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Girls' Generation perform during "MBC Korean Music Wave in Google" at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, to celebrate the anniversary of video sharing service YouTube. / Yonhap

By Kwon Mee-yoo

As YouTube celebrated its seventh anniversary, K-pop singers from TVXQ to Kara performed and rocked Silicon Valley.

YouTube, which is now Google/YouTube, and Korean broadcaster MBC co-hosted Monday the "MBC Korean Music Wave in Google" at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., to celebrate the anniversary of the world's largest video sharing service. Google took over YouTube five years ago...More

Just four months after it made its debut onto the K-pop scene, boy band B.A.P has become a cover model for Taiwan's leading Hallyu magazine, "Trendy".
Although the boy band has never even visited Taiwan, their popularity is soaring on the island, which resulted in the group securing the cover as well as a 10-page spread in the magazine...More

Lee Hyo-lee's first memoir-style book "Closer".

Singer Lee Hyo-lee will hold a book launch event on June 18 to marks the release of her first memoir-style book "Closer".
The event will take place at Welcome Theater in Jangchung-dong in central Seoul and some lucky 120 fans will be selected to meet with the star...More

Hip-hop duo Leessang has opened up a management company called Leessang Company in order to have more control over its own concerts.
"We've always been interested in culture and concerts. For singers, concerts are the venue where you can really connect with the fans, so it makes sense for us to want more control over our concerts", said the band...More

Park Ji-min, winner of the singing-survival show "K-pop Star", has decided to embark on her solo career with the backing of JYP Entertainment.

The teenager spent much time deliberating after the show came to an end on April 29. YG and SM entertainment agencies were competing to secure her as a talent...More

The counter appeals of actresses Park Min-yeong and Lee So-yeon from the upcoming MBC drama "Dr. JIN" is drawing attention.

Park Min-yeong and Lee So-yeon are attempting at a historical for the first time in 2 years after KBS "Sungkyunkwan Scandal" and MBC "Dong Yi". They are taking on the roles of Hong Yeong-rae and Chun Hong in this drama...More

Actress Kim Hye-soo and Jeon Ji-hyeon look cute unlike the powerful looks they had on the poster of the movie "The Thieves".

A picture of them was revealed on Facebook on the 22nd saying, "The thieving beauties are beating the heat in Hong Kong with a bowl of crushed ice. Im Dal-hwa is teaching them how to beat the heat"...More

Actor Gong Yoo has Lee Min-jeong and Suzy all to himself.

Gong Yoo will take on the role of a doctor named Seo Yoon-jae in his 30s who is possessed by the soul of a 18 year old teenage named Kang Kyeong-joon (Sin Won-hyo)...More