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BTS’s Jungkook becomes fastest K-pop soloist to hit 1 billion Spotify streams

Jungkook of boy band BTS became the fastest K-pop soloist to surpass 1 billion streams on global music streaming service Spotify, earning the singer...

Midnatt by HYBE to debut with ‘Masquerade’ in six languages

HYBE's new artist Midnatt will debut next Monday with its digital single "Masquerade," in six different languages. "Masquerade" will be released in Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese,...

IU and Lee Byung-hun donate to charities helping children

Singer IU and actor Lee Byung-hun each donated $75,900 (100 million won) to children’s organizations just in time for Children’s Day in Korea, which...

K-design offers solutions to life’s problems

Design applies not only to clothes or interiors. It also has the ability to solve everyday problems. Park Bo-gyoon, minister of culture, sports, and...

Is the only way to make Korean friends at the bottom of a bottle?

“Are you going to the next MT?,” my friend asked one day during lunch. Curious, I asked what "MT" stands for, and my friend explained...

BLACKPINK-emblazoned Korean Air jet to promote Busan Expo bid

A Korean Air jet emblazoned with an image of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will help promote South Korea's bid to host the 2030 World...

EXO’s Kai to enlist for service next Thursday

Fans are usually given a heads up on when their idol stars will begin their mandatory military service, but fans of Kai from boy...

Girl group Fifty Fifty ranks No. 41 on Billboard Hot 100

K-pop rookie Fifty Fifty has ranked at No. 41 in its sixth week on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart with its new single,...

‘Unforgiven’ by Le Sserafim is most-sold girl group album for first-day sales

Le Sserafim’s latest album “Unforgiven” became the most-sold girl group album in terms of first-day sales, according to the girl group’s agency Source Music...

Korean student eats Cattelan’s art installation, but artist doesn’t mind

Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has “no problem at all” with a Korean student who ate a banana that was part of an installation by...