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K-Pop Group Tries the Stinkiest Food in South Korea and Their Reactions Are Priceless
South Korean girl group TWICE tried out some fermented skates on “Baek Jong Won’s Top 3 Chefs”, but not everyone was impressed by the smelliest food in the country. South Korea has a wide range of foods that some find hard to eat, but the main ingredient chosen for the May 19…
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Donnie Yen Spotted at Concert for K-Pop Boyband BTS in Hong Kong
An eagle-eyed K-Pop fan spotted an unlikely audience member at a recent concert of Korean boyband BTS in Hong Kong. Seated among the sea of fans who attended BTS‘ Wings concert on May 13 was the legendary Ip Man himself, Hong Kong action superstar Donnie Yen. According to…
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Internet Mistakes K-Pop Group Members for Chinese Lesbian Billionaires Who Got Married
A Cosmic Girls’ fan joked that members Meng Mei Qi and Wu Xuan Yi were married lesbian billionaires, and people fell for it because it’s hard to distinguish between real and fake news onl the internet these days. It all started after Abby Fry, a teenage fan of the South…
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Adorable Little Girl Walks Up to K-Pop Record Label, Asks to Meet BIGBANG
A 4-year-old girl named Alice bravely walked up to a YG Entertainment building with hopes of meeting one of K-pop’s most famous groups, BIGBANG. In a video that caught the attention of many online users, one of BIGBANG’s youngest fans went up to the YG building hoping she could…
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Meet The ‘First Black K-Pop Group’ Who Just Released a Steamy New Single
Another K-pop group, without a Korean member in sight, has emerged from the United States. African-American singing duo “CoCo Avenue” has recently released a new track called “Eottae” on iTunes which also had a music video released on April 14.
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Jaden Smith is Officially Becoming a K-Pop Idol With New Single Coming Soon
If everything goes according to plan, Jaden Smith could make his debut in the K-Pop arena in a few months. That would make the 18-year-old an official K-Pop star, who has since expressed his desire to become one. He seems to have Big Bang’s G-Dragon’s full support, after all.
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K-Pop Manager Angers Fans By Constantly Touching Members ‘Inappropriately’
One of the managers of K-Pop girl group G-Friend has been the target of outrage from fans disturbed by his physical contact with the members. It all started during a recent fan signing event when attendees noticed that the manager “unnecessarily” touched the members multiple…
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K-Pop Group Made of Americans Mercilessly Roasted Online
The all-American “K-Pop” group EXP Edition is off to a rough start. Again. After immediately raising eyebrows when they first emerged two years ago, the group went on a hiatus from the limelight to work on developing their career. The group, which raised over $30,000 on…
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Child Actress Finally Achieves Dreams of Meeting Her Favorite K-Pop Group
K-Pop has taken over child actress Kylie Rogers, who finally met her idol group BTS during their LA concert on Sunday. Rogers, 13, took her excitement to Twitter from her preparation to the end of the show, when she shared a photo with the seven-member boy group.
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Ryan Higa and Friends Create K-Pop Group as a Joke, Gets #1 Hit on K-Pop Charts
An Asian-American-made parody K-pop group has landed the top spot on iTunes’s K-Pop chart. Created by popular YouTuber Ryan Higa, the five-man boy band named “Boys Generally Asian” (BGA), released their second song, “Who’s It Gonna Be”, and immediately climbed the K-pop ranking.
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K-Pop Group Spends $88,000 on Plastic Surgery to Promote New Music Videos
All members of a relatively unknown K-Pop girl group have undergone a series of plastic surgeries merely for the promotion of their new album. The concept of Six Bomb’s latest release involved the girls going under the knife and documenting their change for two singles titled…
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Vogue Names K-Pop Star as Louis Vuitton’s Best Dressed Man
Vogue has named Sehun, the “maknae” of K-Pop boy group EXO, as Louis Vuitton’s Best Dressed Man at the Paris Fashion Week on March 7. Louis Vuitton’s Fall 2017 collection was flaunted at the Cour Marly in the Louvre Museum. Sehun, who was spotted with EXO leader Suho heading off…
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Huge K-Pop Star Revealed to Be an Inspiration for the Joker in ‘Suicide Squad’
“Suicide Squad” raised more than a few eyebrows when it won the Oscar for best makeup. As a critically-panned film, many found it surprising that it was even recognized at the Academy Awards. However, the award did go to a talented team comprised of Alessandro Bertolazzi,…
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K-Pop Star Reveals Physical Abuse Trainees Suffer If They Make Mistakes
K-Pop star Jay Park has recently made some very revealing statements on what went on behind the scenes during his years-long training. As a guest on The Glow Up Podcast’s 13th episode, Park talked about his early years in the industry, specifically his days as a trainee for…
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Bride Becomes K-pop Dancing Sensation in South Korea After Viral Wedding Video
A video of a dancing bride performing a special number for her husband has gone viral in South Korea. The unnamed dancing bride surprised her husband with a spot on performance of the hit song “TT” by K-pop group TWICE during a wedding party last month in Daegu province, AllKpop…
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Why a K-Pop Legend is No Longer Allowed Back in South Korea
A former Korean American pop star who was initially banned from entering South Korea for dodging his mandatory military service has lost his final appeal to gain a visa and will no longer be welcome to enter South Korea ever again. Yoo Seung Joon, aka Steve Yoo, was one of South…
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Gordon Ramsay Roasts K-pop Star’s ‘Overcooked Eggs With Worms’ on Twitter
Gordon Ramsay couldn’t give a stuffed chicken’s ass about BTS Jin’s culinary concoction. A fan of the South Korean boy band, also known as Bangtan Boys, asked the British celebrity chef to give his thoughts on Jin’s dish, according to Allkpop.
