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  NCT Mark’s solo ‘Child’ ranks No. 1 on iTunes charts in 14 countries

  SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- The solo song “Child,” by Mark from group NCT topped the iTunes chart in 14 different countries, according to SM Entertainment, Saturday. The song released through SM Station
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  SF9 Inseong to join the military next month in military band

  SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- Group SF9’s Inseong will join the military on Mar. 21 and begin his service, according to the agency FNC Entertainment, Saturday. The agency announced on the official fan caf
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  BTS’ ‘My Universe’ climbs back up UK Singles Chart to No. 35

  SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) — Boy group BTS and the band Coldplay’s joint song “My Universe,” stayed on the UK Singles Chart Top 100 for 17 consecutive weeks and continued its long term success. The song
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  Korea’s music industry is devastated by Omicron variant

  SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- With cases pouring out every day due to the Omicron variant, the music industry is also on alert as a series of infected cases follow one another. Girl group fromis_9’s Lee S
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  Im Chang-jung performs free concert for COVID-19 medical team at hospital

  SEOUL, Feb. 4(Yonhap) – S. Korean singer Im Chang-jung performed a free concert for medical staffs who are fighting against COVID-19, according to the agency YES IM Entertainment on Feb. 4.Im grabbed
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  fromis_9’s Lee Seo-yeon tests positive for COVID-19.... cancels KBS’ Music Bank schedule

  SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Girl group fromis_9’s Lee Seo-yeon has tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. Pledis Entertainment explained, “Lee visited a hospital on the evening of Feb. 3 after having s
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  NiziU 'Make you happy' exceeds 300 mln streaming

  SEOUL, Feb. 4(Yonhap) – The girl group NiziU from JYP has exceeded 300 million streaming with their free debut song “Make you happy” on Billboard Japan. Billboard Japan said through its official websi
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  YG opens ‘DO TREASURE’ pop-up event to celebrate new album

  by Ra Hwakjin / An Hayeon SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- “THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE” DO TREASURE CONCEPT POP-UP will be opened to celebrate TREASURE’s new album release, at the SameE cafe building in f
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  NCT’s Mark releases first solo song ‘Child’

  SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Group NCT’s Mark will release the music video of first solo song “Child” today, at 6 p.m. “Child” is the first song of SM's "NCT LAB" project, that will prese
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  Dance crew CocaNButter Gaga·Rihey test positive for COVID-19

  SEOUL, Feb. 4(Yonhap) – The dance crew CocaNButter’s Gaga and Rihey have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to MLD Entertainment on Feb. 4. Gaga tested positive on Thursday while Rihey tes
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  Noodles advertised by NCT DREAM are popular in Indonesia… some fans take only photo cards

  JAKARTA, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Instant noodles advertised by NCT Dream, has become the hot topic in Indonesia with its growing popularity.Indonesia’s food brand Lemonilo recently launched a noodle produc
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  TREASURE partners with Facebook and Instagram company ‘META’

  SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- YG’s boy group TREASURE signed a content supply contract with META, a platform company operating Facebook and Instagram, on Friday. TREASURE will communicate with global use
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  Tae-yeon to hold exhibit from Feb. 7 ahead of new album

  SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Girls' Generation’s Tae-yeon will open an exhibit ahead of the release of the third album “INVU.” Tae-yeon will open the “INVU: THE EXHIBIT” from Feb. 7~14 at Punto Blu,
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  BTS achieves 2 mln accumulated points on Oricon with ‘Butter’

  SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- Group BTS achieved 2 million accumulated points on weekly combined singles ranking with hit song “Butter,” according to Big Hit Music, Friday. The Oricon chart adds points we
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  ASTRO’s Moonbin&Sanha drops new song on Feb. 11… 2nd mini-album on Mar.

  by Ra Hwakjin / An Hayeon SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- ASTRO’s Moonbin and Sanha will work together to drop another unit album. “Moonbin&Sanha will pre-release a single ‘Ghost Town' on Feb. 11,
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  CIX to release first Japan album in March

  SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- Group CIX will release the first Japanese album in March. “CIX (BX, Seung-hun, Yong-hee, Bae Jin-young, and Hyun-suk) will drop the first Japan album 'Pinky Swear' on
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  BTOB to come back as whole in 4 years and drop ‘Be Together’ on Feb. 21

  SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- K-pop group BTOB will release the third album “Be Together” on Feb. 21, according to the agency Cube Entertainment. “Be Together” will drop after four years and four months s
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  Vocal group Noel will open 20th-anniversary concert on Feb. 12 at Suwon

  SUWON, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- Vocal group Noel will perform a national tour concert "Noel Night” (translated) at the Gyeonggi Arts Center's grand theater on Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to mark
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  WINNER·iKON·TREASURE members recover from COVID-19

  SEOUL, Feb. 3(Yonhap) -- WINNER’s Lee Seung-hoon, iKON’s Kim Jin-hwan·Song Yun-hyeong·Koo Jun-hoe·Kim Dong-hyuk·Jung Chan-woo, and TREASURE’s Choi Hyun-suk·Yoshi·Jun-kyu·Mashiho have made a complete r
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  BTS webtoon '7FATES: CHAKHO' soundtrack 'Stay Alive' to be unveiled

  SEOUL, Feb. 3(Yonhap) – The soundtrack for “7FATES: CHAKHO,” a webtoon·web novel based on K-pop superband BTS, will be released. HYPE said on Feb. 3, “The soundtrack ‘Stay Alive’ for the HYBE O