Singer-songwriter Bol4, better known locally by her full name Bolbbalgan4, is gearing up for an April comeback and live concerts. The singer's agency Shofar Entertainment on Tuesday released a comeback poster on Bol4's social media. The poster reveals that Bol4 will release a new album on April 16 and hold concerts at the Olympic Hall in Jamil, Seoul, on April 29-30. Ahead of her official comeb...

Three plays are slated to be staged from May 2 to July 15. American playwright Clare Barron’s coming-of-age “Dance Nation” tells a story of teenage girls taking part in a dance competition. In the Korean production, which runs from May 2 to May 20, the teenage roles will be played by actors of different ages, from those in their 30s to 60s. Meanwhile, two of the roles will be played by actors wh...

Police said on Tuesday they have filed for the arrest warrant of a male US national in his 70s who allegedly carried two bullets onboard a Korean Air flight on March 10. The charges are for violating aviation security law. The suspect's current whereabouts are unknown. Under the aviation security law, anyone who carries prohibited items onto an aircraft, or has another person do so, are subject...

Meanwhile, "S.i.R" is the first album to be released from any iKON member after their relocation to their new label 143 Entertainment. The six members signed exclusively with the fledgling company on Jan. 1 after their contracts with YG Entertainment came to an in December. With the new label, Bobby is expanding his reach as a producer. "As YG had been a big company, I only had to work on the s...

The police are after suspects who absconded with money they collected from operating a temporary animal shelter in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, leaving several animals abandoned, abused and even dead. Arrest warrants have been issued for three suspects on the run for violating animal protection law. They face charges of allegedly receiving about 1 million won ($765) per animal "to take care of th...

South Korean stocks ended higher Tuesday, as fears over a global banking turmoil have somewhat eased and investors expect the Federal Reserve to have a milder tone regarding monetary tightening ahead of its rate-setting meeting, analysts said. The local currency fell against the US dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index added 9.15 points, or 0.38 percent, to close at 2,388.35. T...

Bernard Arnault, CEO of luxury products behemoth LVMH, accompanied by his daughter and the CEO of Christian Dior Delphine Arnault, visited South Korea for the first time in three years after the COVID-19 pandemic, in a bid to discuss the brand's plans regarding duty-free and department store business with major South Korean retailers. During his three-day trip to Korea which ends on Wednesday, A...

Terrestrial broadcaster MBC announced that its upcoming audition program “Fantasy Boys,” set to premiere on March 30, will also be available in 12 different Asian countries via video streaming platforms. While the platform Abema will stream “Fantasy Boys” in Japan, viewers in many Southeast Asian countries, including Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam will be abl...

Pop legend Cho Yong-pil, who is widely known as “Gawang” -- the king of singing or pop music in Korean -- will hold a solo concert in Seoul on May 13, the concert’s organizer announced Tuesday. Titled “2023 Cho Yong-pil & the Great Birth Concert,” the concert is set to be held at the Seoul Olympic Stadium inside the Olympics sports complex in Jamsil, southern Seoul. The Great Birth is a band th...

Innospace, a South Korean startup specializing in developing hybrid space rockets, on Tuesday announced that the previous day's launch of the Hanbit-TLV had been successful, opening up a new era for the country’s private space sector. The Hanbit-TLV, which was launched from the Alcantara Space Center in Brazil at 2:52 p.m. on Sunday there, flew for 4 minutes and 33 seconds with its engine burnin...

Global tech giant Apple kicked off its mobile payment service Apple Pay in Korea on Tuesday, with more than 170,000 iPhone users rushing to register for the service earlier in the day. “We're so thrilled to bring Apple Pay to our users here in Korea with Hyundai Card as our first issuer,” Duncan Olby, who is in charge of Apple’s digital wallet services outside America, said in a press conference...

TAIPEI , March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of the pandemic, people have grown more health-conscious than ever. In response, Regent Taipei has teamed up with Little Tree Food, Taipei's well-loved Michelin Green Star vegetarian restaurant, to create a specially curated healthy breakfast section at Brasserie, CNN's most recommended buffet restaurant. The "Michelin Green Star Vegetaria...

Top financial policymakers of Korea and Japan may hold a one-on-one meeting for the first time in seven years, following the recently eased tension between South Korea and Japan. The Finance Ministry is looking into launching talks between its chief Choo Kyung-ho and his Japanese counterpart Shunichi Suzuki, following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s state visit to Japan. With the Korean government sa...

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled this year’s new Bespoke home appliances lineup at a press event in Seoul. Twenty-seven new products are expected to be launched in the first half of the year, coming equipped with artificial intelligence-based energy-saving features.