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SM Entertainment to start global audition tour in January

SM Entertainment will start an audition tour on Jan. 28 in Seoul, the K-pop powerhouse said Thursday. The tour, titled "2023 SM Global Audition," will...

The Pinkfong Company appoints former Disney animation director to USA studio

The Pinkfong Company behind “Baby Shark” appointed former Disney animation director David Levy to Pinkfong USA’s head of the studio, the educational entertainment firm...

NewJeans stuck in U.S. to miss ‘Music Bank’ taping

NewJeans is stuck in the United States due to the grounding of flights following an air systems software glitch. The girl group will be unable...

Ravi of VIXX accused of using draft-dodging broker for military duty

Ravi of boy band VIXX was accused Thursday of being a client to a broker who was recently arrested for manipulating medical records to...

Director Park Chan-wook leaves Golden Globes empty handed

Director Park Chan-wook's "Decision to Leave" did not take home the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture in the Non-English Language category, with the...

Enhypen’s Jay apologizes for dismissive comment about Korean history

Jay of boy band Enhypen apologized for calling Korean history "a short novel" during a live session on Weverse on Tuesday. "I was very surprised...

‘Mother Land’ marks first Korean feature-length stop-motion animation film released in 45 years

“Mother Land” is a new Korean feature-length stop-motion animation film, the first such release in 45 years. It took over three years of finger-aching...

NewJeans’ ‘Ditto’ reaches No. 8 on Billboard’s Global 200

Girl group NewJeans ranked at No. 8 on Billboard’s Global 200 with its song “Ditto,” according to an announcement by Billboard on Monday. The song...

Don Spike given suspended prison sentence for drug use

Composer Don Spike has been sentenced to three years of prison, suspended for five years, for using methamphetamine on multiple occasions, by the Seoul Northern...

Davichi’s Kang Min-kyung responds to backlash over job advertisement

Kang Min-kyung of K-pop ballad duo Davichi responded to criticism regarding the salary of employees of her online shopping mall. Earlier this month, Kang came...