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A2O LITE's 13-year-old lineup revives debate over how well Korea protects child performers A2O LITE, a K-pop act that debuted last week, gained attention not only because its debut single "Neon" topped Melon's Top 100 chart about 29 hours after its release, but also due to the fact that three...

K-POP has spent years building an international audience, but the financial results of South Korea's major entertainment companies have begun to reveal how much the industry now depends on overseas markets. For HYBE, JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment, more than half of their revenue comes...

A parliamentary forum on K-pop trainees revealed accounts of abuse, depression and harassment, prompting calls for better legal safeguards. For K-pop trainees, the stakes are stark: Make it, or leave with little to show for years of sacrifice. Teenagers starve themselves to skeletal...

For a rookie K-POP group, debuting is only the beginning. Staying active long enough to build an audience is becoming an increasingly expensive challenge. That question has taken on new relevance with rookie girl group UNCHILD, whose first comeback was postponed just five months after their...

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A former Teen Top member withdrew a proposed idol union after it drew only two listed members, exposing fears over agency power and legal uncertainty. A former K-pop idol attempted to form the industry's first labor union for performers, but gave up within nine months after attracting only two...

The study also found that fewer than 4 percent achieve the commercial success needed to break even. Nearly half of K-pop acts become inactive within three years of debut, and fewer than 4 percent achieve the commercial success needed to break even, according to a study. In the past 30 years...

idolwav : The tripleS situation is bad. Modhaus, we need to talk.

The era of nationwide hits i find it interesting how much things have changed in kpop and i guess music in general. despite not being alive during the 90s and being a kid during the 2nd gen and 3rd gen of kpop, i still love listening to the classics. of course i enjoy learning about older kpop...

#1 this theory has to do with sm cloning their idols have been an ongoing thing for decades. this stems from fans noticing how idols that emerge from SM resemble their past in some way. examples include hyunjin (m.i.l.k) taeyeon (snsd), irene (red velvet) and boa (soloist) resembling each other...

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency have launched a new initiative aimed at helping K-pop agencies expand into overseas markets, the organizations announced Tuesday. The support program for small and mid-sized agencies to globally launch their...

honestly, i don't listen to modern kpop, but one of the things I've definitely noticed about this current kpop scope is that a lot of rookie idols from big companies or backed up by a big company lack the basic singing skills and tend to hide their real actual voices behind live studio tracks or...

Hello K-pop stans! With so many incredible girl group comebacks and solo debuts this year, I wanted to test my own knowledge and ended up making a whole quiz about K-pop Female Artists! It includes questions about recent tracks, iconic concepts, and some fun trivia from this year and so on...

24 December 2025 Chi Pu, Công Dương, Naomi Roestel Huỳnh, Lee Rayeon, Đỗ Nam Sơn, GiunDra, Henrii, NeeNee, BBAC - 🎄 CHRISTMAS KISS | OFFICIAL AI MUSIC VIDEO 🎄

The Vietnamese singer Đỗ Nam Sơn from the K-pop boy group PICKUS released his first V-pop episode : 14 March 2026 Đỗ Nam Sơn - I Don't Like Your Bestfriend (Prod. by Dime Papi) | EP "18"

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