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So Jung-hwan
Treasure (; ; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean boy band formed in 2019 by YG Entertainment through ''YG Treasure Box'' (2018–2019); and consists of 10 members: Choi Hyun-suk, Jihoon, Yoshi, Junkyu, Yoon Jae-hyuk, Asahi, Doyoung, Haruto, Park Jeong-woo, and So Jung-hwan. Its former members, Mashiho and Bang Ye-dam, departed from the group in November 2022. Treasure debuted with the single album '' The First Step: Chapter One'' (2020)—the first in a tetralogy of albums which collectively sold over one million copies in five months. History 2017–2019: Formation and pre-debut activities Following the establishment of YG Entertainment's representative boy bands Big Bang (2006), Winner (2014), and iKon (2015), speculations regarding their next creation circulated as early as 2017. ''K-pop Star 2'' (2012–2013) runner-up, Bang Ye-dam, was prominently featured in reports as a member of the nascent ensemble—heralded as the label's youngest male act, comprising trainee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities by GDP, sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Tokyo Area, Tokyo, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Paris metropolitan area, Paris, and London metropolitan area, London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at about 9.6 million residents as of 2024. Seoul is the seat of the Government of South Korea, South Korean government. Seoul's history traces back to 18 BC when it was founded by the people of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. During the Joseon dynasty, Seoul was officially designated as the capital, surrounded by the Fortress Wall of Seoul. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winner (band)
Winner (; ; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean boy band consisting of four members: Kim Jin-woo (musician), Kim Jin-woo, Lee Seung-hoon (rapper), Lee Seung-hoon, Mino (rapper), Mino, and Kang Seung-yoon; originally a five-piece band, Nam Tae-hyun departed in November 2016 due to health-related issues. The band's debut was hailed as "unprecedented" for a newly launched act, thereby birthing the moniker "Monster Rookies" within the industry. Furthermore, their musical impact in their native country solidified the band as the "Kings of Summer" and cemented widespread trust in their artistry. Formed in 2013 by YG Entertainment and Mnet (TV channel), Mnet's ''WIN: Who Is Next'', the quintet debuted in 2014 with the studio album ''2014 S/S''. As of March 2019, they remain the fastest Korean act to top the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Billboard charts, World Album Chart with the oeuvre and to secure the number one position on the Gaon Music Chart with both the album and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mix Nine
''Mix Nine'' () is a South Korean reality competition show broadcast on JTBC. In the show, YG Entertainment founder and producer Yang Hyun-suk traveled to music agencies across Korea to find up-and-coming K-pop stars. Throughout the episodes, contestants were progressively eliminated, culminating in a competition between a team of the final nine boys and one of the final nine girls. The winning team was to debut as idols, but their debut was ultimately cancelled following contract disputes between YG Entertainment and the contestants' respective agencies. The season finale was broadcast live on January 26, 2018 at 11pm. Concept ''Mix Nine'' was a collaboration project between director Han Dong-chul, producer Yang Hyun-suk, and JTBC. Han Dong-chul, who was the executive producer of the first two seasons of Mnet's ''Produce 101'' originally came with the concept for the show's third season. The show had 400 auditions from more than 70 agencies which Yang and the guest judges pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKMU
AKMU (; ), formerly Akdong Musician (; ), is a South Korean duo consisting of siblings Lee Chan-hyuk and Lee Su-hyun signed to YG Entertainment. As prominent figures of South Korea, their musical impact in their native country has earned them numerous accolades and the honorific title "The Nation's Siblings". They are also cited as "musical prodigies" and "geniuses". Propelled to national stardom through the second installation of ''K-pop Star'' (2012–2013), AKMU officially debuted in April 2014 with ''Play'', a studio album solely crafted by Lee Chan-hyuk alone. It topped the Gaon Album Chart, became their first entry on ''Billboard'', namely the Heatseekers Albums Chart and the World Albums Chart, and birthed the three titular singles, " 200%", "Give Love", and "Melted". It was well received by the public and critics, having sold more than 6.9 million downloads, and was awarded Best Pop Album in the 12th Korean Music Awards. Following the release of their critically a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameo Appearance
A cameo appearance, also called a cameo role and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief guest appearance of a well-known person or character in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake) or renowned people making uncredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common. A crew member of the movie or show playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo role as well, such as director Alfred Hitchcock who made frequent cameo appearances in his films. Concept Originally, in the 1920s, a "cameo role" meant "a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' connects this with the meaning "a short literary sketch or portrait", which is based on the lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Model
