「中小ドル（チュンソドル）」とは？ ― 雨漏りの宿舎から初1位へ。INFINITE・VIXX・B1A4・EXID・Brave Girls、そしてBTSまで「中小の奇跡 ...

K-POPの話をするとき、SM・YG・JYP、そして今ではHYBEを加えた「大手」の名前ばかりが出てくる。しかし韓国のアイドルの大半は、そこに属していない。名前も聞いたことのないような小さな事務所から出てきて、宿舎の雨漏りに耐え、音楽番組の出演枠を取 ...

What is a "Chunso-dol" (Small-to-Medium Agency Idol)? From a Leaky Dorm to Their First Win: The Stories of the "Miracles of Small-to-Medium Agencies" Including INFI…

SM, YG, JYP, and now HYBE—always come up. However, the vast majority of Korean idols do not belong to them. There are groups ...
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BTS, EXID, GFRIEND, And More Grab Gold At "2016 Idol Star Athletics Championships"

This year’s “2016 Idol Star Athletics Championships” was broadcast as a Chuseok special on September 15. Jun Hyun Moo, Girl’s Day’s Hyeri, and Lee Soo Geun were the main MCs for the event! This was ...
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BTS, MAMAMOO, EXID, and More Grab Gold at 11th Idol Star Athletics Championships

This year’s Chuseok saw the successful wrap of the 11th Idol Star Athletics Championships, aired on September 28 and 29. Despite fans’ love-hate relationship with the event, which always seems to turn ...