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How BTS shot a ‘top secret’ video in Grand Central Terminal

Andrea Salcedo, The New York Times
Posted at Feb 26 11:27 AM

The video clip of BTS, the South Korean boy band, performing at Grand Central Terminal is only 6 minutes long. But it took almost 2 months to arrange for “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” to film the K-pop group dancing beneath the celestial ceiling inside the iconic train station.  Read more »

BTS rules Twitter with release of new album

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 05:19 PM

South Korean boy band BTS dominated Twitter as they released their latest album last week, with netizens generating 17 million tweets in just 2 days, a report from the social network said Tuesday. Read more »

Coronavirus forces BTS to stream album press conference from empty hall

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 06:05 PM

South Korea's coronavirus outbreak forced K-pop superstars BTS to livestream a conference promoting their new album from an empty hall Monday, with members urging fans to take care of themselves. Read more »

Korea's BTS to release new album with 4 million pre-orders

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 21 06:03 PM

K-pop superstars BTS were releasing their new album Friday, breaking records even before it came out as the country's most pre-ordered album of all time, with its lead single the first track to make its debut on video app TikTok. Read more »

K-pop playback: BTS collaborations

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 12:10 PM

BTS is set to release a song with Australian singer Sia, the latest in a string of high-profile collaborations since the septet made a historic win at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. Read more »

BTS announces 2020 world tour dates but no PH stop

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 03:11 PM

Korean boy band BTS revealed Wednesday the stopovers for their upcoming world tour, which excludes the Philippines.   Read more »

WATCH: SB19 performs BTS’ ‘Idol’ on ‘ASAP’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 02:23 PM

Sejun, Josh, Stell, Ken and Justin sang and danced to “Idol,” the 2018 hit by K-pop boy band BTS. Read more »

These 2 Pinoy songwriters are credited in BTS' new single 'Black Swan'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 03:45 AM

Filipino songwriters Vince Nantes and August Rigo are credited in BTS's new single, 'Black Swan.'  Read more »

PH among countries tweeting most about K-pop in 2019

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 06:37 PM

The Philippines ranked fifth among the countries that were most engaged in talking about South Korean pop music on Twitter last year, according to the micro-blogging platform.   Read more »

Arci Muñoz, magsasama ng BTS fan sa susunod niyang trip sa Korea

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 11:38 AM

May treat ang aktres na si Arci Muñoz sa kanyang kapwa fan ng Korean boyband na BTS. Read more »

Wonder Girls, BTS, SONE, and a decade of riding the Hallyu wave

Erik Paolo Capistrano
Updated as of Dec 19 11:22 AM

After getting hooked on “Nobody” years ago, this Girls’ Generation super fan fell into a colorful rabbit hole that took him from one fandom to another. There, he found a supportive community that is precious as it is mystifying.    Read more »

BTS leads most tweeted K-pop groups in PH for 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 01:07 PM

Boy band phenomenon BTS was the most talked about K-pop group by Filipinos on Twitter for 2019, according to a list released Tuesday by Twitter Philippines. Read more »

Liza Soberano, pangarap na makagawa ng proyekto sa Korea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 01:16 PM

Pangarap ng aktres na si Liza Soberano na makagawa ng isang proyekto sa Korea. Read more »

WATCH: Behind the scenes of prenup shoot of Vhong Navarro, Tanya Bautista

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 03:04 PM

"It's Showtime" host Vhong Navarro and his long-time girlfriend, Tanya Bautista, got glammed up for their prenup shoot in Vietnam.  Read more »

Suicides by K-pop stars prompt soul-searching in South Korea

Choe Sang-Hun and Su-Hyun Lee, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 26 03:02 PM

SEOUL, South Korea — When K-pop star Sulli ended her own life last month, her fellow K-pop singer Goo Hara was heartbroken, bidding a farewell to her best friend in a livestreaming video. With tears running down her cheeks, Goo expressed hope that Sulli would live “as she pleases” in heaven. Read more »

No military service exemption for K-pop group BTS, Korean gov't says

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 09:01 PM

Members of the Korean boy group BTS will not be exempted from mandatory military service, as the South Korean government aims to limit military exemptions.   Read more »

BTS member Jungkook causes minor car accident

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 05:12 PM

Jeon Jungkook, the youngest member of the K-pop boy band BTS, admitted to committing a traffic law violation after he was involved in a car accident last week, his agency BigHit Entertainment said in a statement.  Read more »

Arci Muñoz goes on BTS fangirling trip to Seoul

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 06:19 PM

Actress Arci Muñoz was recently in Seoul, South Korea, where she went full-on fangirl for Korean boy group BTS. Read more »

LOOK: Liza Soberano spotted at BTS concert in Seoul

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 06:57 PM

Fans spotted young actress Liza Soberano in Seoul over the weekend to attend the concert of popular Korean boy group BTS. Read more »

WATCH: Kapamilya heartthrobs dance to BTS song

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 02:31 PM

Kapamilya teen heartthrobs made hearts melt on "ASAP Natin 'To" Sunday as they danced to "Make It Right," a song by K-pop superstars BTS. Read more »