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Recap | BTS, Blackpink, Stray Kids, Seventeen, New Jeans … K-pop keeps making headlines all over the world

K-pop has reached all corners of the globe, with the stars and their stories dominating the charts and the news headlines as the world’s media focus on the phenomenon that has become a music industry juggernaut.

6 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Why do Chinese internet users love APT, hit single by Rosé and Bruno Mars?

31 Oct 2024 - 12:29PMvideocam

Food and Drinks

What connects APT, Blackpink’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ new song, to drinking?

8 Nov 2024 - 7:57AM

Trending in China

Next Blackpink Lisa? Cambodia princess ‘to train for stardom’ in South Korea

Precocious 12-year-old speaks five languages, has 910,000 YouTube followers, eyeing K-pop fame.

18 Oct 2024 - 6:00PM

Next Lisa of Blackpink? Cambodian princess reportedly eyes K-pop stardom. Photo: SCMP composite/IG@lalalalisa_m/Weibo

South Korea

US actress in racism row after questioning K-pop star Jennie’s blonde hair

Qualley also touched the K-pop singer’s hair without permission at a fashion show in Paris.

4 Oct 2024 - 2:00PM

K-drama news

Blackpink’s Jisoo eyed for Monthly Boyfriend and more K-drama casting news

In the latest K-drama casting news, Jisoo has been offered a part in Monthly Boyfriend and Song Kang-ho is confirmed for Inside Men.

21 Sep 2024 - 7:15PM

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Why K-pop idols and luxury fashion are a marriage made in heaven

Tommy Hilfiger’s Met Gala collab with boy band Stray Kids is a reminder of the growing attachment between luxury fashion and K-pop stars.

12 Sep 2024 - 5:04AM

K-pop boy band Stray Kids pose at the Met Gala in New York. Fashion label Tommy Hilfiger’s collaboration with the group is an example of how luxury fashion houses are seeking to benefit from the star power of K-pop idols. Photo: Reuters

South Korean celebrities

How K-pop made coloured contact lenses cool (again)

Idols from BTS, Blackpink, Stray Kids and NewJeans have helped popularise the use of lenses – read on for tips on which type and colour to go for

18 Aug 2024 - 11:00AM

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

8 years of Blackpink, so successful K-pop group are ‘their own brand’

K-pop girl group Blackpink have gone from strength to strength since the release of their first singles in 2016, and ‘become a group with enormous influence worldwide’, according to a pop culture critic.

11 Aug 2024 - 4:15AMvideocam

South Korea

South Korea to probe Blackpink’s Jennie’s ‘vaping incident’ after online outrage

Smoking cigarettes or vapes indoors is illegal in South Korea, and footage of the K-pop star smoking a vape triggered online outrage, with Seoul’s foreign ministry saying it had received a formal complaint.

9 Jul 2024 - 6:27PMvideocam

A now-deleted video showing K-pop megastar Jennie of Blackpink apparently smoking a vape indoors has sparked online outcry, with Seoul’s foreign ministry saying it had received a formal complaint. Photo: AFP

Viral stories

Thai lookalike of Blackpink’s Lisa, 17, finds herself at centre of attention

A 17-year-old market stall worker from Thailand has become an online sensation thanks to her uncanny resemblance to Lisa, the rapper and dancer from South Korean girl band, Blackpink.

4 Jul 2024 - 10:29AM

A teenage student in Thailand who helps out with her mother’s fried chicken stall has become an online sensation thanks to her resemblance to K-pop rapper and dancer Lisa from the girl band, Blackpink. Photo: SCMP composite/Facebook/Instagram@lalalalisa

Viral stories

Blackpink star Lisa pays Bangkok Chinatown shopkeepers for video shoot

K-pop idol Lisa from the band Blackpink has paid compensation to shopkeepers and passers-by so she could shut down a whole street in Bangkok’s Chinatown to shoot her latest music video.

2 Jul 2024 - 1:00PM

Trending in China

Blackpink rapper Lisa accused of wearing ‘copied’ top by China designer

An unholy row has broken out after a fashion designer from China accused K-pop rapper Lisa from Blackpink of wearing a top copied from her design in a promotional video for the Thai singer’s latest song.

29 Jun 2024 - 12:00PM

Fame and celebrity

Q&A | ‘Be you, one time, man’: Got7’s Jackson Wang on fencing, fashion and fame

Now starring in a Cartier campaign with Jisoo of Blackpink and Paul Mescal, the Hong Kong rapper reflects on his journey from sport to K-pop and now to his own music and fashion brand Team Wang

19 Mar 2024 - 10:08AM

Jackson Wang at the Cartier Trinity Celebration in Paris, in February. Photos: Handout

Hong Kong economy

Christian Dior postpones mega event fashion show in Hong Kong

Source familiar with company says management of French luxury brand decided to postpone event in face of China’s economic uncertainties.

