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  Composer Pdogg for BTS wins grand prize for production and composition in pop music category for 5 consecutive years

  SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean record producer Pdogg, who is known to have produced andcomposed songs for the K-pop supergroup BTS, has raked in another award for his unprecedentedly high cop
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  Kim Hyun-joong “I can’t make everyone on my side… I’ll be on my way.”

  SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- "I don't think I can define everyone in the world as someone who likes me and someone who hates me. Everyone has their own reasons." Singer and act
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  Billboard includes ADOR's Min Hee-jin under '2023 Woman In Music'

  SEOUL February 28 (Yonhap) -- Representative of K-pop girl group New Jean’s entertainment agency Min Hee-jin has been selected as one of the most influential female leader within the music industry.Ac
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  Former Wanna One member Hwang Min-hyun debuts as soloist

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- Hwang Min-hyun, a member of now-disbanded project boy groups Wanna One and NU'EST, made his debut as a solo artist Monday, 11 years after he began his musical career.In "Truth or Lie," his firs
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  H1-KEY enters Melon Top 100 with ‘Rose Blossom’

  SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) – Girl group H1-KEY’s title song "Rose Blossom” of their first mini album with the same title has entered the Melon "Top 100." According to its agency GLG o
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  (LEAD) Kakao Entertainment defends partnership deal with SM Entertainment

  (ATTN: UPDATES with rebuttal from Hybe in last five paras; CORRECTS Hybe's claim in 6th para; ADDS more of Kakao Entertainment's statement in 9th para)SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech firm Kakao's entertainment arm said Monday
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  Kakao Entertainment defends partnership deal with SM Entertainment

  SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech firm Kakao's entertainment arm said Monday its business agreement with K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment is aimed at creating synergy between the companies and it will take measures against rival agenc
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  NewJeans’ ‘Ditto’ hits 200 million streams on Spotify

  SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- Girl group NewJeans' hit song "Ditto" has surpassed 200 million cumulative streams on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, accoding to
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  aespa successfully finishes first solo concert 'SYNK : Hyper Line' with over 10 thousand audiences

  SEOUL February 27 (Yonhap) -- “We are currently working hard on our upcoming tracks, I hope you guys like it and this time we promise that will do our best to meet you guys with our new tracks as soon
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  BTS' J-Hope to drop solo single this week

  SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- J-Hope, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, said Monday he will release an individual single and its music video this week.The dancer-rapper said on social media that "on the street" will hit music services Fr
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  BTS J-Hope applies for termination of enlistment postponement...Second member to join army

  SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) – J-Hope of the group BTS has begun the process of serving in the military, his agency Bighit Music said on Sunday. Bighit Music said, "J-Hope has initiated the milit
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  'Boys Planet', 'Peak Time'...Idol audition programs are back in spotlight

  SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) – Idol audition programs, which had been rare for a while, have returned to an advanced form. According to broadcasters on Sunday, idol survival variety shows, which recently
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  #BTS, #StrayKids, #Seventeen, #BLACKPINK

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  BTS, Stray Kids, Seventeen, and BLACK PINK put names down in IFPI’s Global Album/Artist Charts

  SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Four K-pop groups have put their names down in the “Top 10 Global Album Chart” released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents
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  #BTS, #LifeGoesOn

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  BTS’ ‘Life Goes On’ becomes their 16th MV to reach 500 mln YouTube views

  SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- K-pop supergroup BTS has set another personal record with its “Life Goes On” music video hitting the grand 500 million views on YouTube, the mega-hit group’s agency BigHit M
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  S.Korean rapper Huh, "I can make my unique type of music to fit into Mainstream Music"

  SEOUL February 24 (Yonhap) -- “I don’t think there is a significant boundaries set within the idea of mainstream music. Therefore I personally believe one day people will accept my music as part of th
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  (LEAD) SM Entertainment to grant Kakao exclusive rights to distribute albums, music: sources

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more reported details of deal in paras 9-10)SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- SM Entertainment has agreed to give Kakao Entertainment, a subsidiary of technology firm Kakao Corp., exclusive rights to circulate its albums and music as par
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  (LEAD) SM to invest 1 tln won to create production centers in U.S., Japan, Southeast Asia

  (ATTN: UPDATES with SM's acquisition of its stocks, reaction from Hybe, more background info in last 5 paras)SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- SM Entertainment, a K-pop powerhouse, said Thursday it will inject 1 trillion won (US$767.8 million) into prog
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  Rock band Thornapple to hold solo concert in April

  SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean rock band Thornapple will hold a solo concert, titled “Black Star,” at the Seoul Olympic Park on Apr. 8, the band’s agency MPMG Music confirmed Thursday.“Black
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  #Key, #Killer

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  SHINee’s Key tops Circle’s weekly digital download chart with ‘Killer’

  SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy band SHINee’s Key has topped Circle’s digital download chart for this week with his newest album “Killer,” according to the artist’s agency SM Entertainment
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  (LEAD) S. Korea aims to double K-content exports to US$25 bln by 2027

  (ATTN: UPDATES with quotes by Yoon, a budget plan in paras 7-9)By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The government said Thursday it will help double the country's exports of cultural content to US$25 billion by 2027 by expanding its overseas