4Mar
BTS Concerts Tickets Sold Out before Public Sale – ARMY raises Donation For Ukraine
BTS at New Jersey’s Met Life Stadium (Big Hit Entertainment) Tickets for BTS’ upcoming “Permission To Dance On Stage – Seoul” concerts were sold out on the first day as were those for the group’s Las Vegas... Read More
3Mar
Won Soju, Jay Park’s Soju Brand in High Demand
Won Soju, the first alcoholic beverage launched by singer-songwriter and entrepreneur Jay Park, was introduced last month on Feb. 25 at the brand’s pop-up store at The Hyundai Seoul in Yeouido, Seoul. Visitors to the department store... Read More
2Mar
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Fantastic Film School Participant Recruitment
The 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN, Festival Director Shin Chul) is recruiting participants for its Fantastic Film School program until midnight May 1 (KST). Applications can be submitted at BIFAN’s online entry... Read More
1Mar
Lee Jung-jae & Jung Ho-yeon win Best Actors for Squid Game at SAG Awards
Korean actors Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon have won for best male actor and female actor in the TV drama category at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for their roles in the Netflix drama “Squid Game.” At the ceremony held at Santa... Read More
1Mar
JYP’s Girl Group “NMIXX” Hits the Highest Girl Group debut album sales in K-pop history
JYP Entertainment’s newly launched girl group “NMIXX” recorded the highest debut album sales by a girl group ever in K-pop history. NMIXX sold 227,399 copies of its debut album “Ad Mare” since its release one week prior,... Read More
1Mar
Nu’est Set to Disband March 2022
After ten years, Nu’est have announced their disbandment set for March 14, 2022. On February 28, 2022, Pledis Entertainment announced on HYBE’s Weverse* page that Aron, Ren, and JR will not renew their contracts with the agency, setting... Read More
28Feb
The Origins of Asian Glass Blowing
The treasure technique of glass blowing is said to have originate from Syria back in the 1st century. The technique quickly found its way in the Asian peninsula thanks to the legendary silk road glass trade in South east Asia and China. Since... Read More
28Feb
Check out SKY-HI’s first single of 2022, ‘JUST BREATHE’, a collab with Stray Kids production unit 3RACHA! Music video also released!
SKY-HI has released his first single of 2022, a collaboration with production unit 3RACHA. The track, ‘JUST BREATHE feat. 3RACHA of Stray Kids’, was released on February 21. Download and streaming links:... Read More
24Feb
Throwback Thursday: 2012 Retrospect
2012 was arguably one of K-Pop’s most influential years! It’s hard to believe a decade has passed since the releases of “Gangnam Style” and “Fantastic Baby,” perhaps two of the most prominent hits of the year that had non-K-Pop having... Read More
24Feb
KCrush Interview with HDnG
HID&GEM (힏엔젬, stylized HDnG) consists of four members: Roars, Airson, GoldenAge and X. HDnG’s main concept is to have the members’ identities concealed until the group reaches 1 million views. The four-member group made its... Read More
23Feb
BTS Agency HYBE Hits Milestone with its Revenue
HYBE Corporation peaked at its all-time high in its revenue, as the first K-pop management agency to surpass $838 million in its annual sales. The South Korean entertainment company which houses acts like BTS, TXT, NU’EST, ENHYPEN, and... Read More
23Feb
BTS Add Dates to their World Tour BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE
K-pop superband BTS are delighting US-based ARMY by announcing a four-night residency ‘BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – LAS VEGAS’ on April 8, 9, 15 and 16 at Allegiant Stadium, the home of the Las Vegas Raiders. These are the... Read More
22Feb
Asian Artists Storming The 2022 SXSW Festival
A line-up of musicians performing at the 2022’s SXSW (South by Southwest) yearly event is out and Asian artists, including K-pop idols, are representing their peninsula in this global happening. Over the years, the SXSW festival and concert... Read More
22Feb
K-Drama Feature at 2022’s SXSW Festival & Conference
The 2022 SXSW festival and conference is here! What does it mean to K-Drama enthusiasts and the Hallyu wave? The SXSW festival and conference is an annual multi-media event which started back in 1987 and entails the convergence of artists,... Read More
21Feb
DIY Vegetable Garnish Carvings
Vegetable carving is concurred to originate from Asia with the dispute being the exact country amongst China, Thailand and Japan. Some of the world’s most eminent vegetable carvings include Mukimono from Japan and Thaeng.yuak from Thailand.... Read More
21Feb
Nairobi King Sejong Institute
Rating: 5 stars For over a decade, this institute has produced a substancial number of Korean speaking students. Currently affiliated with Kenyatta University, the institute offers free Korean classes to the university’s student... Read More
20Feb
Bang Yong-Guk’s “Race” Rebirth
Upon leaving B.A.P boy band and his former agency, Bang Yong-Guk proved his worthiness and resilience in the music industry through the 2019’s self-titled Bang Yong-Guk album. The B.A.P’s former leader/vocalist; famously referred to... Read More
20Feb
TK from Ling tosite sigure announces striking new singles with guest vocalist Koshi Inaba（B’z）!
Sony Music Labels Inc. TK from Ling tosite sigure announces striking new singles with guest vocalist Koshi Inaba （B’z）! It will be featured in the advertisement for “Magic: The Gathering” the trading card game that holds Guinness World... Read More
18Feb
“Teach me to dance for the next show!” ‘Allen Walker’, Famous Producer and DJ requested to MCND
-the original songwriter responded to MCND’s creative cover video, ‘Man On The Moon’. – A Fresh attempt of MCND, combination of POP and K-Performance! The high-quality creative performance video drew attention. Alan... Read More
16Feb
BTS to Hold “Permission To Dance On Stage” Seoul Concerts, V Tests Positive for COVID
K-pop supergroup BTS is back this March with PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – SEOUL. On February 16, Big Hit Music released the news that there will be “BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – SEOUL” concerts next month in March. The... Read More
14Feb
