Free BTS concert in Busan faces snowballing concerns
Set for Oct 15, the city braces itself for an unprecedented crowd as the event is expected to have an audience of 110,000, making it the biggest single concert ever held in Busan.
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150,000 flock to ‘SMTown Live’ in Tokyo
Held as part of the K-pop label's world concert tour, "SMTown Live 2022," the event marked the return of the K-pop concert series to Tokyo in three years since it was last held in…
A ‘Mega’ Bollywood concert is coming to Jakarta
Indonesia has been a big market for Bollywood films and soap operas over the last decade, with the country’s own music genre ‘dangdut’ influenced by traditional North…
China National Traditional Orchestra joins Douyin to bring traditional music online
Through the plan, more than 100 top musicians from the orchestra are expected to hold 100 online concerts on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, in the coming year.
BTS, Blackpink, Seventeen win big at MTV Video Music Awards
Winning the group of the year award for the fourth consecutive year, K-pop sensation BTS was also the most-nominated group of this year’s awards ceremony.
Thailand’s very own sensation Lisa comes away with top MTV award for K-pop artists
Apart from being the first solo K-pop artist to win the honour for her song “Lalisa”, this was also the first time that she and her Blackpink members performed in a US award…
Stroke survivor holds festival to bring hope
So far, the annual Nosocchu Festival (Cerebral stroke festival) has taken place twice with a live audience and twice remotely.
Blackpink makes new record with “Pink Venom” music video
The video logged 90.4 million views in 24 hours when it was unveiled – a record for a music video from a female artist, and the third-highest in the world.
Lang Lang brings Slovenian arts festival to its climax
The Ljubljana Festival in Slovenia, one of the oldest international arts festivals, hosted Chinese pianist Lang Lang on August 8.
Rookie girl group NewJeans makes impressive debut on charts
"Attention," a lead track of the group’s debut EP topped Spotify's daily top songs chart in South Korea as it dropped on August 8.