All posts tagged "topstories"

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    EXO’s ‘The War’ tops Billboard’s World Albums chart

    SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) — K-pop boy band EXO’s latest album rose to the top of Billboard’s World Albums chart, according to the music publication Wednesday “The War,” EXO’s fourth full-length studio album, was ranked No. 1...

    • Posted July 26, 2017
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    TWICE’s Japanese debut album sells over 200,000 copies

    SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) — K-pop sensation TWICE’s inaugural Japanese album has sold over 200,000 copies, according to its agency Tuesday. “#TWICE” has sold 200,018 copies in Japan since the June 28 release there, JYP Entertainment said,...

    • Posted July 25, 2017
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    BLACKPINK, Sechskies to perform at 2017 BOAF in October

    SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) — K-pop acts BLACKPINK and Sechskies will perform at the 2017 Busan One Asia Festival (BOAF) in October, according to organizers Tuesday. The two groups, along with GFriend and Ailee, were part of...

    • Posted July 25, 2017
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  • Song Joong-ki of the upcoming movie "The Battleship Island" poses for the camera in a photo provided by Blossom Entertainment. (Yonhap)
    Song Joong-ki finds delivering dark side more intriguing

    By Chang Dong-woo and Cho Jae-young SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) — Since his rise to stardom through “Descendants of the Sun,” actor Song Joong-ki has established a public image of a wholesome, upright and humble young actor....

    • Posted July 24, 2017
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  • In this EPA photo, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joe Dunford speaks during an event at the National Press Club in Washington on June 19, 2017. (Yonhap)
    U.S. military chief says N. Korea capable of ‘limited’ missile attack

    By Lee Haye-ah WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) — North Korea is able to launch a “limited” missile attack and the United States stands ready to defend itself, South Korea and Japan should such an event occur, the...

    • Posted July 24, 2017
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    Jay Park signs with Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation

    SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) — South Korean rapper and producer Park Jae-bum, also known as Jay Park, has signed with American rapper and businessman Jay-Z, according to the two parties. Roc Nation, established by the American rapper,...

    • Posted July 21, 2017
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  • Surrounded by reporters, rapper T.O.P. of popular South Korean boyband BIGBANG reads out an apology note on his way to the courthouse to stand trial on charges of smoking marijuana in Seoul on June 29, 2017. (Yonhap)
    BIGBANG’s T.O.P. gets suspended sentence for marijuana use

    SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) — Popular singer and actor T.O.P. of boy band BIGBANG was given a suspended sentence by a Seoul court on Thursday for smoking marijuana multiple times last year. The Seoul Central District Court...

    • Posted July 20, 2017
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