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  #INI, #JO1

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  INI says they saw ‘Squid Game’... wants to perform in Sky Dome

  SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- “Everyone saw things like ‘Squid Game.’” (INI Kimura Masaya)INI and JO1 shared their love for Korean culture in an interview held with Yonhap News on the 15th, after the “KCO
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  Stray Kids to drop new Japanese album next month

  SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy group Stray Kids will roll out a new album in Japan next month, the group's agency said Monday.JYP Entertainment said on social media that the band's second Japanese EP "Circus" will hit
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  (2nd LD) BTS wins three Billboard Music Awards, marking 6th year to win an award

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more background info in para 5; CHANGES tense in paras 2, 7; ADDS quote from BTS in 8th para)SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy group BTS has won three prizes at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), one of the three bi
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  #GirlsGeneration, #Hyoyeon, #효연, #DEEP

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  Girls’ Generation’s Hyo-yeon drops first mini album 'DEEP' today

  SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) – K-pop girl group Girls’ Generation’s Hyo-yeon will release the first solo mini album “DEEP,” according to the agency SM Entertainment on Monday. The album contains a total of
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  #IZ*ONE, #Kpop, #HondaHitomi

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  IZ*ONE’s Honda Hitomi says time in Korea was prosperous

  SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- AKB48’s Honda Hitomi, who’s been active as a member of the Korean-Japanese project girl group IZ*ONE, said the 2 years and a half in Korea was, “a prosperous time in my life.
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  (LEAD) BTS wins three Billboard Music Awards, marking 6th year to win an award

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 4-6, minor edit in 2nd para; ADDS photo)SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy group BTS has won three prizes at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), one of the three biggest pop music honors in the U
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  K-POP

  BTS wins three Billboard Music Awards, marking 6th year to win an award

  SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy group BTS has won three prizes at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), one of the three biggest pop music honors in the United States, Billboard said.The septet won top duo or group, top song sales artis
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  #ikon, #cherrybullet, #rocketpunch, #psy, #retro, #retromusic

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  “I feel nostalgic though I’ve never experienced the era” retro wind of 1980s blowing in music industry

  SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- While K-pop industry is in its prime, retro trends of 1980s such as synth pop have been blowing in music industry.It is said that there is a tendency of people getting tired
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  #KimHojoong, #김호중

  K-POP

  Singer Kim Ho-joong to hold national tour concert from end of September

  SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean singer Kim Ho-joong will meet fans at a national tour concert starting at late September. "Kim Ho-joong will hold a national tour concert starting from Sep
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  #KCON, #Kpopfestival, #CJENM

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  KCON Festival opens for first time in 3 years in Tokyo

  Tokyo, May 14 (Yonhap) -- KCON, a K-culture festival hosted by CJ ENM, opened in Japan for the first time in three years. "KCON 2022 Premier in Tokyo" will be held at the exhibition hall
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  #NCT127, #SMEntertainment

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  NCT 127 performance at Tokyo Dome in Japan to be aired live online on 28th

  SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- A performance by the group NCT 127 in Japan will be aired live online later this month. SM Entertainment, its agency, said on the 14th, "NCT 127's 'Neo City: J
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  #TXT, #NME

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  TXT is on online cover of British magazine NME… “first K-pop artist”

  SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The group TXT has been on the online cover of the British music magazine NME.

According to its agency Big Hit Music, NME released an interview article on TOMORROW X TOGETHER
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  K-POP

  Korean abstract sculpture pioneers to foreign new artists… Expanding the 'RM Tour' area

  SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) — The number of so-called "RM Tour" targets that follow the exhibition visited by BTS member RM (Kim Nam-joon) has increased significantly recently.
RM has released
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  S. Korea's concert market recovering from pandemic

  concert market-recovery S. Korea's concert market recovering from pandemicSEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- Sales of music concert tickets have been rising rapidly in the wake of the lifting of almost all
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  #blues, #music, #kpop

  K-POP

  'Richman and Groove Nice' includes in top 5 of International Blues Challenge

  SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- The rookie band "Richman and Groove Nice" has advanced to the finals in the International Blues Challenge held in the United States.According to The Korea Blues S
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  #aespa, #SM

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  aespa chosen as ‘Next Generation Leaders’ by TIME

  SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) — South Korean girl group aespa has been chosen as one of the Next Generation Leaders by the U.S. news magazine TIME, according to the agency SM Entertainment, Friday. "Ne
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  #BTSMilitaryServiceExemption

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  'BTS Military Service Exemption' debate holds in National Assembly

  
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- While the issue of the special military service exemption of the group BTS has become a hot social issue beyond the music industry, a debate on this topic was held at the Na
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  #유희열의스케치북, #PSY, #JungSeunghwan, #Jannabi, #Kpop

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  'Yu Huiyeol’s Sketchbook' to resume audience viewing in 2 years and 5 months starring PSY

  SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) – KBS 2TV’s “Yu Huiyeol’s Sketchbook” will broadcast the episode with audience viewing, which has been resumed in two years and five months, on May 13. The show will display the
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  #OVAN, #Kpop, #오반

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  OVAN to release new single 'Now I Am' on May 25

  SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) – S. Korean singer OVAN will release a new single “Now I Am(translated)” on May 25, according to the agency Romantic Factory on Thursday. It is the singer’s first new album in a
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  #secretnumber, #kpop

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  Secret Number to come back on June 8th

  SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- Global concept idol Secret Number is back after 8 months.Secret Number (Lea, Dita, Jinny, Minji, Soodam, Zuu) announced on the 12th that they will be releasing their fourth s