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Yang Hyun-suk
Yang Hyun-suk (; born January 9, 1970) is a South Korean music executive, rapper, dancer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame as a member of Seo Taiji and Boys during the 1990s. After the group disbanded, he founded and became the executive producer and chairman of YG Entertainment, the fourth-largest record company in South Korea. Career 1992–1996: Seo Taiji & Boys Seo Taiji & Boys was formed in 1991 with Seo Taiji, Lee Juno and Yang Hyun-seok. Yang said he first met Seo when the musician came to him to learn how to dance when Yang was a dancer (Yang danced in the Korean dance crew " Spark"(which is considered the first Korean breaking dance group) and in the dancing group " and friends()"). "Blown away" by his music, Yang offered to join the group and they later recruited Lee who was one of the top dancers in Korea. The group was influential on the Korean music scene, famous for their single, "Nan Arayo" (, "I Know"). The group received criticism for some o ... [...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] |
2NE1
2NE1 (, ) is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment in 2009. The group consists of Park Bom, Bom, CL (rapper), CL, Sandara Park, Dara, and Minzy. Known for their Experimental music, musical experimentation, fashion, and stage presence, they are a leading figure of the Korean Wave and among the most influential K-pop girl groups of all time. They are recognized for expanding girl group styles in the Korean music industry, which in turn broke stereotypes of K-pop. The group was introduced in March 2009 after appearing on the Promotional recording, promotional single "Lollipop (BigBang and 2NE1 song), Lollipop" alongside labelmate BigBang (South Korean band), BigBang. 2NE1 rose to prominence with the release of their debut extended play, eponymous extended play (EP) that same year, which featured the singles "Fire (2NE1 song), Fire" and "I Don't Care (2NE1 song), I Don't Care". They followed with their debut album ''To Anyone'' (2010), and 2NE1 (2011 EP), their secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonhap News Agency
Yonhap News Agency (; ) is a major news agency in South Korea. It is based in Seoul, South Korea. Yonhap provides news articles, pictures, and other information to newspapers, TV networks and other media in South Korea. History Yonhap was established on 19 December 1980, through the merger of Hapdong News Agency and Orient Press. The Hapdong News Agency itself emerged in late 1945 out of the short-lived Kukje News, which had operated for two months out of the office of the Domei, the former Japanese news agency that had functioned in Korea during the Japanese Japanese colonial era. In 1999, Yonhap took over the Naewoe News Agency. Naewoe was a South Korea government-affiliated organization, created in the mid 1970s, tasked with publishing information and analysis on North Korea from a South Korean perspective through books and journals. Naewoe was known to have close links with South Korea's intelligence agency, and according to the British academic and historian James Hoar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judiciary Of South Korea
The judiciary of South Korea () is the judicial branch () of the South Korean central government, established by Chapter 5 and 6 of the Constitution of South Korea. Under Chapter 5, the Constitution defines ordinary courts for all cases except those involving constitutional review. It also defines military courts as extraordinary courts for military justice matters. Both ordinary courts and military courts have the Supreme Court of Korea as their highest court. Generally, ordinary courts have a three-level hierarchy with independent judges, 14 Supreme Court Justices by statute, and one Chief Justice of Supreme Court among the justices. Military courts, on the other hand, are organized only in the first instance of a three-level hierarchy at peacetime. Their final appellate always falls under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, even in wartime. Under Chapter 6 of the Constitution, the Constitutional Court of Korea is defined as the highest court on matters of const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soompi
Soompi is an English-language website providing coverage of Korean pop culture. It has one of the largest international Internet communities for K-pop, mostly concentrated in news and forums. With more than 23 million fans across all platforms, Soompi offers English and Spanish services. Since its establishment in 1998, Soompi has grown into one of the longest-running, and most frequently visited websites providing coverage of Korean music, celebrity news and entertainment. Initially its visitors were mostly Koreans residing in foreign nations, with over 1.2 million people visiting the site. However, as of 2012, the majority of its members are non-Koreans in the United States, Canada, Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia, among others. History Soompi was founded in 1998 by Korean American web developer Susan Kang, In February 2011, it was acquired by Enswers, Inc., a Seoul-based IT venture company specializing in video search technology, and operated as a wholly owned subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Sun Scandal
