A prosecutor’s office in Seoul has summarily indicted BTS member Suga for drunk driving stemming from an incident on Aug. 6. On Sept. 10, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office announced that it filed a summary indictment or summary order against Suga, 31, who is accused of driving...