24 Feb 2024 - 7:22PM

A Christian Dior collection is shown in Paris last year. The company says the Hong Kong show has been “postponed indefinitely”, but stopped short of providing any further details. Photo: AP

Singapore

Wildest dreams: Singapore lures Taylor Swift with grant for sold-out gigs

Singapore has seen a boom in concerts since pandemic lockdowns ended, with big names like Blackpink, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran playing sold-out shows.

20 Feb 2024 - 10:12PMvideocam

K-pop idols

Blackpink’s Lisa said to join cast of HBO’s The White Lotus for season 3

Thai K-pop star Lisa has an as yet undisclosed role in the third season of hit HBO series The White Lotus, set in luxury resorts, Variety reports. Filming will begin in Thailand this month, it says.

13 Feb 2024 - 2:03PM

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong ex-football club head arrested over HK$6 million concert ticket scam

Frankie Chow, former development director of 247 Football Club, is alleged to be involved in at least 33 concert ticket fraud cases.

26 Jan 2024 - 11:39PM

The suspect allegedly offered tickets to see K-pop girl group Blackpink (pictured), among other groups. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong to attract more top acts such as Taylor Swift, Beyoncé: tourism chief

Tourism chief Kevin Yeung says that he will talk to local concert organisers about bringing in more big names though who performs will ultimately depend on the market.

25 Jan 2024 - 2:02AM

K-pop idols

What are Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo and Rosé up to in 2024?

Jennie Kim, who starred in HBO’s The Idol with Lily-Rose Depp, is the face of Chanel’s Coco Crush, while Lalisa Manobal – who represents Prada, Celine and Bulgari – looks set to join The Walking Dead

18 Jan 2024 - 4:00AM

Fashion

Explainer | Why the celeb-loved Loewe Puzzle is both an ‘It’ bag and enduring classic

The Puzzle bag, created by designer Jonathan Anderson in 2014, features several triangular leather panels, and has evolved to include different shades, variations and straps

3 Jan 2024 - 2:00PM

Loewe’s Puzzle bag is popular for both its unique look and versatile design. Photo: @loewe/Instagram

K-pop idols

BTS and Blackpink, the 10 most followed K-pop idols on Instagram in 2023

Blackpink’s Lisa is cresting on nearly 100 million followers, with Jennie and Jisoo following close behind, while from BTS, V, Jimin and J-Hope are the most followed in 2023

20 Dec 2023 - 12:00PM

BTS’ V (left) and Jimin (right), and Blackpink’s Jennie, are among some of the most followed K-pop idols on Instagram. Photos: @thv, @dior/Instagram; Chanel

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Fans rejoice as Blackpink sign new contracts to extend group’s K-pop career

After K-pop girl group’s four members all sign new contracts with agency YG Entertainment, fans celebrate. ‘Real music is coming back’, one posts on X. A new album and world tour are coming.

6 Dec 2023 - 11:51AM

K-pop idols

Blackpink visited Buckingham Palace – and got a shout-out from King Charles

King Charles praised the quartet’s roles as advocates for the UN’s SDGs and as ambassadors of COP26, in the presence of Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, William and Kate, and British PM Rishi Sunak

22 Nov 2023 - 8:00PM

South Korea

Britain’s king welcomes South Korea’s Yoon, mingles with K-pop band Blackpink

The UK government hopes the Korean leader’s three-day visit will help cement an ‘Indo-Pacific tilt’ in its foreign and trade policy.

22 Nov 2023 - 12:59PM

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol listens as Britain’s King Charles speaks at a state banquet on Tuesday. Photo: PA Wire via dpa

Weibo

Why did Weibo ban this Blackpink star?

3 Nov 2023 - 9:37PM

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K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Did Paris cabaret show earn Lisa from Blackpink a Chinese social media ban?

K-pop singer Lisa of megastar group Blackpink gets ban from China’s Weibo, with fans linking it to her burlesque show at the Crazy Horse club. Actress Angelababy, who reportedly saw the show, banned too.

6 Nov 2023 - 12:31PMvideocam

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Jisoo of Blackpink and actor Ahn Bo-hyun’s break-up confirmed

‘Jisoo and Ahn recently ended their relationship,’ K-pop superstar’s management agency says, confirming earlier report. The Korean power couple acknowledged in August 2023 that they were dating.

24 Oct 2023 - 6:55PM

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The four-member Blackpink - Jisoo, Jennie, Rose and Lisa - are the most successful K-pop girl group internationally. Blackpink were the first all-female K-pop band top perform at US festival Coachella and continue to break records as their star rises.

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7 October, 2024