K-pop boy band Super Junior will hold its signature concert series “Super Show 7” on Dec. 16 and 17 at Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul.It will be the group’s first concert in two years and five months since it wrapped up the encore concerts for “Super Junior World Tour Super Show 6” in July 2015. The members of the K-pop group also participated in the concert planning, the group’s agency S.M. Entertainment said. Ticket sales for the December concerts will open at 8 p.m. on Nov. 21 at ticket.yes24.com.

Singer and actress Choi Soo-young, better known by her stage name Sooyoung from Girls' Generation, has found a new agency after leaving S.M. Entertainment last month.Echo Global Group, which manages, among others, Daniel Henney of "Criminal Minds," announced Friday it has signed a contract with the idol-turned-actress. The company said it won't spare any efforts to support her so that she can keep growing as an actor and a singer.Last month, she let her contract with the K-pop powerhouse lapse,

Victon is sending a thank-you message to fans, who stuck with the group through thick and thin, with the release of its fourth EP “From. VICTON” on Thursday.The boy band was to release the record at 6 p.m. in celebration of the one-year anniversary of its debut.“The record carries a message of gratitude toward fans, who have shown unwavering love (toward the group),” the group’s agency Plan A Entertainment said. The teaser for the music video of “Remember Me.” / Plan A EntertainmentThe lead trac

G-Dragon, the leader of K-pop boy band Big Bang, and actress Lee Ju-yeon, a former member of girl group After School, have become the talk of the town Thursday, as a video and photos suggest the two might be an item.The rumor started Oct. 30 when a Chinese video app circulated online showing the two making funny faces together. Then on Wednesday, an internet user compared several photos captured from the two stars' social media sites in a post on an online bulletin board.  (Kwai)Although the two

Super Junior“Play”Genie MusicFor those who grew up listening to Super Junior’s hits such as “Miracle” and “U,” the latest record of the boy band, self-dubbed the “Last Men Standing” in the K-pop scene, is a throwback to the group’s past, a work of self-reflection and a reunion with its old self. The act has been a constant presence in K-pop since the early 2000s, with its songs emanating from speakers in shops and its music becoming students’ all-time-favorite choice for school talent shows.Twel

K-pop icon BTS will be featured on the popular US talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” the boy band’s agency confirmed Wednesday. BTS will visit the US and take part in the shooting of the show later this month. It will also perform at the American Music Awards on Nov. 19.  BTS (Big Hit Entertainment)The show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel has been airing on ABC since 2003. It is a popular show in the US and has been nominated multiple times for Emmy Awards.BTS wrapped up the promotion of its latest release

K-pop sensation Psy will throw overnight concerts in Busan and Seoul, in turn, which are bound to make for the wildest year-end parties around.Each show of the two-weekend concert series, tiled “All Night Stand,” will begin at around midnight and continue into early the next day.Through his signature “All Night Stand” concert series, which has been held every year since 2003, Psy has established a reputation for his ability to get the crowd dancing all night.The first weekend of the shows will t

K-pop star Rain will break his three-year hiatus from music with the release of a new EP on Dec. 1, his agency said Tuesday.According to Rain Company, the singer is putting the finishing touches to the record. “I think it’ll be a little hard for us to release it in November, so it’s probably going to be a Dec.1 release. For Rain, it marks the first time since 2014 that he is releasing a record, so he’s putting all his effort into it (EP),” said an official from the agency. Rain (Rain Company)Rai

K-pop boy group BTS has worked with American musician and producer Steve Aoki in making the remix of a song from its latest album, its agency said Tuesday.Bit Hit Entertainment said the seven-member act will unveil worldwide on Nov. 17 the remix of "Mic Drop" that it put together in collaboration with Aoki, an electro house musician, DJ and record producer.The hip-hop number is one of the 11 tracks from "Love Yourself: Her" released on Sept. 18.The collaboration with the global artist, the agenc

Leading the group into a new direction, Seventeen’s new single “clap,” a lead track off its second full-length album “Teen, Age,” was an announcement to the world that gone are the good old days of boyishness of the 13-piece group. Two years into its career, K-pop rookie Seventeen returned Monday with its second full-length album, where all 13 tracks were composed and written by the members. The group released its first full-length album “Love & Letter” in April last year. “Teen, Age,” which was

Twice’s music video for its song “Likey” on Monday topped 40 million views on YouTube, reaching the milestone faster than any other Korean girl group. The feat was accomplished around 11 a.m., a little over six days and 17 hours after the song was released. Twice (JYP Entertainment)“Likey” is part of Twice’s first full-length studio album “Twicetagram.”Since its debut in 2015, the K-pop act has been a powerhouse on YouTube. The music video for its debut song “Like Ohh-Ahh” became the first song

Tablo promised to unveil an English song by Epik High if the group hits 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify. On Monday, the singer posted on Instagram Stories a screenshot of the group’s page on the music streaming website, highlighting its number of monthly listeners: 490,093. “When we hit 1M monthly listeners on Spotify, we’ll leak an unreleased English song on our soundcloud,” read his comment on the image.  A screengrab of Tablo’s post on Instagram StoriesThe hip-hop trio released their n

After weathering countless hardships and heartaches together over the last 12 years, Super Junior came out stronger and more united than ever despite the absence of Choi Si-won. Six men of Super Junior, one of a handful of K-pop acts to have surpassed the 10-year mark, returned with the group’s eighth full-length album “Play” on Monday, celebrating the group’s 12th anniversary as well. The album came two years after Super Junior‘s last release as a group, the 10th anniversary album “Devil” and i

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Seohyun of Girls’ Generation took to social media to share her candid thoughts about having left her longtime agency S.M. Entertainment last month. The singer-turned-actress wrote a lengthy letter Friday night on Instagram, where she revealed the reason for parting with the group and her future plans.  (Yonhap)“I’ve finally made the difficult decision to leave the group after countless contemplations and worrying. My heart is filled with gratitude to (S.M. Entertainment CEO) Lee Soo-man, who all