A child model is a child who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art, such as photography, painting and sculpture. Practice Artists have used children as models for countless works over the centuries. Child modeling has become a distinct activity because of the explosion of commercial media over the past several decades. Many young actresses and actors, notably, Naomi Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Alba, Ashley Benson, Lindsay Lohan, Naya Rivera, Zendaya, Bella Thorne, Raven-Symoné, Miranda Cosgrove, Hayley Kiyoko, Liv Tyler, Brooke Shields, Taylor Momsen, Peyton List, Gigi Hadid, Yara Shahidi, Maddie Ziegler, Skai Jackson, Anastasia Bezrukova, Isabella Cramp and Frankie Muniz began as child models. The book, ''Lisanne: A Young Model'', described the life of Lisanne Falk, a colleague of Brooke Shields at the Ford modeling agency in the late 1970s. Falk, like Shields, was a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korea Times
''The Korea Times'' () is a daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the ''Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language, Korean-language daily. It is the oldest active daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. Since the late 1950s, it had been published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, but following an embezzlement scandal in 2013–2014 it was sold to Dongwha Group in 2015. The president-publisher of ''The Korea Times'' is Oh Young-jin. Description The newspaper's headquarters is located in the same building with ''Hankook Ilbo'' on Sejong-daero between Sungnyemun and Seoul Station in Seoul, South Korea. The paper is not to be confused with ''The Korea Daily News'', a 1904 to 1910 newspaper which briefly ran under the title ''Korea Times''. It is also unrelated to another paper by Lee Myo-muk, Ha Kyong-tok and Kim Yong-ui in September 1945. History ''The Korea Times'' was founded by Helen Kim five months into the 1950-53 Korean War. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World (TV series), The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series ''Survivor (franchise), Survivor'', ''Idol (franchise), Idol'', and ''Big Brother (franchise), Big Brother'', all of which became global Franchising, franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature the gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-pop Star Season 1
The first season of ''Survival Audition K-pop Star'' () premiered on December 4, 2011, airing every Sunday evening at 6:30 pm under the '' Good Sunday'' programming block on SBS, until April 29, 2012. The first winner was Park Ji-min, who chose to sign with JYP Entertainment. The three judges for this season were Yang Hyun-suk, founder of YG Entertainment and former member of the popular South Korean act Seo Taiji & Boys, Park Jin-young, singer/songwriter and founder of JYP Entertainment, and Korean pop icon BoA, from SM Entertainment. Singer, Yoon Do-hyun, and entertainer, Boom, hosted the live competition from March 4, 2012 to April 29, 2012 when the winner is crowned. Yoon Do-hyun has also been narrating through the entire process. Contestants from the Top 10 of Season 1 returned for a special ''Dream Stage - Best of the Best'' episode on April 14, 2013, competing with contestants of Season 2 for the title of ''Overall Champion''. Process :Audition applications + Preli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stray Kids (TV Series)
''Stray Kids'' () was a 2017 reality show created by JYP Entertainment and Mnet. It was a male idol debut project with the concept of "trainees versus JYP", the goal of which being the survival of all nine members to debut as a team. It was broadcast on Mnet from October 17 to December 19, 2017, on Tuesdays at 23:00 ( KST) timeslot for ten episodes. Background and concept In late July 2017, it was reported that JYP Entertainment (JYPE), was set to premiere a new season of their 2015 reality show '' Sixteen'' - which debuted ''Twice'' - in the second half of the year. However, it was revealed the next month that the agency would launch a male idol debut project with a completely different concept from ''Sixteen''. The show began airing in October 2017 and the line up of the group was finalized in December, with the group having their official debut showcase in March 2018. Rather than individuals surviving to form a team, the team was pre-selected and trainees would perform self-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Idol
An idol () is a type of entertainer who works in the field of Korean popular music (K-pop), either as a member of a group or as a solo act. They typically work for an entertainment agency that operates a highly managed star system that idols are produced by and debut under. Idols undergo extensive training in dance, vocal performance, and foreign language, and tend to represent a hybridized convergence of visuals, music, and fashion. Idols maintain a carefully curated public image and social media presence, and dedicate significant time and resources to building relationships with fans through concerts and meetups. History Trainee system Inspired by the heyday of MTV in the United States, Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment set his sights on laying the foundation for the modern Korean pop music industry. He witnessed New Kids on the Block become very popular in Korea in the 1990s. In addition, he popularized the trainee business model from the Japanese idol indu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trainees
A trainee is commonly known as an individual taking part in a trainee program within an organization after having graduated from technical and higher courses. A trainee is an official employee of the firm that is being trained to the job they were originally hired for. Literally, a trainee is an employee in training. Trainee programs are arranged by private companies and public sector employers where the trainee position has a varied duration depending on the company's program. During the duration of these programs, the trainee is expected to receive a salary as well as is expected to have full-time employment awaiting in the company when the program is over. Often used as an insurance measure by companies, firms typically will have a trainee period where the person is still being evaluated after which an official decision to hire on a permanent basis is made. The trainee programs most often consist of a combination of theory and practice and is aimed at having the trainee to lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
