Monsta X will hold concerts in Europe next week as part of its ongoing world tour, its agency said Friday.According to Start Entertainment, the act will hold concerts in Eventim Apollo in London on Sunday, Afas Live in Amsterdam on Wednesday and Palacio Vistalegre in Madrid on June 23. After Europe, the group will head to Bangkok, Hong Kong and Taipei and then visit seven cities in the US and four cities in South America until August. Monsta X kicked off its world tour last month with a concert

Several candidates in Wednesday’s local elections caught the attention of the public due to their names. These candidates had the same names as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, former President Park Geun-hye and Park’s father Park Chung-hee. The Korean spellings of the names were identical, though they were romanized differently. In particular, Kim Jong-un, a female candidate for the Mapo-gu local elections, became a trending topic. The US-North Korea summit took place a day before the elections

Two Thai BTS fan clubs, also known as ARMY -- BTS Thailand and CandyClover -- initiated a blood donation project in May and attained 200,000 cc of blood, which can help save around 1,500 lives, to celebrate BTS on Wednesday.“We were inspired by BTS to deliver love to others through their ‘Love Myself’ campaign that BTS and United Nations Children’s Fund initiated,” the fan clubs said. The Thai fans also displayed a one-minute advertisement on a large electric billboard in Siam Square One at the