On July 30, Thursday, Zico officially enlisted for his mandatory military services. This marks the fourth Block B member to enlist, following Taeil, Ukwon, and B-Bomb.
Super Junior Kim Heechul recently revealed to have made legal actions against commenters, and one of them begs for forgiveness.
Every year, Korean media and journalists go around for a survey, with more than 100 male and female idols voting for who the most beautiful and the most handsome idols are, also voted by their fellow K-stars. These are the K-pop idols with best visuals, selected by other idols.
As BLINKs know, BLACKPINK's Rosé is the newest ambassador for high-end designer brand Yves Saint Laurent.
Foreigners in K-Pop are getting more and more common nowadays, with talents from all around the world travelling to South Korea to achieve their dreams of being an idol. These seven idols came all the way from Taiwan and are now killing the game!
TXT will be singing the new theme song for the Japanese anime "Black Clover"! It has been confirmed that they will be changing their current theme song to a new one to be sung by TXT. Starting on September 1, TXT's Japanese song "Everlasting Shine" will replace the current theme song and will serve as the anime's new theme song.
EXO's Chanyeol will star in a Korean commercial film! According to reports on July 30, Chanyeol will headline "The Box," a jukebox movie about a music tour of an aspiring singer and a producer who enjoyed the peak popularity of the past but is declining in his present life.
Grammy Best New Artist Award has been one of the most competitive fields in the prestigious ceremony. It has yet to recognize K-pop groups, but with the sudden changes in the rules of nomination and giving more slots to the nominees, Forbes listed down four huge K-pop groups that paved their way to the international music industry.
FNC Entertainment's girl group, Cherry Bullet (Haeyoon, Yuju, Bora, Jiwon, Remi, Chae-Rin, and May), has just announced their comeback! The agency posted a spoiler image on Cherry Bullet's official SNS on July 29, revealing that their official return is at 6:00 p.m. on August 6 KST.
A Korean YouTube channel comprised of plastic surgeon Dr. Deok Jun, dermatologist Dr. Woo Seon, and family doctor Dr. Si Wan (known by their channel name Dr. Trio) recently analyzed and revealed which the charming visual points of each TWICE member are.
South Korean K-pop management agencies have often been in the limelight because of their controversial treatment of K-pop idols.
TREASURE finally unveiled their MV debut teaser, fueling fans' excitement! The rookie boy band from YG Entertainment captured the attention of local and global fans after releasing behind-the-scenes footage of the concept teaser for their first single album, "THE FIRST STEP: CHAPTER ONE."
K-pop idols might seem like the role model to everyone, but no one is perfect. You may see these idols always smiling with pleasing personalities, but not everyone is genuine to themselves. Recently, several K-pop idols were revealed to be a different person compared to what they are showing in front of the camera with the crowd, as to their real attitudes.
K-pop idols who have a chubbier and rounded figure are prone to receive rude comments from the South Korean audience. In South Korea, K-pop artists must maintain their body figure based on their country's beauty norms.
MNET'S male group competition is now facing cancellation, as reported by the organizer of the show. On the 29th of July, an exclusive report revealed that Mnet's male group competition, "Kingdom," that is already scheduled, is now on the brink of cancellation as issues of lineup casting arise.
The Korea Tourism Organization recently revealed the results of their international survey. The survey was answered by 12,000 worldwide K-Pop fans which revealed numerous things about K-Pop fans over the age of 50 years old. Curious which groups their favorites are? Check it out here!
YouTuber and Twitch streamer Tubo, also known as Yang Joo Hwan, has returned to YouTube after a month of reflection following his controversial comments about IU.
BLACKPINK Jennie is truly a trend-setter! Recently, the “Most Beautiful Face of 2018” Filipina actress and YouTuber Liza Soberano attempted to recreate the female idol’s iconic look in “How You Like That” photo teaser, and the result will shock you!
Maknaes have a special place in the hearts of fans, and it is something that gears them up to get the audience's attention instantly. While charisma is one of the factors for K-pop idols to gather fans, maknaes are especially given instant attention and praise for being the youngest member of the group.
According to media sources on July 29, BTOB's Changsub has been discharged from the military following his final vacation during the mandatory military service.
These 13 K-pop stars admitted they are part of the LGBT community.#Holland #SomHyeIn #DIPHyeongSeong #HyeongSeong #ToppDogg #ToppDoggHansol #Hansol
BTS Jungkook Covers 10,000 Hours Dan Shay and Justin BeiberJungkook of popular South Korean boy band, BTS released a cover song with a sweet voice, which excited fans.
While most idols are unable to bounce back from scandals and even end up leaving their groups and the entertainment industry, these idols were able to rise above it and continue their successful careers.
MONSTA X's Minhyuk will be hosting his own Naver NOW show, "I Want To See You"! The first episode will be aired on July 30. Starship Entertainment has recently dropped the poster for the show online, attracting attention to the show.
BLACKPINK, as hailed by Vogue, is currently the largest K-pop girl group on the planet. Indeed, the idol group didn’t only top major charts domestically and internationally through their best discographies, but they are also snatching every ambassador role in luxury fashion and jewelry lines.
While debuting at an early age in the K-pop scene is an advantage, there are some who still took more time to train and debut at a later age. Maknaes in groups are fortunate enough to start their careers while they are still teenagers, but some debuted even in their mid-twenties and 30s.
The prize of fame is shockingly and unfortunately accompanied by certain dangers, and some K-pop idols have come across such fate. It's not even unusual to hear about sasaengs and their obsession urge them to do the extreme: kidnapping.
While some popular K-pop groups are already achieving their hundredth music win in music shows, these active K-pop groups still don’t have any music show win since their debut.
(G)I-DLE's Shuhua proves that she is a strong girl by once again defending herself from haters during a live stream. The idol recently spoke out after a hater she had seen before had entered her live stream.
Netizens now question JYPE for possible recycling of track as TWICE's "More & More" is linked to Zara Larrson's supposed debut single five years ago. A leaked track of the Swedish singer and songwriter, Zara Larrson is now getting a huge buzz after the melody of the song is similar with TWICE's latest comeback hit, "More & More."