All posts tagged "K-pop"

  • EXO at the 2015 Seoul Music Awards (Yonhap)
    EXO sweeps Seoul Music Awards

    K-pop is still EXO’s world. The 10-member K-pop boy band from SM Entertainment is sweeping music awards in South Korea and Asia, with the latest being three wins — including the grand prize — at the Seoul...

    • Posted January 22, 2015
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  • Lee Soo (Yonhap)
    MC the Max’s Lee Soo leaves ‘I Am A Singer 3′

    A day after announcement, singer Lee Soo has left season three of MBC’s “I Am A Singer” amid a flurry of controversy surrounding his alleged past as a sex offender involving an underage girl in a prostitution...

    • Posted January 22, 2015
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  • GSOUL2
    K-pop singer releases first album after 15-year training period

    JYP Entertainment artist G.Soul, 28, has finally made his debut as a solo singer, ending his 15-year training period — the longest ever among the company’s trainees. His debut album, “Coming Home,” was released Monday and is...

    • Posted January 20, 2015
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  • A rental van that crashed into a protective wall near Youngdong Expressway killed two members of Ladies' Code. (Yonhap)
    Ladies’ Code manager handed prison sentence

    A judge handed a prison sentence of one year and two months to the manager of K-pop girl group Ladies’ Code Thursday on charges of speeding, which caused the deaths of Go EunB and Kwon RiSe, as...

    • Posted January 15, 2015
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  • A Malaysian fan is hugged by a member of K-pop band B1A4 during a Kuala Lumpur fan event. (YouTube capture)
    Muslim K-pop fans face arrest for being hugged by K-pop band B1A4

    Malaysian Muslim girls may face arrest following physical fan interactions with K-pop boy band B1A4 during a Kuala Lumpur event, Yonhap reported. Malaysia’s Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department, or Jawi, said Wednesday the girls would be investigated...

    • Posted January 15, 2015
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    Psy tops YouTube list of most-watched K-pop videos

    Psy’s “Hangover” music video, which was released last June, was the most-watched K-pop video last year, according to Billboard. “Hangover,” featuring Snoop Dogg, topped the list of “25 Top Viewed 2014 K-pop Videos in America” released Tuesday,...

    • Posted January 15, 2015
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  • Lee Byung-hun
    Model Lee Ji-yeon, GLAM’s Da-hee get jail term for blackmailing Lee Byung-hun

    By Tae Hong Two women charged in a $5 million blackmailing case involving South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun, 44, were handed prison sentences Thursday in Korea, Korean media reported. The Seoul Central District Court held the final...

    • Posted January 14, 2015
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