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  Fifty Fifty’s agency wages 1 bln won lawsuit against 'Cupid' producer

  Fifty Fifty’s agency wages 1 bln won lawsuit against 'Cupid' producer SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Fifty Fifty’s agency on Wednesday said it filed a 1 billion won (US$735,000) lawsuit again
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  BTS' Jungkook to release first solo album 'Golden'

  BTS member-solo album BTS' Jungkook to release first solo album 'Golden'SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Jungkook of K-pop boy group BTS will put out his first solo album, "Golden," n
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  Jungkook's 'Seven' stays in Billboard Singles for 11 weeks

  Jungkook's 'Seven' stays in Billboard Singles for 11 weeks SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- BTS member Jungkook's solo debut song “Seven” charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 sing
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  SHINee launches first Japan tour in 5 years

  SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy band SHINee began its tour around Japan last week and will close with a concert at the Tokyo Dome next year, the group's agency said Monday.SM Entertainment said the band kicked off their tour at Japan&#
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  (LEAD) BTS' Jungkook drops 2nd solo single

  (ATTN: UPDATES throughout)SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- Jungkook of K-pop giant BTS released his second individual single on Friday, just two months after hitting global charts with his first single "Seven" in July.According to BigHit Music
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  NewJeans hits 1 bln streams mark on Spotify with debut album

  SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean girl group NewJeans has hit the 1 billion streams mark on Spotify with its namesake debut album, the group's management agency said Friday.The accumulated streams generated by the album, "New Jeans,
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  BTS' Jungkook to drop 2nd solo single

  SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- Jungkook of K-pop giant BTS will release his second individual single on Friday, just two months after hitting global charts with his first single "Seven" in July.According to BigHit Music, the band's agenc
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  BLACKPINK's 'How You Like That' choreography video tops 1.5 bln views

  SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Yonhap) -- The dance performance video for "How You Like That," a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.5 billion views on YouTube, the group's agency said Wednesday.The choreography video hit
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  Kep1er sings about magical love in 5th EP

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, Sept. 25 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group Kep1er returned Monday with its fifth EP, "Magic Hour," which continues the concept of lovestruck girls from its previous album.The new release comes five months after the group&#
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  All BTS members renew contract with BigHit

  SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Yonhap) -- All seven members of the K-pop sensation BTS have renewed contracts with their agency, BigHit Music, for the second time, music industry sources said Monday.The sources said all seven members -- RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimi
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  SM founder Lee Soo-man to join tree-planting project in LA

  SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Yonhap) -- The founder and former chief producer of SM Entertainment, Lee Soo-man, is stepping up his environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities with a tree-planting project in Los Angeles. Lee will participate in the tree
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  BTS member Suga begins mandatory military service

  SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- Suga, a member of the K-pop sensation BTS, on Friday began his mandatory military service as a social service agent.Suga, 30, is the third member of the septet to enlist in the military, following Jin in December 2022, and
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  2023 MAMA Awards to be held in Tokyo

  SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- This year's MAMA Awards, the K-pop industry's biggest annual year-end music awards, will be held in Tokyo in November.The awards ceremony will take place on Nov. 28 and 29 at the Tokyo Dome, making it the first Kor
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  Seventeen to drop 11th EP next month

  SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group Seventeen will put out its 11th EP, "Seventeenth Heaven," next month, the group's agency, Pledis Entertainment, said Wednesday.The group also announced the album will be released on Oct. 23
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  'Slow Dancing' by BTS' V debuts at No. 51 on Billboard Hot 100

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- BTS V's latest single "Slow Dancing" debuted at No. 51 on this week's Billboard Hot 100 chart, according to the latest chart released Wednesday. "Slow Dancing" is the lead trac
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  EXO member D.O.'s 2nd EP tops iTunes Top Albums charts in 42 regions

  SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- EXO member D.O.'s second mini album, "Expectation," has topped iTunes Top Albums charts in 42 regions on the first day of its release, SM Entertainment said Tuesday. Released Monday, the album also stayed o
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  BLACKPINK member Lisa's 'Money' performance video tops 900 mln YouTube views

  SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- The performance video of BLACKPINK member Lisa's solo song "Money" has exceeded 900 million views on YouTube, her management agency YG Entertainment said Tuesday."Money" is a track on Lisa's
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  Singer-actor IU donates 300 mln won to the vulnerable

  singer-donation Singer-actor IU donates 300 mln won to the vulnerableSEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- Singer-actor IU donated 300 million won (US$226,159) to marginalized groups in medical and welfare serv
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  BTS' V debuts No. 2 on Billboard 200

  SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- V of K-pop supergroup BTS entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 2 with "Layover," his first solo album, Billboard has said."Layover" came in second behind Olivia Rodrigo's sophomore album, &qu
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  V's 'Layover' achieves biggest debut week sales for K-pop soloist

  SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- The debut solo album by V, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, has set the biggest first-week sales record for an album by a K-pop soloist with 2.1 million copies sold, data showed Friday.According to the data from Hanteo Ch