So many K-Pop superstars also happen to be social media sensations – and the top accounts have millions and millions of followers!
30.11.2020 - 08:21 / variety.com
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe box office outlook in South Korea, which last year was the world’s fourth largest theatrical market, turned from bad to worse.
Gross revenues over the weekend dropped to just $2.24 million, a slump of 40% compared with the already depressed $3.70 million total of the weekend before.In the intervening period cinemas in the Greater Seoul area have been required to increase social distancing measures and cut their seating capacity, as a reaction to the latest
.So many K-Pop superstars also happen to be social media sensations – and the top accounts have millions and millions of followers!
BTS member Jungkook has been deemed one among the sexiest men of 2020 yet again. The South Korean singer, who was recently crowned the title by People, has been featured on Sexiest Men of 2020 list released by Grazia.
BLACKPINK have announced the postponement of their upcoming virtual concert, dubbed THE SHOW.THE SHOW, which was originally set to air on YouTube on December 27, will now air on January 31, 2021 at 2pm KST (6am BST) instead.The quartet took to social media earlier today (December 17) to reveal the new date, and explain that the concert was postponed due to South Korea’s current regulations to manage the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.“We can’t wait to meet our BLINKs as soon as possible, but in
ITV and included a number of high-profile participants. The masked celebrities included a politician, a Premier League footballer and various chart-toppers.
Controversial South Korean director Kim Ki-duk died in a hospital in Latvia where he was being treated for COVID-19. He was 59.
Dua Lipa, Demi Lovato, J Balvin, and Matthew McConaughey will be helping fans around the world ring in 2021 virtually as part of a series of YouTube specials.Hello 2021 will feature five different shows for viewers in the Americas, the U.K., South Korea, Japan, and India, where fans will be treated to speeches, musical performances, and dance parties from big name stars across the globe as they count down to the New Year.Hello 2021: Americas will be co-hosted by actress Storm Reid and Mexican
The K-pop sensation is bringing all the festive feels on “Dynamite (Holiday Remix),” which gives some seasonal bang to the group’s No. 1 hit.The surprise track — which, to the BTS ARMY’s delight, dropped early Friday — accentuates the already merry vibe of the original with some tinsel trimmings. The new remix comes with a video that finds the South Korean septet bopping around a Christmas tree to the Yule groove.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAward-winning and deeply divisive South Korean film director Kim Ki-duk has died of COVID-19-related complications while on a visit to Latvia, local media in Latvia has reported. His death has not been confirmed in Korea.Latvian news portal Delfi said Kim arrived in the country a month ago with the intention of buying a house and applying for alien residency status.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLarge parts of South Korea’s entertainment industry are reeling as the national government put capital city Seoul on the country’s second highest virus response footing.
BTS. It will be welcome news for the seven-member pop group's legions of diehard fans around the world, who were celebrating the band's unprecedented position at the top of the Billboard chart on Tuesday.
Thanks to a new Korean law, BTS’ Jin will defer his military service by two years. Jin, the eldest member of BTS, will turn 28 on Friday, December 4, which meant that he had 20 months to enlist in the military under the previous South Korean law.
known as the ARMY, were joyous Tuesday after South Korean lawmakers passed a bill that will likely enable pop stars — including the boyband’s members — to postpone mandatory military service.As a result of the country’s decadeslong war with North Korea, there is currently what Americans would perceive as a military draft in place requiring that all able-bodied South Korean men to serve for a minimum of 18 months before their 28th birthday — a date which BTS’ oldest member, 27-year-old Kim