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  SM executives make Billboard's 2026 Global Power Players list SEOUL, March 10 (AJP) - Three executives from SM Entertainment have been named to "Billboard’s 2026 Global Power Players list," which recognizes influential leaders in the global music industry outside the United States, the company said Tuesday. Included on the list were SM Co-CEOs Jang Cheol-hyuk and Tak Young-jun, along with Choi Jung-min, the company’s chief global officer. Billboard’s Global Power Players list highlights executives who have driven March 10, 2026
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  South Korea survives a dramatic tiebreaker to advance WBC quarterfinals in 17 years SEOUL, March 10 (AJP) - South Korea advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic for the first time in 17 years on Monday, defeating Australia 7–2 in Tokyo through a combination of disciplined execution, mathematical precision — and a measure of luck. The win at Tokyo Dome gave South Korea the exact margin it needed — a victory by at least five runs while allowing no more than two — to edge past Australia and Chinese Taipei in Pool C and secu March 10, 2026
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  BTS Comeback D-12 Seoul to deploy 3,400 personnel for BTS event SEOUL, March 09 (AJP) - The Seoul City will deploy more than 3,400 personnel to manage crowds and ensure safety during the upcoming BTS comeback event scheduled for March 21 at Gwanghwamun Square, the heart of the capital city. City officials said nearby subway stations will bypass stops and bus routes will be temporarily diverted on the day of the event to reduce congestion around the venue. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon hosted a joint safety inspection meeting Monday with officials March 9, 2026
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  i-dle becomes first K-pop girl band to host solo concert at Taipei Dome SEOUL, March 09 (AJP) - Five-member K-pop girl band i-dle successfully drew more than 36,000 fans on March 7, at a concert held at Taipei Dome as part of its fourth world tour, its agency Cube Entertainment said Monday. The band, comprised of five members -- Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi and Shuhua -- had their concert tickets sold out immediately after general ticket sales opened on Feb. 1. The upcoming Taipei concert follows the group's three-day concert per March 9, 2026
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  K-pop girl band ITZY's Yuna to roll out solo debut album 'Ice Cream' SEOUL, March 09 (AJP) - Yuna, the youngest member of the five-member K-pop girl band ITZY, will make her solo debut with album "Ice Cream," her agency JYP Entertainment said Monday. Ice Cream will consist of four tracks, including the title track of the same name. The album will be released at 6 p.m. (0900 GMT) on March 23 across major music streaming platforms. According to the tracklist released through the official social media accounts, the album will contain four so March 9, 2026
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  BTS Comeback D-12: Seoul goes hard on lodging and scalping SEOUL, March 09 (AJP) - South Korea and its capital city authorities have intensified inspections of accommodations and launched a massive crackdown on ticket scalping as the K-pop legend is preparing for its comeback with a free public concert in central Seoul on March 21. The multi-agency enforcement effort follows the discovery of widespread lodging violations and reports of tickets for the free event being resold for hundreds of thousands of won. The Seoul City said Sunday tha March 9, 2026
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  Webtoon Entertainment's simultaneous global releases boost revenue by up to 200% in piracy fight SEOUL, March 09 (AJP) - Webtoon Entertainment, a Naver-controlled company, announced that a pilot program releasing Korean-language webcomics simultaneously across global markets drove payment revenue up by as much as 200 percent, underscoring the platform's intensifying campaign to claw back earnings lost to piracy. The Nasdaq-listed company said Monday that it had tested the initiative on four original Korean titles — including "Childhood Friend Complex" &mdash March 9, 2026
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  Korea's WBC hopes hang on Australia after Taipei loss SEOUL, March 08 (AJP) -South Korea’s hopes of advancing at the 2026 World Baseball Classic were left hanging by a thread Sunday after a 5–4 extra-innings loss to Chinese Taipei at Tokyo Dome, requiring the team a convincing final-game victory to stay alive. The defeat dropped South Korea to 1–2 in Pool C, while Chinese Taipei finished its schedule at 2–2. South Korea will close the opening round against Australia at 7 p.m. Monday, but its path to the qua March 8, 2026
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  World AI Film Festival Seoul highlights how AI can expand filmmaking SEOUL, March 07 (AJP) - From scripts written with algorithms to films rendered entirely with digital tools, the World AI Film Festival in Seoul offered a glimpse of cinema’s next frontier — one where artificial intelligence works alongside human storytellers rather than replacing them. The festival, founded in Nice, France last year, brought its third edition to Seoul, a city widely seen as a global hub of high technology and th March 7, 2026
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  The King's Warden breaks Korean film drought with 10-mln crossing SEOUL, March 07 (AJP) - In the arithmetic of the Korean film industry, there are hits — and then there are “ten-million films.” Crossing the 10-million-admissions threshold in a country of roughly 52 million people bears significance beyond a commercial milestone. It means a film has escaped the gravity of niche audiences and become something closer to a shared national experience. With more than 10 million moviegoers now through theater doors, The King’ March 7, 2026