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BTS eyes B10bn premiums with Rabbit Life

Rabbit Life Insurance (Rabbit Life), a life insurance firm under BTS Group Holdings (BTS), aims to rank among the top 10 life insurance businesses within the next three years by leveraging its customer base and big data.

Bangkok Post

BTS fans can experience ‘one night’ in home where stars filmed In the Soop

Bookings will cost $7 in a nod to group’s seven members

The Independent UK

Lollapalooza 2022 picks: 10 acts to see at the Grant Park festival

Superstar headliners including Dua Lipa, Machine Gun Kelly, Caroline Polachek, Green Day and Tomorrow X Together are surefire favorites at this year’s Lolla. Check out our field of favorites in addition to all the rest.

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Seoul Lures Multinational Talents to Globalize Korean Pop

From Indian Korean pop (K-pop) idols to Swedish songwriters, South Korea's music industry is now a hotbed of global talent -- a smart strategy as it aims for world domination. K-pop bands have long included non-Koreans: Blackpink's Lisa is Thai, while Japan and China are both well represented, and Korean-American…

Asharq Al-Awsat

J-Hope - Jack In The Box review: Old-school rap revival won’t finish BTS off

The first solo album released since K-Pop titans BTS announced a break feels more like a proof of concept

Evening Standard

K-pop's online community has a homophobia problem

LGBT fans say they're subjected to bullying, slurs, and hypocritical attitudes.

Input

Disney+ Signs Deal With Korean Pop Band BTS In An Effort To Boost International Growth

A new deal signed by Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) might be “smooth like butter” and may provide a boost to the entertainment giant's streaming platform.

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From Squid Game to BTS: V&A to host its first ever exhibition on Korean culture

Expect a Parasite bathroom recreation, outfits worn by Aespa and boy band posters

Evening Standard

Disney+ to launch three shows with BTS, including filmed concert, docuseries

There’s some dynamite news for BTS fans.

Tribune News Service

BTS Documentary Series, Concert Coming to Disney Streaming Services

Walt Disney Co announced a deal on Monday that will bring a documentary series and concert featuring K-pop band BTS to the company's streaming services. The series will debut next year and include music and footage of the South Korean group from the past nine years. Called "BTS Monuments: Beyond…

Asharq Al-Awsat

BTS lands a three project deal with Disney+

K-pop boy band has partnered with Disney+ to come up with three exclusive projects on the streaming platform. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

BTS’ J-Hope accidentally gives Jack in the Box free marketing boost with new album

J-Hope of BTS is releasing a solo album this month titled “Jack in the Box” — not to be confused with the fast-food chain of the same name.

Los Angeles Times

BTS Rekindle Debate about Military Service in South Korea

A surprise decision by South Korean boy band BTS to take a break from live shows has rekindled debate about mandatory military service in a country setting global pop-culture trends while facing a decades old Cold War threat. Military service is hugely contentious in South Korea where all able-bodied men…

Asharq Al-Awsat

BTS label enlists fans to protect band from ‘personal attacks and defamation’

‘Our company regularly initiates legal proceedings against perpetrators of malicious activities related to BTS,’ record label says

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Reuters

BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea

Bangkok Post

No more Blue Line fare rises for this year

Fares on the MRT Blue Line will remain unchanged, at least until the end of this year, after the cabinet approved a hike on Tuesday, according to the Transport Ministry.

Bangkok Post

City Hall needs a much larger budget

This article is a welcome gift to Bangkok's new governor, Chadchart Sittipunt.

Reuters

S.Korean leader's informal media events are a break with tradition

South Korean leader Yoon Suk-yeol has departed from years of tradition by holding informal daily media events to field questions on topics ranging from inflation and ties with neighbouring North Korea to the first lady and even boyband BTS.

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We Finally Know Who John Cena Will Be Playing In The Barbie Movie I… Did Not See This Coming

The role he was born to play TBH.

Bangkok Post

Skytrain offers hair advice

The skytrain authority's advice to passengers to beware their long hair has drawn support and sparked complaints about riding during rush hour.

Bangkok Post

'Mind your hair': Passengers say riding the skytrain is a slap in the face

The skytrain authority's advice to passengers to beware their long hair has drawn support and sparked a litany of other complaints about the perils of ridership during rush hour.

France 24

Violence against women in China: Footage of restaurant attack sparks outrage

A violent attack on several women in northern China earlier this month has raised questions over gender-based violence in the country. CCTV footage from a restaurant in the city of Tangshan showed a man getting rebuffed after he put his hand on the back of a woman. He then slapped…

Los Angeles Times

BTS' new animated music video for 'Yet to Come' is too cute to handle

BTS proved the best was yet to come Sunday by releasing a second music video for the lead single off its new album.

Asharq Al-Awsat

For K-Pop Supergroup BTS, Questions Remain about its Future

The surprise announcement by BTS last week that they were taking a break to focus on members’ solo projects stunned their global fanbase, shaking their label's stock price and leaving many questions about the K-pop supergroup’s future. HYBE, the company behind the band, denied the group was taking a hiatus…

The Conversation

BTS take a break: world’s biggest K-pop group is caught between Korea’s soft power ambitions and national security

The decision by K-pop sensations, BTS, to take a hiatus is breaking hearts globally. But, unlike the Beatles or One Direction, their decision is tied to Korean peninsula politics and the challenge of balancing national security and Korea’s soft power ambitions.

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