Author: Denise Coley
Typhoon Maysak is forecasted to be one of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit South Korea – it’s currently moving towards Jeju early this Wednesday. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, Maysac was moving at 22 kph some 370 kilometers south of Jeju as of 6 a.m. Its maximum speed was 47 meters per second with an atmospheric pressure of 950 hectopascals – being categorized as a strong intensity typhoon. The agency said that Maysak would cause more damages than Typhoon Bavi that hit Korea last week and was expected to follow a similar route as Typhoon Maemi…
BTS are now the first South Korean act ever to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart – a day after winning four awards at the MTV Video Music Awards: Best Pop, Best Group, Best Choregraphy and Best K-pop for “ON.” The K-pop band’s single “Dynamite” debuted at the top the chart with 33.9 million U.S. streams and 300,000 sold in its first week. It’s also the biggest digital sales week since Taylor Swift sold 353,000 units for “Look What You Made Me Do” back in September 2017. Before this, the highest-charting Korean artist ever on…
People are waiting to see who will become Japan’s next prime minister since Shinzo Abe stepped down from the position citing health issues. Former defense chief Shigeru Ishiba is Japan’s most popular candidate to be the next PM – with 34.3 percent of support – far outdoing other candidates. He is followed by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga with 14.3 percent, Defense Minister Taro Kono with 13.6 percent, Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi with 10.1 percent and LDP policy chief Fumio Kishida with 7.5 percent. However, Ishiba’s chance of him winning the LDP presidential election (to take place in September)…
South Korea has decided to restrict operations of bakeries, restaurants and coffee places in the Seoul area from this weekend to lessen the fast spread of COVID-19. This will take effect from this Sunday – restaurants and bakeries can operate until 9 p.m., while only delivery will be allowed from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. Customers cannot eat food at restaurants in Seoul after 9 p.m. Seoul’s franchised coffee shops can only take delivery and take-out orders – this measure was due to the recent cluster infections related to coffee franchise stores. This is set to last until September…
Hello, thank you for taking the time out for a KCrush interview. Would you introduce yourself to our readers please? Hello, I am Yoo Ga-ram and I am the national representative of Inline Speed Skating team of Anyang City Hall. Please let us know about your sport for those who may not be aware. Inline roller speed skating is a sport where participants compete by racing and setting records on 200m bank tracks and 400m road tracks. Inline race formats include the T200m, 500m, 1000m, EP10000m, and E10000m. Do you have any advice for beginners? There is…
Korean boyband TVXQ’s Changmin will be postponing his September wedding due to the coronavirus. Following the recent surge of COVID-19 cases, the Korean government has banned weddings in the metropolitan area that exceeds over 50 guests to be held. SM Entertainment confirmed that Changmin has decided to postpone his wedding (originally scheduled to take place on September 5) following the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and that he is planning to decide on a new date following discussions with [his and his fiancée’s] family. Other Korean celebrities have also recently made changes to their upcoming wedding plans due to…
On August 17, Korean girl group ITZY released their third mini album “Not Shy” and the record’s doing immensely by selling 144,355 copies in its first week. This is a new record for the girl group, whose first week sales more than doubled from “IT’z ME,” which sold 64,659 copies in its first week. The music video for “Not Shy” surpassed 10 million views on YouTube around 17 hours after release and currently has 28 million views. “Not Shy” has been charting well on South Korean music streaming charts and also doing well internationally. ITZY is notably the band…
According to a former aide of South Korea’s late president Kim Dae-jung, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is currrently in a coma and his younger sister Kim Yo-jong will be ruling the nation in his place. Chang Song-min – who served Kim Dae-jung as a political affairs secretary and as head of the state affairs monitoring office – expressed that no North Korean leader would entrust his authority to another unless he was too sick. “I assess him to be in a coma, but his life has not ended,” he told the media. “A complete succession structure has not…
On August 21 at 1 p.m. KST, BTS released the music video for their English single “Dynamite.” At around 1:21 p.m. KST, the new music video exceeded 10 million views, setting a new record. “Dynamite” is the first single from BTS’s forthcoming album, though the set doesn’t yet have a release date or a title. Big Hit Entertainment did reveal that a new full-length should arrive by the end of the year. The boys have a busy schedule line up for the rest of the year and will perform during MTV’s Video Music Awards on August 30. J.Chung.
