South Korea is infamous for having one of the world's strictest beauty standards. In the country, there are very specific features that are considered attractive and even the slightest deviation from it can be considered unattractive. While beauty is subjective, most entertainment agencies select trainees and who gets to debut with those standards in mind. Knowing this, here are the top 10 male visuals in K-pop that have visuals in line with South Korea's strict beauty standards.
On October 13, Tuesday, it was confirmed that the entire duration of BTS's latest online concert, which was held over the weekend, was illegally downloaded and distributed online in China.
Amidst criticism from China over BTS member RM's speech from the Van Fleet Awards over his usage of the "two nations" phrase, it has been reported that a Chinese netizen who was seen using a BTS phone case was beaten up on the street.
On Monday, BTS was caught in a controversy following RM’s speech that tackles the relationship of South Korea to the United States during the Korean War. Several Chinese netizens express their anger towards the alleged insensitive message; thus, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released their stand about the growing issue.
BTS has topped the Billboard Hot 100 once again, this time with the "Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat" remix, which they made in collaboration with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo.
It is no new information that Korean idols have flawless skin, beautiful hair, and fit bodies. This makes it very hard to guess how old some of these idols may be. While some look older than they are because of their mature personality, some look exceptionally younger than they are.
You surely heard of the “Generation of K-pop” that includes the first, second, and third-gen groups. However, are you aware that we are currently in the fourth-gen K-pop?In this sense, IDOLOGY, one of the longest-running critic website-magazines in Korea, had a full analysis of the genealogical theory of the K-pop’s four generations based on the paradigm shifts overseas of these K-pop groups, trends, and many more.
BTS just made another achievement! On Monday, the agency of the group Big Hit Entertainment announced that the second online concert of the group BTS has reached almost 1 million viewers worldwide.
BTS revealed their feelings of meeting their fans after a long time. The septet finally held their online concert "BTS MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E" held in Seoul on the 10th through live streaming.
On Monday, the world-renown K-pop group BTS faced immense backlash from Chinese netizens, following recent leader RM’s speech for the annual James A. Van Fleet Awards held on October 7 through a virtual broadcast.
On October 10, Saturday, BTS held their long-awaited online concert, "BTS Map of the Soul ON:E". During their encore stage, member Jimin couldn't help but shed tears as he was giving his final comments.
The Korean Business Research Institute released its brand reputation rankings for K-Pop boy groups for the month of September. To determine which boys groups make the list, they analyzed consumer participation, community awareness, and news coverage.
Do you believe that K-pop idols should just become idols and don’t interfere with the acting industry? Well, most of the time, idols who are debuting as actors or prominently known as idol-actors are criticized tremendously for their alleged bad or weak acting, mostly by Korean drama fans and viewers.