Overwatch 2 collaborates with girl band Le Sserafim to release digital single 'Perfect Night'

SEOUL -- The operator of the popular Blizzard shooting game "Overwatch 2" has collaborated with Le Sserafim, a girl band formed by BTS agency Hybe's music label Source Music, to create an English song "Perfect Night." The five-member band became the first musical artists to work with the global video game publisher for in-game content. Overwatch 2, rolled out in October 2022, is the sequel to Overwatch, the first-person shooter (FPS) multiplayer game released by

October 19, 2023

K-pop event 'Busan One Asia Festival' to be held in southern port city

SEOUL -- "Busan One Asia Festival," a major K-pop event that was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will take place in the southern port city of Busan. Various South Korean artists including NCT 127, a unit band of boy group NCT, and Oh My Girl, a six-member girl band, will showcase performances. According to Busan, the event is the largest Hallyu (Korean cultural wave) festival in Asia. In 2019, before the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic hit South Korea, the Busa

October 19, 2023

BTS' Jungkook to release solo album for first time

SEOUL -- Jungkook, the youngest member of BTS, will release his very first solo album on November 3. The 26-year-old has collaborated with various global producers including British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, American producer Andrew Watt, and Shawn Mendes, a Canadian singer-songwriter. The album titled "GOLDEN" contains 11 English language-based songs. Big Hit, the agency of BTS, uploaded the tracklist of GOLDEN. "Standing Next To You," the title track of th

October 16, 2023

Girl band NiziU to debut in S. Korea with single album 'Press Play'

SEOUL -- NiziU, a nine-member Japanese girl band, will roll out its Korean language-based album "Press Play" to make its official debut in South Korea. The group, debuted in December 2020, was created through a joint global audition project by South Korea's JYP Entertainment and Sony Music, a top music label in Tokyo. The girl band was formed through the first season of the audition show Nizi Project in 2020. The girls who were under control by JYP for training in Sou

October 13, 2023

BLACKPINK member Jennie releases new video for song 'You & Me'

SEOUL -- Girl band BLACKPINK member Jennie released a new jazz version of "You & Me," the 27-year-old's song released in early October. The live performance music video for Jennie's solo song garnered about 490,000 views in less than two hours of release. YG Entertainment, the girl band's agency, released the jazz version of You & Me at about 1:00 p.m. (0400 GMT) on October 11. The original song was released on October 6 to attract some 2.1 million views

October 11, 2023

BTS' Jungkook named on Billboard's top 100 popular song chart with two songs

SEOUL -- Jungkook, the youngest artist of BTS, was named on Billboard's top 100 popular song chart with two songs -- "3D" and "Seven." The 26-year-old has become the second K-pop solo artist to have two songs ranked in the top 5 of Billboard's list, after rapper Psy, who placed his global mega-hit "Gangnam Style" and its follow-up "Gentleman" on the chart. Billboard's chart released on October 10 showed that 3D debuted at No. 5 w

October 11, 2023

YG postpones debut of new girl band 'BABYMONSTER'

SEOUL -- YG Entertainment, one of South Korea's top entertainment powerhouses, has postponed the debut of a new girl band "BABYMONSTER." The agency of top K-pop act BLAKCPINK said that the new band will start its official activities in November, two months later than the officially announced September release schedule. BABYMONSTER, originally scheduled to hit the stage in September is a seven-member band comprised of members from South Korea, Thailand, and Japan. K-pop

October 10, 2023

Stray Kids named as one of next-generation leaders by Time magazine

SEOUL -- Boy band Stray Kids was named as one of the next-generation leaders in 2023 by Time magazine. The eight-member boy band became the second K-pop boy group included in the list, following BTS in 2018. Stray Kids received immense attention before its official debut as the group members were the final survivors of "Stray Kids," a survival audition show aired through TV music channel Mnet in 2017. It is the first boy band to be produced by Park Jin-young, the head of

October 6, 2023

​Daesang opens kimchi pop-up store in trendy fashion district Seongsu

SEOUL -- South Korea's major food manufacturing group Daesang has opened a pop-up store where visitors can taste various types of special dishes including a kimchi cake and kimchi skewer. Kimchi lovers can also enjoy photo and video content of Hoshi, a member of the boy band Seventeen who is also serving as the ambassador for the food company's kimchi brand "Jongga." Kimchi is Korea's iconic spicy and sour, pickled vegetable side dish, usually made by fermenti

October 6, 2023

Indian cultural festival 'Sarang' to be held in S. Korea's iconic filming spot for drama series

SEOUL -- The Indian Embassy in Seoul will hold a cultural event "Sarang" on Nami Island, an iconic region known as a filming spot for K-dramas. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, India's cultural assets such as dance, costumes, and food will be showcased in the river island and other regions across South Korea. Nami Island in the eastern city of Chuncheon has been used as a filming location for many TV shows includin

October 5, 2023