The 8, a member of K-pop boy group Seventeen, will release his fourth individual single sung in Chinese this week, his agency said Monday. The single, "Hai Cheng," will hit online music services across the world at 11 a.m. Friday, Pledis Entertainment said. It marks the first individual song from the member in about 11 months, after he dropped "Side By Side" in April last year. The title "Hai Cheng" was named after Haicheng, the singer's hometown in China's central

K-pop supergroup BTS' three live concerts in Seoul have attracted 2.46 million fans both on and offline, the group's agency said Monday. The "BTS Permission To Dance On Stage - Seoul" shows were held at Seoul Olympic Stadium on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights, with the first and third-night shows streamed live online and the second-night concert available for "live-viewing" at movie theaters across the world. The shows drew a total audience of 45,000 at Seoul Olympic Sta

The second of K-pop supergroup BTS's three concerts in Seoul has raked in more than $32 million from movie theaters across the world, where fans in different countries were able to watch it live, according to a report by a US entertainment magazine. "BTS Permission To Dance On Stage - Seoul" was held Saturday as one of the septet's first shows before a live audience in its home country since 2019 and accumulated $32.6 million from 3,711 theaters in 75 countries around the world, Variet

    Jay Park discussed his new digital single “Ganadara,” which features IU.   　 This is the first time the two musicians have teamed up, with the single having come out Friday.   　 “She said ‘Let’s work together someday when there’s an opportunity,’ and I instantly started making the song and asked her (to collaborate),” he confided. He said she was the ultimate professional and he loved her vocal tone, describing the re

BTS reunites with local fans, marks “return home” with first in-person concert in 864 days

Top movie star Kim Dong-wook will make his streaming platform debut with Tving’s upcoming series “The King of Pigs” on March 18. Kim, 38, takes on the role of Hwang Kyung-min, who was bullied in school in the past and is being investigated by police as the prime suspect in a serial murder case. Actor Kim Sung-kyu co-stars as detective Jung Jong-suk, who seeks to find the truth behind the killings. Adapted from the 90-minute animation of the same title by “Hellbound&rdq

South Korean actors Lee Jung-jae, Jung Ho-yeon and Park Hae-soo of Netflix's smash hit "Squid Game" will present at this year's US Critics Choice Awards. The three were in the star-studded lineup of presenters who will take the stage at the 27th annual ceremony Monday (US time), the Critics Choice Association recently announced on its website. Among other presenters were Jimmy Kimmel and Alan Kim, an actor of the award-winning immigration film "Minari," as well as actors Kris

In Our Prime (Korea) Opened March 9 Drama Directed by Park Dong-hoon Lee Hak-sung (Choi Min-sik) works as a school’s security guard but is actually a mathematical genius that defected from North Korea. Hak-sung meets Ji-woo (Kim Dong-hwi), a student that is having a hard time fitting in at school due to his different social background. After finding out about Hak-sung’s talent, Ji-woo asks Hak-sung to teach him math. 　 The Batman (US) Opened March 1 Action Directed by Matt Reeves

Suho of EXO will come out with his second solo album in April, according to a local media report Thursday.   　 Label SM Entertainment confirmed the news, saying he is preparing the album and will return to the scene next month.   　 This is the first official activity for the veteran idol, who completed his mandatory military duty as an alternative social worker last month.   　 “I’m preparing a gift for EXO-L,” he said upon discharge referring to the band's off

Netflix‘s original series “Juvenile Justice” topped the OTT platform’s non-English TV series chart on Thursday. The chart lists non-English TV series in an order of the number of hours that they were watched by the viewers weekly. According to the chart, Netflix subscribers in 190 different territories watched the Korean drama series “Juvenile Justice” for 45.93 million hours during the Feb. 28 to March 6 period. “Café con aroma de mujer”

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K-pop boy band to hold live in-person concerts in Seoul

In response to the huge popularity of the pilot episode of “Seoul Check-In,” which topped local streaming platform Tving’s most popular shows chart on the day of its premiere Jan. 29, K-pop star Lee Hyo-ri is scheduled to return in April with a regular season of the show. Helmed by television director Kim Tae-ho, who was behind two of South Korea’s longest-running and most successful variety shows -- “Infinite Challenge” from 2006 to 2018 and “Hangout W

Three Korean drama series — “Work Later, Drink Now,” “Monstrous” and “Damn Good Company” -- will be screened at the Cannes International Series Festival Season 5’s non-competition section of South Korea fiction on April 6. Established in 2018, the Cannes International Series Festival is an event that aims to highlight drama series from all over the world and to give them an international voice. The festival will be held from April 1 to 6 in Cannes

Why should viewers watch your film in movie theaters? This is a common question that is asked to actors during promotional press conferences, especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which significantly hindered moviegoers from heading to theaters. Oscar-winning “Parasite” star Choi Woo-shik answered the question by emphasizing special experiences that only theaters offer. “I think movie theaters have everything that can help maximize the films’ different e