From January 24 to February 2, KT will host a '2025 Lunar New Year Special Hall' featuring carefully selected movies and ...

K-pop entertainment firms brace for tough times as BTS, BLACKPINK set to return Entertainment giants expected to see revenue ...

SM Entertainment shares are up on the announcement of the company's new K-pop girl group and more music stocks news.

South Korean pop has taken over the world since the COVID-19 pandemic. While bands like BTS and BLACKPINK have made a mark worldwide, the K-pop industry’s growth stalled in 2024 as it faces headwinds.

Despite the rise of online music streaming, K-pop physical album sales have soared, intensifying the industry's carbon ...

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In 2023, NewJeans became the fastest K-pop act to reach one billion streams on Spotify, and entered the Billboard Hot 100 ...

The Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (Komsco) has minted Seventeen-themed medals to celebrate the boy band's ...

In 2019, Min moved to Big Hit Entertainment, which was later restructured into a multinational company called Hybe Corporation. Hybe owns several sublabels like Ador. Min is credited with ...