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  BTS' single 'Butter' tops ORICON chart's cumulative ranking

  SEOUL April 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean super band BTS has clinched the top spot in Japan's Oricon 5-year cumulative single ranking chart.According to their agency Big Hit Music on Tuesday, the si
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  Aespa's Winter takes hiatus after lung surgery

  SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- Winter, a member of K-pop girl group aespa, will temporarily halt her activities following recent lung surgery, her agency said Friday."Winter is recovering from pneu
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  MBC's 'Show! Music Core in JAPAN' Lineup Revealed

  SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- TV broadcaster MBC has unveiled the star-studded lineup for the upcoming 'Show! Music Core in JAPAN', a special event scheduled for the first half of the year in Ju
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  LE SSERAFIM Dominates Circle Chart's Monthly Global K-Pop Chart

  SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) – K-pop girl group LE SSERAFIM swept the top ranks of Circle Chart's global K-pop section for March, its agency said on the 12th. The title track 'EASY'
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  JYP Entertainment receives AA rating in '2023 MSCI ESG'

  SEOUL April 12 (Yonhap) -- JYP Entertainment announced on the 12th that it has achieved an AA rating in the '2023 MSCI ESG Evaluation' announced by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI),
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  S.Korean singer Park Bo-ram passes away at age 30

  SEOUL April 12 (Yonhap) —South Korean singer Park Bo-ram, passed away on April 11th, according to her agency and police.According to her agency, Xanadu Entertainment, and the police, a 119 emergency c
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  TWS' debut album sales top 500,000 copies

  SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Pledis Entertainment announced on the 11th that the debut album of K-pop rookie group TWS has sold over 500,000 copies. According to the album sales aggregation
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  K-Pop Stars Take Action Against Malicious Comments, Toxic YouTubers

  SEOUL, April (Yonhap) -- K-pop stars are raising their voices against the increasingly serious issue of malicious defamation online. According to ADOR, the agency of NEWJEANS, they recently
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  K-pop girl group aespa to embark on second world tour

  SEOUL April 11 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group aespa is set to embark on their second world tour, "SYNK: PARALLEL LINE," starting from June 29-30 at the Seoul Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium, accordi
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  S.Korean artist BoA to take larger scale legal actions against malicious comments

  SEOUL April 11 (Yonhap) -- S.Korean singer BoA has raised the issue of recent malicious comments directed at her, expressing distress and announcing plans for large-scale legal action.Her agency, SM E
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  NCT WISH to kick off fan meet tour in May

  SEOUL April 11 (Yonhap) -- On April 11th, SM Entertainment announced that the rookie group NCT WISH is kicking off a nationwide fan meeting tour.Starting with a fan meeting on May 25-26 at the Myunghw
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  NewJeans' Hyein halts activities due to foot injury

  SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Hyein, a member of K-pop girl group NewJeans, has decided to temporarily pause her activities due to a foot injury, her agency said Thursday."Hyein has opted to suspend her schedules for the time being as she sustain
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  BLACKPINK's Lisa Partners with Sony Music for New Solo Album

  SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Lisa of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will release new solo music in partnership with RCA Records, a leading U.S.-based label, the singer and her own label Lloud Co. announced
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  Lim Young-woong successfully sells out tickets for 'Im Hero - The Stadium'

  SEOUL April 11 (Yonhap) -- Fish Music, the agency representing singer Lim Young-woong, announced on Monday that tickets for his upcoming solo concert "IM HERO - THE STADIUM" at Seoul World
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  Hybe Likely to Become 1st Entertainment Agency to Join League of Conglomerates

  SEOUL, Apirl 11 (Yonhap) -- Hybe, which houses K-pop superband BTS is expected to be designated as a large enterprise group (public interest corporation group) for the first time among domestic ent
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  BLACKPINK Jennie's 'One of the Girls' successfully guards its position on Billboard single's chart

  SEOUL April 11 (Yonhap) -- BLACKPINK's Jennie's collaboration with The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp, "One of the Girls," has remained on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 main singles chart
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  EPEX Releases 1st Regular Album 'Youthful Days' Embracing Beauty of Youth

  SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group EPEX has returned with their first regular album, showcasing high completeness and solid confidence. On the afternoon of the 9th, EPEX (Wish, Keum
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  BTS' 'ON' exceeds 600 MLN views on YouTube

  SEOUL April 9 (Yonhap) -- BTS's 'ON' Kinetic Manifesto Film surpassed 600 MLN views on YouTube, according to their agency Big Hit Music on the 9th.The video reached the milestone at 8:41 a
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  Another Seventeen forest created at Seoul park

  SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- The country's second forest named after popular K-pop boy group Seventeen was created at a park in Seoul, Melon, a local music streaming platform, said Tuesday.The forest located in Nanji Han River Park in western Seoul
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  Rookie Idol Groups Pour in Amid Growing Disparity among Small Agencies

  SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) -- Despite concerns about the K-pop industry since last year, new K-pop idol groups continue to emerge as if they've been eagerly awaited this year. Since January