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,...
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea deployed thousands of firefighters and issued its highest fire hazard warning Saturday as a large wildfire torn through the country's eastern coastal region. Some 6,000 people were forced to flee their homes as the fire, which started early Friday on a...
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...
Jungkook, 24, the youngest member of K-pop superstars BTS, is now a university graduate. South Korea’s Global Cyber University uploaded on March 3 a video showing Jungkook announcing that he is now a graduate. BTS' Jungkook in his graduation video (Screenshot from Global Cyber University video)...
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...
The Korean movie “The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure” and the American film “Uncharted” topped the monthly box office in South Korea in February 2022. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, cinema admissions in February totaled 3.26 million, down...
