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'It was hard work, really challenging': life in a K-pop bootcamp for the BBC's new reality show

As TV show Made in Korea launches, we look at how hard it is to make it into the K-pop big leagues

Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2024

Founder of South Korea’s Kakao arrested over alleged stock price rigging

Kim Beom-su is accused of conspiring to inflate SM Entertainment’s stock price to prevent takeover by rival agency.

Al Jazeera · Jul 23, 2024

Kakao Founder Arrested For Stock Price Manipulation Allegations

Founder of Kakao Corp. arrested for alleged stock price manipulation during K-pop agency takeover, impacting industry dynamics.

Top News · Jul 23, 2024

Music Review: Chinese boy band WayV prove their mettle with second album 'On My Youth'

Chinese boy band WayV forage their own path on their highly anticipated sophomore album, “On My Youth.”

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023

Cupid’s arrow: how Fifty Fifty became the rare K-pop band to pierce the UK Top 40

The product of meticulous planning by an independent record label, the girl band’s success represents a new hunger in K-pop for global audiences

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023

K-pop is taking over international music, but becoming a star is a long and restrictive road

As K-pop has exploded onto an international stage, there's more scrutiny on the intense training practises hopeful teens must go through for a shot at stardom.

ABC News · Apr 29, 2023

Kakao offers to buy 35% of K-pop firm SM in growing battle

South Korean technology firm Kakao has launched a tender offer to buy up to 35% of K-pop agency SM Entertainment and become its largest shareholder, escalating a battle with entertainment firm Hybe for control of the company

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

Inside SM Entertainment, a K-pop succession drama is brewing between uncle and nephew who rule over music empire

A family succession drama is unfolding between K-pop's two biggest players: SM Entertainment and HYBE, the home of global phenomenon BTS.

ABC News · Mar 4, 2023

Korea’s Hybe Completes Purchase of 14.8% Stake in Rival SM

Hybe, the South Korean entertainment company behind K-pop sensation BTS, said Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of a 14.8% stake in rival SM Entertainment, making it SM’s largest single shareholder. The acquisition was finalized even as SM Entertainment accused Hybe staging a hostile takeover to control the firm…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 22, 2023

Korea's Hybe completes purchase of 14.8% stake in rival SM

Hybe, the South Korean entertainment company behind K-pop sensation BTS, says it has completed its acquisition of a 14.8% stake in rival SM Entertainment, making it SM’s largest single shareholder

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023