What’s hot in Korea: a round-up of January’s top K-pop, K-drama and cultural news

STORYAydee Tie

Jan 31 , 2019

The seven-member boy band BTS – which twice topped the US Billboard album chart in 2018 – features in ‘The Bloomberg 50’– a list of those people who ‘changed the game in global business’ over the past 12 months. Photo: Mnet

What's hot in Korea

EXO’s Kai declares his love for BLACKPINK’s Jennie, Lai Kuanlin prepares to film a TV drama and BTS makes Bloomberg’s 50 game-changers list

Here’s a quick round-up of the cool things that have taken place in South Korea in January.

K-pop star Kai of EXO goes public over romance with BLACKPINK’s Jennie

Kai (right), of the K-pop boy band EXO, revealed on New Year’s Day that he is dating Jennie (left), from the girl group BLACKPINK.

Lai Kuanlin, from Taiwan – one of the members of the disbanded K-pop group Wanna One – plans to start work on a television drama series in mainland China in January. Photo: Instagram @wannaone.official

K-pop star Chungha releases a new single

Singer Chungha is ready to release her second single. Photo: MNH Entertainment

K-pop girl group BLACKPINK to make US debut at Coachella 2019

Girl group BLACKPINK will perform at Coachella 2019 in California on April 12 and 19. Photo: BLACKPINK/Facebook

K-pop band BTS joins American singer Taylor Swift on Bloomberg 50 list

K-pop, Mandopop and other Asian pop

A Disney, Harry Potter, Marvel, Pokemon and altogether pop-culture geek, Aydee is the Social Media Editor on the Specialist Publications desk at SCMP. On the weekends you can find her holed up in board game cafes plotting to conquer the world... one Meeple at a time.

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What’s hot in Korea: a round-up of January’s top K-pop, K-drama and cultural news

EXO’s Kai declares his love for BLACKPINK’s Jennie, Lai Kuanlin prepares to film a TV drama and BTS makes Bloomberg’s 50 game-changers list

What's hot in Korea

K-pop idols

K-pop, Mandopop and other Asian pop

South Korean celebrities

K-pop band Wanna One’s Ong Seong-wu to debut as TV actor