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NewJeans to showcase Korean heritage with performance at Gyeongbok Palace

Girl group NewJeans is set to present a special stage at the Gyeongbok Palace's Geunjeongjeon, becoming the first K-pop girl group to perform at the historical...

HYBE chairman ‘repeatedly ignored NewJeans members,’ according to parents

HYBE broke its promise to NewJeans that it would be the first girl group to debut from Source Music while the company's chairman, Bang...

Quantifying the unquantifiable: K-pop’s obsession with numbers is killing the industry

HYBE CEO Bang Si-hyuk alerted the world with a shocking revelation in March 2023: “K-pop is in crisis.” The analysis, it turned out, came...

Evnne announces first North and Central American tour across eight cities

Rookie boy band Evnne will embark on its first North and Central American tour in August, spanning eight cities across Canada, the United States, Puerto...

Starship Entertainment reports online threat against IVE’s Jang Won-young

Girl group IVE’s agency Starship Entertainment reported an online post threatening violence against IVE member Jang Won-young to the police and heightened security to protect its...

‘Arigato’: Stray Kids’ fans slam ‘racist’ treatment of idols at Met Gala

Fans of Stray Kids are expressing rage against the alleged racist treatment that the boy band received at the 2024 Met Gala, held at...

BTS’s ARMY protests gov’t move to investigate HYBE for chart rigging

BTS's fan club ARMY began an online protest against the Korean government with the hashtag "South Korea apologize to BTS" after news broke that...

HYBE to report ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin to police

  HYBE will report ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin to police on Thursday for breach of trust, the BTS agency said on the same day. "We have...

What we know about the HYBE-ADOR rift so far

An ongoing spat between HYBE, the powerhouse label behind BTS, and its subsidiary ADOR is snowballing into a major K-pop dispute, pushing the state...

HYBE shares tank as K-pop dispute with NewJeans’ ADOR escalates

  K-pop powerhouse HYBE’s share price slid over 3 percent on Tuesday morning, following a 7.81 percent plunge a day prior, as the company clashes...