Announcing her marriage to a non-celebrity boyfriend – Korean Actress Kang Sora shared a handwritten letter for her fans on her official fan café called Bling Bling. Hello, this is Kang Sora. It’s been a while since I’ve said hello to the Bling Bling family. I’m worried and nervous about greeting you, but I wanted to personally share this news with you first, so I’m writing each word with courage. It has already been 11 years since I debuted. Thank you to all of you who congratulated me and were happier for me than even I was for myself,…
For new international fans all over the world, could you introduce the meaning of your stage name, ‘MAIL’? Hello, this is MAIL from Korea. I’m so glad to have a chance to send my greetings to you guys. MAIL came from that of E-MAIL, but the letter M stands for ‘music’. My stage name shows my hope to send great songs to everyone. Your emotional voice is getting more widely known with TV programs such as <Voice Korea 2020>. What is the most valuable experience you remember to have from this competitive program? I found everything there so…
Chie Izuno works full time at an office Branch. Though she’s 30, she’s very young at heart and kind of innocent. She tries hard to go into the dating field but finds herself struggling due to her weight and self-esteem issues. She meets up with one of the company’s investors, Jin Harada, a super sucessful and young business man. However Jin has a severe lack of social skills. Chie strives to make a deal with Jin in order to aide her in her goal to lose weight and gain confidence, she tells Jin she can help him with his own…
Subkulture has come along side TREASURE, YG’s new boy group that is slated to be a major force within the industry, to offer TREASURE’s first ever single album video call event taking place Sunday, August 16, 2020, starting 6AM PDT* Even though the entries for the Video Call Event have ended, you are still able to pick-up a copy of their very first album, “TREASURE [The First Step: Chapter One]” at the SUBKSHOP at www.subkshop.com. For those who already purchase during the entry period, winners will be announced Friday, August 14, 2020 after 6AM PDT. Winners will be…
Official trailer just released: https://youtu.be/hz9_jkrrptU ● Limited screenings starting September 10 in various territories worldwide, with more screenings available in additional territories beginning September 24 London, UK – August 13, 2020 Big Hit Entertainment and Trafalgar Releasing announced today that tickets for BREAK THE SILENCE: THE MOVIE will become available in select territories starting today. The latest film finds the band at the end of the BTS WORLD TOUR ‘LOVE YOURSELF: SPEAK YOURSELF’, with the seven members beginning to candidly tell personal stories they have never voiced before. There will be limited screenings of BREAK THE SILENCE: THE…
Lee Michelle’s new mini-album, RELEASED August 7, 2020, offers a mixture of genres that will meet the interest of different music lovers, from Kpop, KR&B to KHipHop. Look for her new mini-album on iTunes here: https://bit.ly/2PG6apc and Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/3irFaq0 This new album marks the first fresh music from Lee since the release of her mini-album ‘I Can Sing’ in 2015. ‘I Can Sing’ was Lee’s breakout solo album and featured material primarily written by her. Just a year before, she debuted her single “Without You”, which captivated audiences everywhere. Watch her title song music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z8C6eTOiTA Lee Michelle…
ONF, South Korean boy band is ready to captivate global music lovers with their upcoming 5th mini-album ‘SPIN-OFF,’ composed with high participation by the band members. ONF, praised by the fans for their distinctive style, is ready to raise the bar with their upcoming album. While fans all over the world are eagerly waiting for the official release, ONF’s management, WM Entertainment has been teasing the audience with various intriguing content shared through the band’s official social media accounts. Thus, a highlight medley released on August 5, gives the perfect first impression of the album. The highlight provides not…
First trainee creations lay the foundations for a new K-pop genre SG Entertainment, the first Korean entertainment company founded by European producers, today announced the release of three music videos from each one of its creator trainees, including one original creation and two cover videos. These three video productions will demonstrate SG Entertainment’s mission to produce content expressing its artists’ own personalities and inner worlds. Yelin Lee, the first member of SG Entertainment to release a music video, will cover “Maniac” by Conan Grey. The video takes place in a recreated universe of the Korean 1980s while portraying…
BREAK THE SILENCE: THE MOVIE Coming to Theaters Worldwide Starting September 10 The fourth BTS film sees the global superstars on their first international stadium tour and provides audiences with unprecedented access to each member of the band Set for Global Cinema Release from Trafalgar Releasing Limited screenings starting September 10 in various territories worldwide, with more screenings available in additional territories beginning September 24 Last year’s record-breaking BRING THE SOUL: THE MOVIE also set to return to theaters worldwide for a limited engagement London, UK – August 6, 2020 The worldwide release date for BREAK THE SILENCE: THE…
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