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An Yu-jin, 18, former member of K-pop girl group IZ*ONE, and Kim Jae-hyun, 27, member of rap rock band N.Flying, tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Former K-pop girl group IZ*ONE member Jang Won-young, 16, and trot singer Song Ga-in, 34, tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 

K-pop girl group IZ*ONE, composed of nine Korean and three Japanese members, officially disbanded on April 29 when their exclusive contracts expired after two and a half years.

K-pop girl group IZ*ONE will be disbanding when their contracts expire in April after being active for two and a half years.

Korea’s Gaon Music Chart has released new certifications covering albums, downloads and streaming. 

Korean media outlet Ilgan Sports conducted its annual Lunar New Year (Seollal) survey among K-pop stars to choose their favorite fellow idols in different categories. 

K-pop girl group IZ*ONE will be holding a concert in March ahead of the expiration of their exclusive contract.

K-pop boy band NCT grabbed first place on the monthly physical album chart in January with “Resonance Pt. 2.”

The 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards (SMA) ceremony was held on Jan. 31 to honor outstanding artists who released music from January to December 2020. 

For many K-pop fans, Korean choreographer Bae Yoon-jung is a familiar face for being a dance mentor on the survival audition TV shows “Produce 101” Season 1, “Produce 48” and “Produce X 101.” 

Gaon Music Chart has released the final figures for the top-selling albums in South Korea in 2020 and has also published new certifications.

Gaon Music Chart has released the rankings for the best-selling artists in Korea in 2020 based on the total sales of physical albums. 

The 2020 The Fact Music Awards ceremony was held on Dec. 12 to honor Korean artists with BTS and Super Junior emerging as the biggest winners.K-pop superstars BTS won the daesang, or grand prize, the highest honor. This is their third consecutive year to bag the daesang, winning it for the first time in 2018. The award was based on music and record score from Gaon Music Chart data, 40 percent, and judges’ score, 60 percent.

The main ceremony of the 2020 Melon Music Awards (MMA) was aired on Dec. 5 to honor outstanding singers.

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A Korean appeals court has named K-pop boy bands NU’EST’s Baekho and UP10TION’s Lee Jin-hyuk as among the 12 victims of vote rigging by producers of the popular Korean survival audition TV show “Produce 101.”

South Korea’s Gaon Music Chart has issued new platinum certifications for album sales and streaming. 

After naming the topnotchers in album sales by category, Korea’s Hanteo Chart has unveiled the overall top 10 best-selling K-pop albums for the first half of 2020.