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Red Velvet's Irene tops brand reputation index for girl group members anew

Irene, 26, got a total score of 1.66 million, down by 14.51 percent compared to her August score of 1.95 million.

Sep 17, 2017

Korea's 'A Taxi Driver' to open 5 film festivals in Europe

Director, Jang Hoon, will grace the film festivals in Frankfurt on October 17 and Paris on October 24.

Sep 15, 2017

iKON's Bobby tops 22 iTunes charts with first solo album

iKON member Bobby's "Love and Fall" album became available on September 14 containing 10 songs including the title tracks "I Love You" and "Runaway."

Sep 15, 2017

WINNER's Jin Woo wears t-shirt with confederate flag

A photo of Jin Woo and Song Min Ho was posted on WINNER's official Instagram account showing the former wearing the controversial t-shirt.

Sep 14, 2017

G.NA posts letter to fans more than a year after prostitution rumors

G.NA was the subject of numerous rumors last year for allegedly being involved in prostitution.

Sep 14, 2017

Pentagon proud of making songs for new album 'Demo_01'

The group released their fourth mini-album "Demo_01" on September 6 with the title track "Like This" and four other songs.

Sep 13, 2017

K-pop

Abandoned Madtown sues agency to annul exclusive contracts

Madtown, composed of Jota, Daewon, Moos, Buffy, Heo Jun and H.O., debuted under J.Tune Camp in 2014 and after the agency closed, they moved to GNI Entertainment last December.

Sep 13, 2017

22nd Busan International Film Festival unveils 298 films for screening

The Korean film "Glass Garden" starring actress Moon Geun-young will open the festival on October 12.

Sep 12, 2017

'Memoir of a Murderer' sells 1 million tickets, tops Korean box office

Starring Seol Kyung Kyu, Kim Nam-gil, AOA's Seolhyun and Oh Dal-su, the movie topped the box office on its opening day on September 6 with 143,583 in tickets sold and gross of US$947,003.

Sep 12, 2017

Kang Ha Neul writes last Instagram post before enlisting today

Kang Ha Neul's Instagram post included photos of his hair being shaved by his friends.

Sep 11, 2017

Wanna One lord over boy bands' brand reputation rankings in September

Wanna One claimed the top spot in the brand value list of the Korean Institute for Corporate Reputation with a total score of 18.88 million.

Sep 11, 2017

BTS

Seol Kyung Kyu changes tune after calling AOA's Seolhyun 'dumb blonde'

Seol Kyung Kyu drew flak last month during the press conference for the movie when he belittled Seolhyun by calling her a "baekchi" beauty or "dumb blonde."

Sep 10, 2017

Red Velvet, TWICE top brand values for girl groups in September

The results were based on the latest analysis of 70.15 million pieces of big data by the Korean Institute for Corporate Reputation.

Sep 10, 2017

K-pop

NBC's 'This Is Us' bags grand prize at Seoul International Drama Awards

The ceremony was held on September 7 in Seoul but was not broadcast live due to the ongoing strike at TV station KBS.

Sep 8, 2017

Xports News apologizes to BTS for malicious story

The CEO demanded money from the agency and threatened that it would expose alleged illegal marketing tactics if it did not pay up.

Sep 8, 2017

BTS

Fans demand apology from Korean reporter for maligning BTS

The CEO was sentenced by a Seoul court to one year imprisonment.

Sep 7, 2017

BTS

EXO, Wanna One top Gaon music charts in August

Gaon, Korea's version of Billboard, released the top selling albums and singles for August ranging from digital to album charts.

Sep 7, 2017

2PM member Taecyeon surprises fans by enlisting in the military

Taecyeon entered on the day of 2PM's ninth anniversary since debuting on September 4, 2008.

Sep 6, 2017

'V.I.P' director says inclusion of violent scenes 'a mistake'

Director Park Hoon-jung was reacting to moviegoers' complaints that the film contained excessive scenes where a girl is raped and killed.

Sep 6, 2017

South Korea's 'A Taxi Driver' goes to the Oscars

The film is about the Gwangju Uprising in 1980 in South Korea. Song Kang Ho is the taxi driver named Kim Man-seob who takes TV journalist Peter (Kretschmann) from Seoul to Gwangju.

Sep 6, 2017

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