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BTS’ Jimin Unable To Perform Choreography Due To Muscle Pain

BTS’ Jimin Unable To Perform Choreography Due To Muscle Pain

K-pop star Jimin is not able to perform choreography with BTS during the Macau stop of their “Wings” tour. On November 3, Big Hit Entertainment released an official statement about Jimin’s inability to dance with the group, according to AllKpop. The company notified fans and said that due to muscle pains, BTS member Jimin will […]

7y ago

Jay Park: Kpop Star Signs With Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, ‘This Is A Win For Asian Americans’

Jay Park: Kpop Star Signs With Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, ‘This Is A Win For Asian Americans’

After several years of building a loyal fan base and delivering successful tracks, Park Jaebeom, Korean pop artist who is also known as Jay Park, has officially been signed to Jay-Z’s management company, Roc Nation. Roc Nation is home to a diverse roster of recording artists, musicians, and record producers including Rihanna, DJ Khaled, Demi […]

7y ago

K-Pop Controversy: Big Bang’s T.O.P. Charged for Smoking Marijuana

K-Pop Controversy: Big Bang’s T.O.P. Charged for Smoking Marijuana

Choi Seung Hyun, also known as T.O.P., from one of South Korea’s iconic boy groups, Big Bang, has finally admitted to the charges of smoking marijuana in his home on October of last year. Earlier reports revealed that a female acquaintance was with him during the incident. Initially, the Big Bang rapper denied allegations that […]

7y ago

President Moon Jae-In On THAAD And Hallyu: Efforts Are On To Lift China’s Ban On K-pop, K-drama  

President Moon Jae-In On THAAD And Hallyu: Efforts Are On To Lift China’s Ban On K-pop, K-drama  

Newly elected South Korean president Moon Jae-in has vowed to champion the cause of Hallyu stars and reinstate K-pop in China, where it has been banned for almost a year. The Korean president has promised to discuss the situation with the Chinese government, and if all goes well, the blanket ban on Hallyu will be […]

7y ago

Gong Yoo’s Revelations On His Great Ancestor Confucius, And His Closeness To Gong Hyo Jin

Gong Yoo’s Revelations On His Great Ancestor Confucius, And His Closeness To Gong Hyo Jin

Gong Yoo may have shed his role of the great and lonely god in Goblin, but he is actually holding a real-life role that is not fictitious at all. It turns out that our favorite Hallyu actor is a descendant of the great Chinese thinker, Confucius. During his fan meeting in Taiwan, Gong Yoo was […]

7y ago

EXID Explains Why They Are So Amazed By International K-Pop Fans Singing Korean Lyrics To ‘Up & Down’

EXID Explains Why They Are So Amazed By International K-Pop Fans Singing Korean Lyrics To ‘Up & Down’

Exceed in Dreaming, better known in the K-pop community as EXID, just recently made their K-pop comeback for 2017 with their third EP, or mini-album, titled Eclipse, featuring the hit song “Night Rather Than Day.” It officially released on April 10 at midnight KST. Since then, its been making its rounds online. The music video […]

7y ago

GFRIEND Announced To Perform At KCON 2017 NY, Joining Already Announced K-Pop Acts CNBLUE And TWICE

GFRIEND Announced To Perform At KCON 2017 NY, Joining Already Announced K-Pop Acts CNBLUE And TWICE

Right now, KCON.TV is busy setting up and building hype for their upcoming U.S. venue, KCON 2017 NY. Though it is labeled as New York, the venue is technically located in the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, which is right on the New Jersey and New York border, or at least close enough to […]

7y ago

KCON 2017 NY Announces CNBLUE And TWICE As First Acts To Perform At Popular K-Pop Event

KCON 2017 NY Announces CNBLUE And TWICE As First Acts To Perform At Popular K-Pop Event

For many years now, KCON has been the No. 1 entity in spreading and increasing the interest of Korean culture through Hallyu internationally. Just recently, they teamed up with Fantagio to record the entertainment label and agency’s I.O.I. members, Choi Yoo Jung and Kim Do Yeon, as they prepare for their K-pop debut by partaking […]

7y ago

I.O.I. Members Choi Yoo Jung And Kim Do Yeon Went To Los Angeles To Train For K-Pop Debut In ‘Dodaeng’s Diary’

I.O.I. Members Choi Yoo Jung And Kim Do Yeon Went To Los Angeles To Train For K-Pop Debut In ‘Dodaeng’s Diary’

If there is one K-pop girl group that has benefited its members the most, it is easily going to be Ideal of Idol better known as I.O.I. Formed back in 2016 and consisting of the top 11 contestants off of the competition show Produce 101, they have continued onward for one year releasing hits that […]

7y ago

DramaFever Co-Producing OCN’s 1st Romcom ‘My Secret Romance’ — K-Drama To Simultaneously Air In US And Korea

DramaFever Co-Producing OCN’s 1st Romcom ‘My Secret Romance’ — K-Drama To Simultaneously Air In US And Korea

https://youtu.be/NR5cZeQU4VA Last year, Korean cable networks made leaps and bounds in their overall relevance not just with K-dramas but in Korean television in general. True the Total Variety Network (tvN) probably had the most success in 2016, but the Orion Cinema Network (OCN) is easily the one network which has seen monumental jumps in popularity. […]

7y ago

K-Dramas To Watch In April 2017 — What Korean Dramas Should You Check Out This Month?