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K-Pop Star Mercilessly Humped By Dog While Owner Does Nothing
A video showing K-Pop superstar Mina getting some undivided attention and love from the dog of fellow AOA member Seolhyun has recently gone viral. The unintentionally hilarious clip was from a live online broadcast via the web program “My Little Television” last Sunday.
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K-Pop Star Sparks Outrage After Posting Disrespectful Instagram Post in Japan
A former member of South Korean super girl group 2NE1 has caused a massive stir online after posting a controversial photo on Instagram. In the Instagram post, singer/songwriter Lee Chae-rin, popularly known by her stage name CL, shared a photo of her riding a taxi in Japan.
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K-Pop Star Under Fire Over Misogynistic Outburst During Concert
A popular male K-pop boyband member is currently in hot water for allegedly spewing misogynistic remarks during his recent concert. Female netizens and some concerned K-Pop fans are up in arms over a reported statement by Kim Jae-joong, also known mononymously as Jaejoong from…
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BTS connects to HYBE, Weverse, memberships, merch, and tickets.
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&TEAM
&TEAM is HYBE's first homegrown Japanese boy group -- a localization play that plants the HYBE system directly inside the world's second-biggest music market rather than exporting Korean acts into it.
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2PM
2PM invented the 'beast idol' -- JYP's masculine, acrobatic counter-brand that opened the Japanese arena market for K-pop boy groups and made Thai member Nichkhun one of the first non-Korean idols engineered as a pan-Asian sales asset.
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aespa
SM's flagship 4th-gen group turned streaming dominance into arena-scale global touring — the clearest sign K-pop's next tier can headline, not just chart.
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AKMU
AKMU are the sibling duo who won K-Pop Star and picked YG on their own terms -- 'The Nation's Siblings' whose songwriting-first model gave YG a rare non-idol prestige asset that outlasted a full 12-year label run.
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BABYMONSTER
YG built BABYMONSTER as its designated BLACKPINK successor, and the pressure is the point -- the label bet its next decade of revenue on a seven-member group that had to shatter rookie sales records just to justify the comparison.
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BIGBANG
BigBang were the original architects of K-pop as a global export business -- the first mainstream Korean hip-hop idols whose stadium tours and merch empire proved a Korean act could out-earn Western pop stars and became the template YG monetized for a decade.
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BLACKPINK
The genre's biggest girl group returned as a group after years of solo dominance — testing whether K-pop's Western peak was a moment or a plateau. 'GO' answered.
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BOYNEXTDOOR
BOYNEXTDOOR is rapper Zico's KOZ Entertainment absorbed into the HYBE machine -- an artist-founded label that HYBE bought and turned into a hit factory, showing how HYBE grows by acquiring creative shops, not just building them.
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BTS
BTS didn't just come back — they re-coronated K-pop's top tier. 'Arirang' fuses Korean folk roots with global pop, and the tour proved the machine HYBE built scales to stadiums worldwide.
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BTS
BTS connects to HYBE, the company behind BTS, Weverse, albums, merch, memberships, tickets, and concerts.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:035760
CJ ENM
CJ ENM is behind TV, music, film, award shows, and major cultural exports that shape what people watch.
Company · Korea · KRX:352820
HYBE
One of the layers behind BTS, SEVENTEEN, TXT.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:035900
JYP Entertainment
JYP is tied to groups that drive albums, tours, subscriptions, merch, and international fan activity.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:041510
SM Entertainment
SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:122870
YG Entertainment
YG connects global K-pop attention to touring, brand deals, fan demand, and artist-centered entertainment revenue.
Company · Korea · KRX:251270
Netmarble
Netmarble is Korea's mobile-game powerhouse that turns pop-culture IP into games — from BTS titles to Marvel — and is one of HYBE's largest shareholders, linking K-pop and gamin...
HYBE · K-pop · KRX:352820
A BTS comeback is not just songs. It’s albums, merch, tickets, and Weverse.
A BTS comeback can start with one stream on your phone, then turn into a fan-club sign-up, merch order, livestream ticket, and more time spent inside Weverse.