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Yoona renews with SM Entertainment for the third time

Girls' Generation's Yoona has renewed her contract with SM Entertainment, the agency said Thursday. This is Yoona's third renewal with SM, who has represented the artist for...

Stray Kids’ Felix donates 100 million won to Laotian children

Stray Kids’ Felix donated 100 million won ($76,300) to the Korean Committee for Unicef to help Laotian children, becoming the youngest member of the Unicef Honors...

Twice to drop 13th EP ‘With YOU-th’ in February

Twice will return to the charts with “With YOU-th” on Feb. 23, the girl group’s agency JYP Entertainment said Wednesday. "With YOU-th" will be Twice’s 13th...

NCT Dream wins top honor at Seoul Music Awards for 2nd year

Boy band NCT Dream took home the Grand Prize at this year's Seoul Music Awards (SMA) for the second year in a row. The 33rd SMA took...

Korea’s biggest celebrities start new year with round of donations

Korea's top celebrities are beginning the year 2024 with a round of donations. Singer-songwriter IU donated 200 million won ($154,000) to four organizations — Korea Association of...

Blackpink members will not sign with YG for solo activities, agency says

  All four members of Blackpink decided not to sign with YG Entertainment for their solo activities, the agency said Friday. The four will be working with...

HYBE taking legal action against ‘malicious’ Weverse commenters

K-pop agency HYBE outlined the legal measures being taken against the perpetrators of malicious activities toward 10 of its artists on the company's Weverse...

aespa, Red Velvet struggle as K-pop declines in China

Declining K-pop album sales in China are dealing a serious blow to SM Entertainment and other Korean agencies that rely heavily on Chinese fandom. Album...

NCT 127’s ‘Be There For Me’ topping charts

NCT 127 topped daily album charts with its winter special single “Be There For Me” as of Thursday, its agency, SM Entertainment, said the same day. The physical...

Culture Ministry allocates over 1 trillion won to K-content creation

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to pour over 1.002 trillion won ($774 million) into the content industry next year, the...