YG Entertainment on Wednesday evening launched its official channel on Youku, China’s largest video-sharing website. Youku Toudou Inc. content director Zhu Xiangyang, YG Entertainment cofounder and CEO Yang Min-suk, and China Samsung Electronics marketing director Park Jung-jun signed an agreement on the launch of the channel at a ceremony held at Beijing Conrad Hotel earlier in the day.  The launch of YG Family Channel is the first joint project by YG and Samsung Electronics aimed at expanding

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LONDON (AFP) ― Mick Jagger turns 70 on Friday ― and though the Rolling Stones frontman isn’t quite the image of rebellious youth he once was, he has lost none of his legendary swagger.Strutting onstage in a sequined jacket as the Stones headlined Britain’s Glastonbury music festival last month, it was hard to believe this was a man who should be collecting his state pension. One newspaper cruelly captioned its photos of the wrinkly British rockers “Night of the living dead!” ― but zipping throug

Acclaimed TV drama producer Kim Jong-hak who was found dead Tuesday in an apparent suicide in a studio apartment in Bundang, just south of Seoul, suffered from legal and financial problems that may have led him to take his own life. The man behind the 1995 megahit drama “Hour Glass” became mired in financial problems in recent years, especially after the 2012 SBS historical mini-series “Faith,” which starred former “Boy Over Flowers” actor Lee Min-ho and “Sad Love Story” actress Kim Hee-sun, lar

Kim Jang-hoon, a singer and general director of a peace concert, said all the performers of the event would donate appearance fees to build a memorial for child soldiers during the Korean War.“While I was living abroad, I felt that foreigners were regarding the Republic of Korea as a dangerous nation due to relations with North Korea,” said Kim, the director of “The Gyeonggi Province Demilitarized Zone World Peace Concert” at a press conference Wednesday in Seoul. “I prepared this event to let t

Tongyeong-based artist Kim Jae-sin gains attention with sculptural pictures portraying his hometown

Rappers Simon D and E-sens of hip-hop duo Supreme Team announced on Monday that they would be going their separate ways. The two artists said they would pursue solo careers. Longtime hip-hop artist E-sens revealed that he decided to pursue a solo career after his contract with the duo’s former agency Amoeba Culture was terminated.  “The rappers have parted ways,” a representative from Amoeba Culture stated to the media. “But since Supreme Team actually started off as a project band, I don’t know

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Rising star Lee Jong-suk from the popular television drama series “I Hear Your Voice” has posted a warning on his official me2day account, addressing a Facebook account that has been impersonating him.On Sunday he posted, “I don’t have a Facebook account. I have a me2day account because it’s easier. … What are you gaining by impersonating someone like me? I also play different roles in my work and it’s very difficult. Please don’t.” He ended the post on a lighter note saying, “The day feels so l

Actor and singer Jang Keun-suk’s Weibo account followers have surpassed 10 million as of July 18, according to his agency Tree J company on Monday. Weibo is a Chinese social networking service website, which claims to have approximately 287 million active users. Jang so for has the greatest number of followers on Weibo for a Korean celebrity. Jang first opened his account in August 2011. Recently, popular Chinese variety show “Happy Camp” on HBS channel topped the ratings by doing a special epi

Actress, movie director and singer-songwriter Ku Hye-sun released her fourth self-composed song and its music video on Monday. The love song describes a girl who has fallen in love with a boy at first sight. She borrowed the motif from veteran singer Lee Jang-hee’s hit song “It’s You,” according to the official announcement from her agency YG Entertainment. Her previous self-composed songs are “Brown Hair,” “Marry Me” and “Flying Galaxy.” The new song was arranged by an old friend, pianist Choi

Ken, a member of boy band VIXX, is facing a firestorm of criticism after reports surfaced on Monday that he said he would “slap fans” if they ever left him. The controversial remark by the 21-year-old singer is just one in a string of high-profile blunders by local celebrities, thanks partly to the social networks’ superfast circulation. Famous TV actress and former comedian An Sun-young also joined the list by saying on TV that she thinks real men should make 1 million won more than she does. A

It’s unusual to see a play about the Holocaust at a children’s event, but last week “Else’s Story,” a play about a child who survived Auschwitz, premiered at the opening of the 21st ASSITEJ Korea International Summer Festival, Korea’s largest theater festival for kids.Under the theme “Embrace the World, Butterfly,” the festival is showcasing 11 performances from six different countries, including three Korean works. This year, the festival also celebrates 130 years of diplomatic ties between Ko