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I-dle surprised fans with plans for a tour in North America. The five members broke the news on NBC’s “Today Show,” which aired Wednesday. The group's agency Cube Entertainment uploaded a poster for the tour on the following day listing 10 cities across the region, the largest yet for the group. The quintet will kick it off with its first stand-alone gig in Canada on Aug. 2 before hopping around eight cities in the US and Mexico City. The 10-city trip expands I-dle’s ongoing “Syncopation” tour,

K-pop girl group i-dle has said it will return to North America in August for its biggest tour to date in the region, performing in 10 major cities across Canada, the United States and Mexico. The announcement was made during an appearance on NBC's "Today Show" on Wednesday, where the members told viewers they were coming back with a North American tour and looked forward to meeting their fans, known as Neverland. "(Our last) tour was two years ago, so we miss our fans so much," Yuqi said. The quintet also performed its latest single, "Mono (Feat. skaiwater)," on the show. Cube Entertainment, the group's agency, released the official poster for the North American leg of the ongoing "Syncopation" world tour through the group's social media accounts Thursday. According to the poster, the North American leg will begin Aug. 2 in Hamilton, Canada, before moving to Newark, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Orlando, San Antonio, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Oakland and Seattle. It will mark the group's largest shows in the region. The world tour, which began in Seoul last month, is set to continue in other Asi

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group i-dle has said it will return to Nor...

Flying 12 hours to Los Angeles — only to stay less than 12 hours — sounds brutal enough. Doing it repeatedly while battling physical pain makes it worse. But what caught fans’ attention was not the grueling schedule — it was BLACKPINK’s Rosé quietly upgrading her stylist to business class for a one-day trip. Rosé has become the subject of online praise after her longtime hairstylist shared a behind-the-scenes story about the singer’s generosity. The anecdote surfaced in a recent video on the YouTube channel Workers’s High, titled “BP Rosé’s 7-Year Blonde Secret & LA Day Trips | ChaCha.” In the video, celebrity hair artist Cha Jong-hyun — known professionally as ChaCha — spoke about working with global K-pop stars including BLACKPINK, Sunmi and i-dle. He said Rosé has maintained her signature platinum blonde hair since debut, even at the cost of scalp damage, requiring root touch-ups every two weeks. That two-week schedule continues even when Rosé is overseas. “When it has been two weeks since bleaching and Rosé is in the U.S. or Paris, I go,” Cha said.

K-pop star Miyeon of girl group i-dle has purchased a luxury residential unit in central Seoul for 5.05 billion won ($3.8 million), with industry sources suggesting the deal was made entirely in cash — a move drawing attention as South Korea is seeing a celebrity real estate boom. According to industry sources on Feb. 21, Miyeon signed a contract on Feb. 3 to buy a 135-square-meter unit in Yongsan Central Park, a high-end mixed-use residential complex in Seoul’s Yongsan district. She completed the balance payment and ownership transfer registration on Feb. 12. Completed in 2017, the complex is located near Yongsan Station, one of Seoul’s major transport hubs, and is known for its proximity to the Han River and integrated facilities combining residential, commercial and office spaces — factors that have driven strong demand among affluent buyers. Property registry documents reportedly show no mortgage registered against the unit, leading market observers to believe the purchase was likely made without bank financing. The exact source of funds has not been disclosed. The transactio