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In an alternate universe where Santa gets injured on Christmas Eve, aespa’s Karina takes on the task of delivering presents worldwide in Shinsegae Department Store’s holiday campaign.

It isn’t the holidays until a Christmas song from BoA re-enters Japanese music charts.

Many years have passed since Shannon Bae performed in an idol group, but she is behind many K-Pop hits to this day.

Though the group joined Pledis Entertainment in 2021, the company has been supporting fromis_9 even before their 2018 debut.

With the popularity of YouTube content like Lee Youngji’s Nothing Much Prepared, more female artists have started hosting their own sool bang (“drinking show”) series on the platform.

The soundtrack for Netflix’s upcoming animated show Jentry Chau vs the Underworld will feature songs from KATSEYE, Jessi, and other Asian American artists.

On November 12, 2014, Lovelyz began their journey in the K-Pop industry.

Jo Yuri finally showing up in Squid Game: Season 2 promotional material has created more discussion about the former IZ*ONE members’ acting careers.

Six years ago, on October 29, 2018, IZ*ONE made their debut.

When ex-TVXQ! member Kim Jaejoong founded his company iNKODE in 2023, he also envisioned creating a multinational idol group: this resulted in SAY MY NAME.

Rookie girl group BEWAVE has made their first comeback with Be your Wave.

The future of Kep1er, the first temporary Mnet survival show group to renew their contract, provides unexpected ramifications for the industry.

With Source Music confirming a GFRIEND reunion in January, let’s look back at one aspect that made the group popular: their powerful choreographies.

After spending time as a GWSN member, a lyricist, and a composer, LENA has made her debut as a soloist.

nævis, a virtual character from aespa’s fictional universe, has ventured outside of KWANGYA to create music of her own.

Three-member girl group LIMELIGHT has rebranded and re-debuted as the seven-member group MADEIN.

2024 has seen its fair share of girl group reunions, and FIESTAR is the latest.

Female band QWER debuted with its four-member lineup consisting of Twitch streamers, a Tiktoker, and a former idol of an AKB48 sister group in Japan.

After releasing Fe3O4: BREAK in January, NMIXX sticks with the Fe3O4 series for their latest comeback.

From logos to official colors to lightsticks, K-Pop companies use different methods to market their groups—a cute mascot also goes a long way.

With summer still in full force in the Northern Hemisphere, a cold drink can help bring that heat down.

Instead of their usual MIXX POP genre, NMIXX delved into Cantopop for their most recent digital single.

For this week’s Ladies Corner, let’s reflect on some of the ways female K-Pop artists have helped add to the Olympic celebrations.

The world’s largest fighting game tournament, the Evolution Championship Series (most commonly known as EVO), rolled out their latest collection of songs—and this year, they added K-Pop to the mix.

WOOAH switched from cute to punk in their latest title track “POM POM POM.”

After four members’ appearances on CHUANG ASIA: THAILAND this year, CSR have returned with a Korean comeback and a Japanese debut.

Since 2021, PIXY has been known for combining fairy-like imagery with the aura of spooky witches. However, their current uncertain situation also spells confusion for many fans.

This year, two groups formed through the PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS show debuted.

MAMAMOO celebrates their tenth anniversary on June 18, and what a decade it has been.

Weki Meki’s career nears its conclusion this week with their final single “CoinciDestiny.”