Stray Kids, Jennie and G-Dragon took home the top honors at the 40th Golden Disc Awards, held Friday at Taipei Dome in Taiwan, as the ceremony marked its four-decade milestone with an expanded grand prize lineup. Stray Kids won the Album of the Year (Daesang), G-Dragon claimed Digital Song of the Year, and Jennie became the first recipient of the newly introduced Artist of the Year Daesang. Stray Kids earned their first grand prize seven years afte

K-pop boy band Stray Kids will attend at a charity concert in France later this month. The eight-member band will perform along with global stars such as American singer-songwriter and actress Christina Aguilera, American rapper A$AP Rocky, and South Korean rapper G-Dragon at Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes, also known as the Yellow Coins Gala, slated to be held at a multipurpose indoor arena in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris on Jan. 22. Organ

K-pop girl group BLACKPINK's Jennie and K-pop boy band Stray Kids will headline The Governors Ball Music Festival, one of the largest music festivals in the U.S. Organizers of The Governors Ball Music Festival announced on Tuesday the lineup for this year's event, scheduled to take place from June 5 to 7 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York. HYBE's Korean-American joint girl group KATSEYE, which has been nominated for Best New Artist a

Excitement is building for K-pop juggernaut BTS' full-group comeback in late March, with pre-events and other promotional activities already underway in Seoul. Promotional displays for the septet's fifth album, set for release on March 20, covered the staircases to the main hall of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts near Gwanghwamun in central Seoul on Monday. In a press release, their management agency Big Hit Music said, "BTS beg

"Golden," a song from the "KPop Demon Hunters" soundtrack, and Rosé of BLACKPINK’s global hit "APT." have both placed in the top 10 of the UK End of Year Singles Chart. According to the chart released Friday, "Golden," performed by the fictional group Huntrix from Netflix's animated film "KPop Demon Hunters," ranked fourth overall. The track previously topped the UK Official Singles Chart fo

T.O.P, a former member of now-almost-defunct K-pop boy band Bigbang is expected to release a new album later this year. The rapper hinted at the release of his solo album in a post on social media with a message "A new album is on the way. Once released, it will be his first solo album since 2013. The disgraced star received a two-year suspended sentence in 2017 for smoking marijuana with a young starlet at his home in Seoul the previous year. But

It is official: K-pop supergroup BTS will resume full seven-member activities with the release of a new album on March 20, marking their first group comeback in nearly four years. The album will be the group’s first collective release since Proof, the 2022 anthology that preceded their announcement of a temporary hiatus to fulfill South Korea’s mandatory military service requirements. All seven members — RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and

The K-pop industry in 2025 stood at a crossroads, marked by record-setting global achievements alongside growing structural challenges at home. From the global success of Netflix's animated series "KPop Demon Hunters" to Rosé's "APT." topping the Billboard charts — and from the NewJeans dispute to a shrinking album market — K-pop experienced a year of both expansion and strain. 'KPop Demon Hunte

K-pop Boy band RIIZE will wrap up their first world tour with a finale concert in Seoul in March next year. According to their management agency SM Entertainment, the six-member boy band will perform in Jakarta, Manila, and Singapore in January, Macao in February, before concluding their tour with a three-day concert from March 6 to 8 at KSPO Dome, an indoor arena in southern Seoul with a capacity of 15,000. During their tour, which began in Septe