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  BTS’s ‘Bad Decision’ ranks No.7 on Spotify ‘Daily Top Song Global’

  SEOUL, August 8 (Yonhap) -- “Bad Decisions,” song Jin, Jimin, V, and Jungkook of the group BTS collaborated with American music producer and singer-songwriter Benny Blanco and rapper Snoop Dogg, rank
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  Minister Park Bo-gyoon will take public opinion into consideration on matters of BTS members military duties

  SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Yonhap) -- To a question asked during the meeting held for pop music industry at Copyright Protection Division in Seoul on Friday, requesting a precocious conclusion related to militar
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  #wooyoungwoo, #Extraordinaryattorneywoo, #kdrama, #kpop, #thailand

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  'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' leads hallyu wave in Thailand'

  SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Yonhap) -- Thailand which is considered to be one of the original base of expansion of South Korean culture is faced with second waves of hallyu: shortened for Korean wave.While South
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  #bts, #jungkook, #charlieputh

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  'Left and Right' successfully guards its place on UK’s single chart for 6 consecutive weeks

  SEOUL, August 6 (Yonhap) -- Collaborative track of BTS’ Jungkook and American singer songwriter Charlie Puth, “Left and Right” continued on with its success by guarding its place in the official singl
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  #bts, #bennyblanco, #snoopdogg, #baddecisions

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  'Bad Decisions' by BTS' Jin, Jimin, V, Jungkook tops iTunes chart in 74 countries

  SEOUL, August 6 (Yonhap) -- Collaborative track of BTS’ Jin, Jimin, V, and Jungkook, American producer and singer songwriter Benny Blanco and rapper Snoop Dogg, “Bad Decisions” topped iTune’s “Top Son
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  #bts, #bennyblanco, #snoopdogg, #baddecisions

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  Collaborative track of BTS,Snoop Dogg and Benny Blanco 'Bad Decision' releases

  SEOUL, August 6 (Yonhap) -- Collaborative track of K-pop giant BTS’ Jin, V Jungkook and Jimin, American producer and singer songwriter Benney Blanco and American rapper Snoop Dogg, “Bad Decisions” rel
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  Lim Young-woong's fan club donates 7 million won

  SEOUL, August 5 (Yonhap) -- Lim Young-woong’s Busan fan club “Young-woong generation with hero Busan NamSooHae“ donated 7 million won, announced Busan Community Chest of Korea on Friday.Busan Fan clu
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  Girls' Generation is back with studio album marking 15th year

  girl group-return Girls' Generation is back with studio album marking 15th yearBy Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- Girls' Generation, one of the longest-running K-pop girl groups, made a h
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  NHN Bugs to hold special promotion for Girl’s Generation’s 15 th debut anniversary

  SEOUL, August 5 (Yonhap) -- NHN Bugs will be releasing special promotion package to celebrate Girl’s Generations’s 15th debut anniversary.Girl’s Generation is releasing their 7th album “Forever One,
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  #BTS, #HYBE, #STOCKMARKET

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  (LEAD) Target stock price of HYBE drops due to vacancy of BTS

  SEOUL, August 4 (Yonhap) -- Securities firms lowered their expected stock price of HYBE despite of it hitting the highest profit during the third quarter on Thursday.Lack of South Korean super star BT
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  #hybe, #stockprice, #stockmarket, #drop

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  Target stock price of HYBE drops due to vacancy of BTS

  SEOUL, August 4 (Yonhap) -- Securities firms lowered their expected stock price of HYBE despite of it hitting the highest profit during the third quarter on Thursday. Lack of South Korean super star B
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  (LEAD) Rookie girl group NewJeans makes impressive debut on charts

  (LEAD) NewJeans-music charts (LEAD) Rookie girl group NewJeans makes impressive debut on charts(ATTN: UPDATES with more information in paras 2-7)SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- NewJeans, the first girl grou
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  Singer OVAN to release new single on Aug. 10

  SEOUL, August 4 (Yonhap) -- Singer OVAN is releasing new single “It’s getting X ruined,” said his agency Romantic Factory on Thursday.OVAN pre-released a song “Do I Do” from his full album, which wil
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  S.Korean rapper Bully Da Ba$tard is indicted in drug charges

  SEOUL, August 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean rapper Bully Da Ba$tard, Yoon Byung-ho has been detained and sent to court under the charge of using illegal substances such as Methamphetamine and Cannabis.Ac
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  #YENA, #SMARTPHONE

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  Game Hero’ YENA “I put excitement right before playing game”

  SEOUL, August 4 (Yonhap) -- YENA from girl group IZONE returned to the music scene as “GAME HERO” after making a successful debut as solo with her first mini album “SMiLEY,” in the beginning of this
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  Rookie girl group NewJeans makes impressive debut on charts

  SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- NewJeans, the first girl group from an independent label under K-pop powerhouse Hybe, has made an impact on music charts at home and abroad upon its debut."Attention," a lead track of the group's debut EP, &
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  #BTS, #PERMISSIONTODANCE, #DYNAMITE, #KPOP

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  BTS' 'Permission to Dance' surpasses 300 mln streams in Oricon Chart

  SEOUL, August 4 (Yonhap) -- K-pop super group BTS’ track “Permission to Dance” successfully exceeded over 300 million streams according to Japanese Oricon Chart, announced the agency BIGHIT Music on T
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  Music video of BTS V's 'Winter Bear' exceeds 100 Mln YouTube views

  SEOUL, August 3 (Yonhap) -- Music video of track “Winter Bear” composed by V of South Korean super star K-pop group BTS, has exceeded 100 million YouTube views, announced agency BIGHIT Music on Wednes
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  #seventeen, #itzy, #lesserafim, #nayeon, #aespa, #txt

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  Seventeen's 'Sector 17' ranks 4th on billboard chart

  SEOUL, August 3 (Yonhap) -- K-pop artists are continuing on with their success on the Billboard chart. According to the data provided by Billboard on August 2 (US time) K-pop boy group Seventeen’s rep
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  #bts, #billboard, #proof, #leftandright, #charlieputh

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  BTS' 'Proof' successfully secures its place on Billboard's main album chart for 6 weeks in a row

  SEOUL, August 3 (Yonhap) -- K-pop super star BTS’ album “Proof” released on June of 2022 successfully guarded its place on Billboard’s main album chart “Billboard 200” for six consecutive weeks.Accord