The Burning Sun scandal, also known as Burning Sun gate, was a 2019 entertainment and sex scandal in Seoul, South Korea, which involved several Celebrity, celebrities, including Korean idols of popular K-pop List of South Korean idol groups, groups, and Law enforcement in South Korea, police officials. It began on January 28, 2019, when MBC Newsdesk reported a November 2018 alleged assault of a male clubgoer at the Burning Sun, a prominent nightclub in Gangnam (Seoul), Gangnam, by a staff member. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency investigation soon turned to one concerning the club's alleged involvement in prostitution, Illegal drug trade, drug trafficking and police corruption. The chatroom exposé immediately affected multiple celebrities, leading to their criminal prosecution and resignation from the entertainment industry. Seungri from the boy band, Big Bang (South Korean band), BigBang, one of the club's directors, subsequently announced his retirement from the industry on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BabyMonster
Babymonster (; stylized in all caps), also referred to as Baemon ( ; ), is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment, consisting of seven members: Ruka, Pharita, Asa, Ahyeon, Rami, Rora, and Chiquita. They debuted as a full ensemble on April 1, 2024, with their eponymous extended play (EP) ''Babymons7er''. Its single, "Sheesh (Babymonster song), Sheesh", became their first top-ten hit on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart. Babymonster subsequently released their debut studio album, ''Drip (album), Drip'', on November 1, whose Drip (Babymonster song), title track became their second top-ten hit in their country. History 2018–2022: Formation and pre-debut activities Following the launch of YG Entertainment's representative girl groups, 2NE1 (2009) and Blackpink (2016), news of their next girl group circulated as early as 2018. They received applicants from various countries, some of whom were accepted into its training program as early as age 10, training an average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure (band)
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] |
Blackpink
Blackpink (, stylized in all caps or as BLɅϽKPIИK) is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment. The group is composed of four members: Jisoo, Jennie (singer), Jennie, Rosé (singer), Rosé, and Lisa (rapper), Lisa. Regarded by various publications as the "biggest girl group in the world", they are recognized as a leading force in the Korean Wave and an ambassador of the "girl crush" concept in K-pop, which explores themes of Confidence, self-confidence and Women's empowerment, female empowerment. Blackpink debuted in August 2016 with their single album ''Square One (single album), Square One'', which featured "Whistle (Blackpink song), Whistle" and "Boombayah", their first number-one entries on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart and the US ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' World Digital Song Sales, World Digital Songs chart, respectively. It was followed by the single album ''Square Two'' in November, whose song "Playing with Fire (Blackpink song), Playing wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hi
Lee Ha-yi (; born September 23, 1996), known by her stage name Lee Hi, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. She first garnered attention as the runner-up of '' K-pop Star season 1''. She debuted with single "1, 2, 3, 4" on October 28, 2012, and reached number one with first week sales of 667,549 downloads. Her first full-length album '' First Love'' was released in two parts, part 1 on March 7, 2013, and part 2 on March 28, 2013. In 2020, she signed to hip-hop R&B record label AOMG where she released the studio album '' 4 Only'' (2021). Early life Lee Ha-yi was born on September 23, 1996, in Bucheon, Gyeonggi. In December 2011, Lee auditioned for SBS reality survival program ''K-pop Star'', where she finished as runner-up behind Park Ji-min. Soon after she was signed to YG Entertainment by Yang Hyun-suk. Ahead of her debut, she was featured on label mate Epik High's single "It's Cold", which was released on October 8, 2012. Career 2012–2015: Career beginnings and Hi S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epik High
Epik High () is a South Korean hip-hop trio formed in 2001, composed of rapper and songwriter Tablo, rapper and lyricist Mithra Jin, and DJ and record producer DJ Tukutz. Based in Seoul, the trio first met in 2001 before signing with Woollim Entertainment and released their first two studio albums, '' Map of the Human Soul'' (2003) and ''High Society'' (2004), to minor success. The trio rose to fame with the release of their follow-up studio albums, '' Swan Songs'' (2005), '' Remapping the Human Soul'' (2007), and '' Pieces, Part One'' (2008), spawning the hit singles " Fly", "Paris", "Fan", "Love Love Love", "One" and "Umbrella". Although the majority of these albums were censored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism due to strong language and themes of crimes, war, religion, and education, Epik High established themselves as one of the leading hip-hop artists in the country, gaining a cult following and critical acclaim. Following the completion of Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