K-Dramas To Watch In April 2017 — What Korean Dramas Should You Check Out This Month?

Last month, the first season of K-dramas that strictly debuted in 2017 concluded. Some of theme ended on a high note, while others ended on a low. Nevertheless, said first season of 2017 initiated shaping the landscape of what K-dramas to expect this year: suspenseful melodramas. The most successful K-dramas of 2017 so far have […]

7y ago

Bae Suzy’s JYP Entertainment Contract Ends, Idol-Actress Undecided On Renewing

Bae Suzy’s JYP Entertainment Contract Ends, Idol-Actress Undecided On Renewing

When it comes to girl groups in the K-pop industry today, JYP Entertainment is sitting on top of the world with Twice. The nine-member girl group consisting of Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu have dominated the K-pop scene since their debut back in 2015 with their debut title track song […]

7y ago

WINNER To Make K-Pop Comeback With New Album, ‘Fate Number For’

WINNER To Make K-Pop Comeback With New Album, ‘Fate Number For’

For YG Entertainment, 2017 will be a year that will test the entertainment label and company after the situation they are currently in. With Big Bang on hiatus, due to its members now fulfilling mandatory military service duties, and 2NE1 officially disbanded, “Papa YG” Yang Hyun Suk and company will have to work hard to […]

7y ago

Lee Joon Gi Reveals He Wants To Do Romcom K-Dramas But Never Gets Offers

Lee Joon Gi Reveals He Wants To Do Romcom K-Dramas But Never Gets Offers

One of the more popular period K-dramas that aired back in 2016 that was unique from the others was Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo. What made it unique was the fact that it did not do well domestically in South Korea but was a breakout hit internationally. It is one of the most watched K-dramas […]

7y ago

‘Chief Kim’ Finale: KBS K-Drama Ends On High Note, Can’t Break 20 Percent

‘Chief Kim’ Finale: KBS K-Drama Ends On High Note, Can’t Break 20 Percent

As of now for 2017, the most popular K-drama to air on Korean public networks is Defendant. Also known as Innocent Defender, the suspenseful melodramatic crime thriller starring Ji Sung (Kill Me, Heal Me and Entertainer) and Yuri (Neighborhood Hero and Gogh, The Starry Night) kept viewers on the edge of their seats. They watched […]

7y ago

Lee Min Ho Eyeing Last Project Before Military Enlistment

Lee Min Ho Eyeing Last Project Before Military Enlistment

It has been a couple of months since Lee Min Ho appeared on TV. His last Korean drama was The Legend of the Blue Sea in SBS. Starring opposite Korean superstar Jun Ji Hyun, Lee broke the charts with the drama’s top ratings, which reached the 20-percent mark on numerous episodes. Since then, news of […]

7y ago

Ku Hye Sun Leaves ‘You Are Too Much,’ Jang Hee Jin Takes Her Role In MBC K-Drama

Ku Hye Sun Leaves ‘You Are Too Much,’ Jang Hee Jin Takes Her Role In MBC K-Drama

The Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is doing all they can to air a hit during their most popular day and time slot, Wednesdays and Thursdays near 10 p.m. KST. The last two seasons of K-dramas during those days and times, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo and Missing 9, have technically been flops in accordance to […]

7y ago

Hyoyeon And Yoona Next Girls’ Generation Members To Release Albums This Year

Hyoyeon And Yoona Next Girls’ Generation Members To Release Albums This Year

Ever since 2015, SM Entertainment has been featuring individual members of their most popular K-pop girl group So Nyeo Shi Dae (SNSD), better known as Girls’ Generation, as soloists. It all started with Taeyeon with her debut solo mini-album I. After its debut, she exploded in popularity as a soloist and followed up with numerous […]

7y ago

IU’s 4th Album’s Pre-Release Track ‘Through The Night’ Gets Perfect All-Kill

IU’s 4th Album’s Pre-Release Track ‘Through The Night’ Gets Perfect All-Kill

In the Korean music industry, most look forward to the comebacks of boy bands and girl groups, yet Lee Ji Eun — better known by her stage name, IU — is one of the few exceptions. Since 2008, IU has made a name for herself as a successful soloist. Her popularity was further extended when […]

7y ago

Kim Go Eun’s Agency Clears Rumors ‘Goblin’ Star Left Shin Ha Kyun For Gong Yoo

Kim Go Eun’s Agency Clears Rumors ‘Goblin’ Star Left Shin Ha Kyun For Gong Yoo

If there is one K-drama that any fan would consider the best in today’s Korean television industry, most will bring up Goblin. Also known as Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, the popular Total Variety Network (tvN) K-drama starring Gong Yoo (Coffee Prince), Kim Go Eun (Cheese in the Trap), Lee Dong Wook (Hotel King), […]

7y ago

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