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  LE SSERAFIM hits 600 million streams on Spotify

  SEOUL, Mar. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean mega-hit girl group LE SSERAFIM has exceeded 600 million total streams on Spotify, the world’s largest music platform, according to the group’s agency Source Mus
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  JYP Publishing to hold audition for composers

  SEOUL, Mar. 3 (Yonhap) -- JYP Publishing, a music copyright company founded by singer and producer Park Jin-young who is also the founder of the K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment, will hold a publish
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  J-Hope to release individual single 'on the street'

  SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- J-Hope of K-pop juggernaut BTS will drop a new solo single, "on the street," and its music video Friday, the band's agency said.The single is set to come out at 2 p.m., about seven months after he rolled out
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  BTS J-Hope reveals solo MV teaser...American rapper J. Cole makes surprise appearance

  SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Yonhap) -- J-Hope of the group BTS has released a music video teaser video for his solo single "on the street" on Thursday. The teaser also featured American rapper J. Co
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  HYBE's boy group &TEAM to host fan meeting in Japan

  SEOUL March 2 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group &TEAM will be hosting their first fan meeting in Japan, addressed group’s entertainment agency HYBE. The group will meet their fans in Osaka starting on M
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  Record Label Industry Association of Korea to open research regarding black market ticket transaction

  SEOUL March 2 (Yonhap) -- Record Label Industry Association of Korea will conduct a research regarding usage of the ticket reservation webpage and black market tickets in hope to put an end to black m
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  S.Korean singer Nam Jin to host domestic tour starting March 11

  SEOUL March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean singer Nam Jin will host domestic tour which will consist of visiting 8 various cities within the country, addressed concert planning agency KH media on Thursday
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  Girl group Kep1er to drop new album next month

  SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group Kep1er will return with a new album next month, about six months after dropping its third EP, "Troubleshooter," the group's agencies said Thursday.According to Wake One Entertainment and Swi
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  Employee of KORAIL who acquires BTS' RM's personal information undergoes disciplinary steps

  SEOUL March 2 (Yonhap) -- An employee of the Korea Railroad, shortened as KORAIL, was found to have accessed ticket information of Global K-pop group BTS’ RM without an authorization. According to KOR
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  EXO to hold fan meeting next month

  SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Yonhap) -- The group EXO is to hold an exclusive fan meeting "EXO'CLOCK" at KSPO Dome in Seoul Olympic Park from the 8th to the 9th of next month, its agency SM Entert
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  Singer Sean completes 31km Marathon on March 1st Independence Movement Day...140 million won donation

  SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Yonhap) -- Singer Sean has succeeded in completing the 31km marathon to mark the March 1st Independence Movement Day and donated 148 million won, his agency YG Entertainment said on W
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  Virtual Audition ‘GIRL’S RE:VERSE’… “Brings out charms of idol through character”

  SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Yonhap) -- When a girl group member who participated in the survival audition receives the lowest grade, she cannot overcome her anger and runs away from the set. Another participant
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  BTS 'Proof' enters Billboard album chart for 37 consecutive weeks

  SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Yonhap) – The anthology album "Proof," released by the group BTS last year, has entered the Billboard main album chart "Billboard 200" for 37 consecutive weeks
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  Composer Pdogg for BTS wins grand prize for production and composition in pop music category for 5 consecutive years

  SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean record producer Pdogg, who is known to have produced andcomposed songs for the K-pop supergroup BTS, has raked in another award for his unprecedentedly high cop
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  Kim Hyun-joong “I can’t make everyone on my side… I’ll be on my way.”

  SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- "I don't think I can define everyone in the world as someone who likes me and someone who hates me. Everyone has their own reasons." Singer and act
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  Billboard includes ADOR's Min Hee-jin under '2023 Woman In Music'

  SEOUL February 28 (Yonhap) -- Representative of K-pop girl group New Jean’s entertainment agency Min Hee-jin has been selected as one of the most influential female leader within the music industry.Ac
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  Former Wanna One member Hwang Min-hyun debuts as soloist

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- Hwang Min-hyun, a member of now-disbanded project boy groups Wanna One and NU'EST, made his debut as a solo artist Monday, 11 years after he began his musical career.In "Truth or Lie," his firs
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  H1-KEY enters Melon Top 100 with ‘Rose Blossom’

  SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) – Girl group H1-KEY’s title song "Rose Blossom” of their first mini album with the same title has entered the Melon "Top 100." According to its agency GLG o
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  (LEAD) Kakao Entertainment defends partnership deal with SM Entertainment

  (ATTN: UPDATES with rebuttal from Hybe in last five paras; CORRECTS Hybe's claim in 6th para; ADDS more of Kakao Entertainment's statement in 9th para)SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech firm Kakao's entertainment arm said Monday
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  Kakao Entertainment defends partnership deal with SM Entertainment

  SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech firm Kakao's entertainment arm said Monday its business agreement with K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment is aimed at creating synergy between the companies and it will take measures against rival agenc