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Global pop superstars BTS join Smart family

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 18 06:19 PM

South Korean boy band BTS is the latest group to join the Smart Communications family.   Read more »

Is Cayetano's new 'independent majority' bloc out to unseat Velasco? Ally answers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 10:40 AM

MANILA - The newly formed "independent majority" of former House leaders is not targeting the ouster of Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte said Friday. Read more »

‘ARMY’ slams Cayetano for using BTS name for new bloc; ousted Speaker says no politics in acronym

RG Cruz and Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 07:03 PM

MANILA — Twitter lit up like dynamite Tuesday with BTS stans lashing out at ousted speaker Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano for using the South Korean boyband's name for his new bloc seen to usher in a comeback.  Read more »

BTS wraps up record-breaking year with New Year's Eve online concert

Joyce Lee, Reuters
Posted at Jan 01 01:13 AM

The global K-Pop sensation BTS celebrated New Year's Eve with an online concert on Thursday along with other K-pop groups and fans from around the world. Read more »

BTS member V releases Christmas K-pop song Snow Flower

Tamar Herman, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 25 10:42 PM

‘For today, I hope that white flowers will come down to your hearts,’ writes V on the BTS’ blog to introduce his Christmas song, Snow Flower. The Singer dedicates the jazzy tune to fans who may be anxious after a year when it felt like time stopped. The track, and Jimin’s Christmas Love, are well received. Read more »

BTS hit Dynamite on Beijing radio brings hope of further thaw in China-S. Korea relations

Tamar Herman, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Dec 23 03:46 PM

A long time coming, Metro Radio’s first playing of Dynamite, the new single from K-pop supergroup BTS, is taken as a sign of Sino-Korean cultural thaw. An academic based in China, meanwhile, noted that popular interest there in Korean pop music and dramas has never dimmed despite the countries’ frosty relations. Read more »

That video of BTS with the ABS-CBN logo, explained

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 14 10:15 PM

Over the weekend, a video of the K-pop supergroup BTS at a glitzy event, with the ABS-CBN logo on a screen in their background, went viral on social media. Read more »

BTS named Time's entertainer of the year

Reuters
Posted at Dec 11 10:32 AM

K-pop group BTS was named entertainer of the year by Time magazine on Thursday, capping a breakthrough year in the United States for the South Korean boy band.   Read more »

BTS' 'Life Goes On' hits new milestone on TikTok

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 03:42 PM

South Korean boy band BTS is really on a roll this year.   Read more »

BTS is ‘most tweeted about K-pop group’ in PH for 2020

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 08 01:55 PM

The cancellation of concert tours this year due to the coronavirus pandemic has done little to ‘dull the shine’ of K-pop, one of South Korea’s most lucrative industries, Twitter said. Read more »

BTS wins big at 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards

Tamar Herman, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Dec 07 09:14 PM

BTS took all the grand prizes, Twice debuted a new song and BoA celebrated 20 years in K-pop at this year's Mnet Asian Music Awards. Read more »

‘Bakit kayo galit sa trip ng iba?’ Chito Miranda asks bashers of K-pop fans

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 03:15 AM

Parokya ni Edgar frontman Chito Miranda told a troll criticizing fans of BTS and Blackpink: “Ako trip ko sila. Sobrang galing kaya nila.”  Read more »

Marcelito Pomoy tops 10 most popular YouTube videos in PH this year

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 07:44 PM

Marcelito Pomoy’s outsanding performance of the classic duet “The Prayer” for “America’s Got Talent” has been named the top trending YouTube video of the year in the Philippines.  Read more »

BTS, Blackpink top Spotify's K-Pop artists, tracks lists

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 03:37 PM

In a press release on Thursday, Spotify revealed that BTS was its most streamed group globally and the top K-pop artist for the year 2020. Read more »

South Korea passes law to allow BTS to postpone military service

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 07:21 PM

The amendment to the Military Service Act was designed to provide exceptions for K-pop megastars who improve the country's cultural status and boost the economy.   Read more »

BTS' 'Life Goes On' tops Billboard Hot 100 chart

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 01 02:42 PM

South Korean boy band BTS is making global headlines once again. Read more »

BTS thanks fans for Grammy Awards ‘miracle’

Tamar Herman, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Nov 26 04:19 PM

South Korean pop phenomenon BTS recently made history as the first K-pop act to be nominated for a major Grammy award. Read more »

South Korea's BTS snags first ever Grammy nomination for a K-Pop band

Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Nov 25 10:50 AM

South Korean boy band BTS on Tuesday snagged the first ever Grammy nomination for a K-pop band, taking the worldwide sensation a step closer to winning the music award. Read more »

BTS releases new album after historic success of 'Dynamite'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 20 02:18 PM

K-pop sensations BTS released their highly anticipated new studio album on Friday, following the historic success of their all-English single "Dynamite." Read more »

K-pop idols and Korean heritage sites unite

South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 18 01:30 PM

BTS performed live at Gyeongbokgung Palace on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," while 2NE1’s CL streamed from Seoul’s MMCA for "The Late Late Show with James Corden." So why are K-pop idols suddenly so interested in promoting Korean culture Read more »