Girl group Sistar is to hold its second live concert “S” on Oct. 12 at Olympic Park’s Olympic Hall in Seoul. The four-member group debuted in June 2010 with the song “Push Push” and quickly shot up in the local music charts with the release of a slew of hit songs such as “So Cool” and “Alone.” In June 2012 the group released its second album with title track “Give it To Me” and landed No. 1 slots on numerous major music charts. “Sistar has a lot to offer to fans,” a representative of the group’s

OSLO (AFP) ― Five Picasso murals that survived Anders Behring Breivik’s bombing of an Oslo government block in 2011 are now at the heart of a divisive debate in Norway on the buildings’ fate.The murals drawn by the Spanish master in the late 1950s and 1960s ― “The Beach,” “The Seagull,” “Satyr and Faun” and two versions of “The Fishermen” ― risk being removed from the location for which they were conceived if the damaged buildings are torn down.The government is currently mulling whether to demo

Producer Yang to let TV viewers choose favorite team

As the current honorary ambassadors of children’s development and child sponsorship programs for Plan Korea, the four members of Girl’s Day are holding a special guerilla concert on Aug. 20 at Everland’s Caribbean Bay.The concert is being held as part of Plan Korea’s “Because I am a Girl” campaign to raise awareness and support young girls in need around the world. Plan Korea will also be hosting a special Facebook event along with Everland, aiming to get more fans involved with the campaign. Sh

LONDON (AP) ― In the tradition of great music movies, One Direction’s feature-film debut has sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll ― just without the sex or the drugs.The Morgan Spurlock-directed 3-D documentary “One Direction: This Is Us” hangs out with Harry, Louis, Liam, Niall and Zayn backstage, at home and on the road, and comes to the conclusion that the five well-coiffed lads who have conquered the world are, well, pretty nice.Spurlock ― who made his name with socially engaged documentaries such a

‘Seoul, Our Movie’ to be made from video submissions about the city

K-pop superstar G-Dragon of Big Bang recently celebrated his birthday in the spirit of charity by donating 81.8 million won ($72,000) to the Seungil Hope Foundation, a rehabilitation hospital for Lou Gehrig’s disease patients.The donation amount represented the star’s birth date, Aug. 18. Representatives of G-Dragon’s agency YG Entertainment announced that the entertainer decided to make the birthday donation as a sign of gratitude and appreciation to all of his fans. In return, members of the s

Wonder Girls member Hyerim is to become the new host of Arirang TV’s K-pop program “Pops in Seoul.” She will be replacing BTOB’s Peniel Shin and will start as the official new host on Aug. 26. With Hyerim as the new host, Arirang TV has announced that the program will also include a new section called “Born to Rock the MIC.” An artist or group will be chosen for each section and viewers will be able to look into their beginnings and history as K-pop artists. The section also plans to include Hye

The popular male vocal trio group Honey G, who rose to stardom through audition program “Superstar K4,” is to release its first full studio album this week. “As newcomers to the music scene, Honey G will be showing a rare side of itself through its first studio album,” said a representative from the boys’ agency Chungchun Music. “Although the group is releasing its first full album quite quickly, the members stated that they are confident about their music.” Members Bae Jae-hyun, Kwon Tae-hyun a

Traces of personal touch draw fans from home and abroad

Ahead of her comeback as a solo artist, Sunmi, a former member of Wonder Girls, confessed that she had to leave the girl group after seeing herself appear on the stage mechanically, with no heart and soul.Sunmi withdrew from the five-member band in February 2010 after the Wonder Girls finished touring 50 cities in the U.S. to promote their music. The fans were shocked by her sudden dropout and raised countless speculations behind the decision. She said the busy schedule and losing appreciation f

Annual teen film festival to screen 142 films from 40 countries Aug. 22-29

British girl group Little Mix released a Korean-language, digital version of their hit single “Wings” on Monday amid the global boom of Korean pop culture, its local music distributor said.“Little Mix members, who have much interest in Korean culture, were greatly impressed by a cover video of their song from SBS TV’s ‘K-pop Star,’” Sony Music Entertainment Korea Inc. said, referring to a local television audition program.“So we suggested them to sing the song in Korean and release it worldwide,