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BTS is set to embark on its largest-ever world tour this spring, a sprawling stadium run that will span five continents and rewrite touring records in K-pop. The group will kick off the tour in April, marking its first full-scale global concert series since concluding “BTS Permission to Dance on Stage” in Las Vegas in 2022. The announcement was made midnight Tuesday via Weverse, a global fandom platform, alongside the release of an official “BTS World Tour” poster. The tour will begin in Goyang,

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SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- K-pop superstar BTS will embark on a new world tour i...

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Jisung of NCT Dream will start shooting a TV drama series next month, according to a local media report Wednesday. He finalized the decision to join the second season of “Crash,” which centers on traffic-related crimes investigators. Jisung is to take the role of the new and youngest member of the team in the series that premiered in May 2024. The idol had a brief stint in 2011 as a child actor, appearing in drama series “Deep Rooted Tree” as well as on the big screen in “Unbowed,” led by Han Su

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K-pop superstar BTS will embark on a new world tour in April, its first in four years, the group's agency said Wednesday as fans prepare for the group's much-anticipated comeback. BTS last held a global tour in 2022, when it wrapped up its "Permission to Dance on Stage" concerts in Las Vegas. According to a statement from BigHit Music, the upcoming tour will kick off in the South Korean city of Goyang before traveling across North and South America, Europe and Asia for a total of 79 shows in 34

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Hybe's U.S.-based girl group KATSEYE has placed three songs on the U.S. Billboard's main singles chart this week, led by "Gabriela," which rose one spot to a new peak of No. 21 for the group, Billboard said Tuesday (U.S. time). The group's latest release, "Internet Girl," debuted at No. 29, while "Gnarly" slipped seven places to No. 89. The feat marks the act's first time landing three tracks simultaneously on the chart. Songs from the original soundtrack of Netflix's "KPop Demon Hunters" maintained strong showings on the chart, with "Golden" at No. 3, "Soda Pop" at No. 39, "Your Idol" at No. 49 and "How It's Done" at No. 50. On the Billboard 200 main albums chart, the soundtrack fell one spot to No. 4, extending its run to 29 consecutive weeks inside the top tier. KATSEYE's album "Beautiful Chaos" ranked No. 32, while boy band Stray Kids charted at No. 155 with "Do It."

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SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- Hybe's U.S.-based girl group Katseye has placed three...

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Annie of rookie K-pop group AllDay Project is heading back to the classroom — but without putting her celebrity life on pause. The Black Label said Wednesday that Annie will return this month to Columbia University in New York to attend the school’s spring semester. She will use the group’s current break to focus on her studies through May, while still remaining available for select overseas activities, such as fan signing events. The agency said Annie’s return to school does not mean a suspension of group activities. During this period, the other members of AllDay Project will also pursue individual activities, keeping the team active even while Annie balances academics and entertainment. Annie has drawn intense public interest since before her debut, not just as an idol but as a member of one of Korea’s most powerful business families. She is the granddaughter of Lee Myung-hee, the chairwoman of retail giant Shinsegae Group, and the eldest daughter of Chung Yoo-kyung, the company’s president — making her one of the rare “chaebol," or conglomerate, heirs to enter the K-

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Annie of AllDay Project will return to Columbia University in New York this month and resume studying, her agency The Black Label said Wednesday. She took a leave of absence to launch her career as a member of the group. She is studying art history and visual arts at the Ivy League School. The Shinsegae heiress won her family’s permission to become a K-pop trainee on the condition that she join an Ivy League School. The idol, however, is not suspending her activities, the management company emph

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Three singles from Katseye made Billboard’s Hot 100, according to the latest chart published on Tuesday in the US. “Gabriela” climbed up a rung from the previous week to No. 21, the highest spot for the group, and extended its stay on the main songs chart to 25 weeks. The newly released single “Internet Girl” debuted on the chart at No. 29, a career-best for the six-member act. It easily surpassed the entry points of its previous hits, “Gnarly” at No. 92 and “Gabriela” at No. 94. “Gnarly” slid d

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V of BTS has now amassed a total of 70 million followers on his Instagram account. He is the first male celebrity in Korea to achieve the feat, having set the record with 150 posts. When he opened the account in December 2021, 1 million smashed the follow button in 43 minutes, with 10 million in less than five hours, both earning him Guinness World Records. He has second most followers on social media among K-pop male acts, trailing only his own band, BTS. Last month, V celebrated his 30th birth

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