56-877: Starship Entertainment ( Korean : 스타쉽 엔터테인먼트 ) is a South Korean entertainment company founded in 2008 and became an independent subsidiary of Kakao Entertainment in 2013. It is also called one of the "five major agencies" in the pop music world, with SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment leading the way. It has been recognized for its contributions to the Hallyu wave , being home to several prominent K-pop groups and soloists. These include groups such as Monsta X , WJSN , Cravity , and Ive and soloists such as K.Will , Yoo Seung-woo , Brother Su , Jeong Se-woon , Wonho , Kihyun , Joohoney , and Seola , as well as formerly home to Sistar , Boyfriend , Junggigo , Mad Clown , Jooyoung , and Soyou . It also manages actors under King Kong by Starship . Starship Entertainment
112-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with
168-477: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this
224-541: A later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of the Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations ,
280-520: A new EP, which was originally intended to be released by the end of 2020, although without a set date. He pre-released a song from the upcoming EP "Flash" through his concert. Wonho's second part of his first EP Love Synonym Pt.2: Right for Us was released on February 26. All five songs from the EP debuted on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, occupying twenty percent of
336-562: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding
392-514: A solo artist and producer going forward. On May 6, Maverick revealed through a Twitter post that they had signed a management agreement with Wonho for his international activities. On August 9, Wonho announced the release of his first solo EP Love Synonym Pt.1: Right for Me . On August 14, he then released the pre-release English-language single "Losing You", along with its music video. "Losing You" gained praise for showing Wonho's all-around musicality, including his vocals, participation in
448-522: A statement announcing that WJSN Chinese members' Xuanyi , Cheng Xiao , and Meiqi had departed from the group following the expiration of their contracts. In the same announcement, it was also stated that Luda and Dawon chose not to renew their contracts, but did not specify whether they will remain in the group. In July 2022, Starship and its artists participated in The Blue Tree Foundation's campaign to declare support for non-violence. It
504-515: A statement announcing that all members of Monsta X renewed their contracts, except I.M , but he will still continue to participate in the group's future plans. On October 24, Yang Jae-woong's older brother Yang Jae-jin, a psychiatrist and broadcaster, has signed an exclusive contract with the agency. In January 2023, Starship planned to open its Dear U bubble service for all its artists, starting in February for three years. On March 3, Starship released
560-603: Is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since the end of World War II and the Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from
616-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to
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#1732906198813672-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean
728-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be
784-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with
840-534: Is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea, the language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by
896-716: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on
952-511: The Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which
1008-523: The yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as the 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By
1064-568: The Korea Creative Content Agency Award, for their contributions to the Hallyu wave . In June 2021, the label partnered with Eshy Gazit 's new label venture Intertwine, in partnership with BMG . Monsta X and Wonho were the first two artists involved in the partnership, securing both a global distribution deal and expansion. On August 22, Starship is reported to form a new girl group, featuring then-trainees Jang Won-young and An Yu-jin , whom were formerly part of Iz*One , in
1120-570: The Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that the proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and
1176-557: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,
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#17329061988131232-868: The 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea
1288-408: The 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from the basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only a spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as a foreign language )
1344-467: The Chinese label Yuehua Entertainment . In December, they jointly formed a new girl group Cosmic Girls , also known as WJSN, debuted in 2016, and aimed at appealing to both South Korean and Chinese audiences. In May, Starship acquired all of King Kong Entertainment 's shares in a strategic partnership alliance. In January 2017, Starship and King Kong registered their merger. The agencies mutually agreed to use
1400-557: The Japanese version of the song "Lose". Wonho released his second EP Blue Letter on September 14, with the title track "Blue". On December 1, Wonho released the Japanese digital single "White Miracle". Wonho made his comeback with his first single album Obsession on February 16, with the title track "Eye On You". In May, Wonho became the exclusive model of a dual-formulation and diet dual-functional complex product Cent Double. Wonho released his third EP Facade on June 13, with
1456-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,
1512-554: The collaboration project, with Elle and Tom Ford , alongside Shownu, in promotion of Tom Ford's latest perfume line in August 2019. He also made solo appearances, such as a feature in Dazed in November 2019. Wonho has been recognized as the celebrity who focuses on fitness and physique, and in several interviews surrounding his photoshoots, he has talked about healthy habits, and emphasizing
1568-407: The entire World Songs chart for that week. He held an online concert WeNeedLove, through LiveXLive on March 28. During the concert, Wonho announced his intention for his next comeback in summer of 2021. In May, Wonho released a music video for the song "Ain't About You" from his second part of his first EP, in collaboration with Kiiara . On June 15, his American manager, Eshy Gazit announced
1624-588: The fear of death and extreme loneliness. Wonho will perform as Theo, a bright and cheerful country doctor who struggles to save his friend Nikola, who is dying from an incurable disease. On July 6, Highline released the poster and schedule for Wonho's first European tour Facade, through his official SNS. According to the schedule released with the poster, he will be in Munich and Oberhausen, Germany on August 28 and 31, respectively, Madrid, Spain on September 2, and London, England on September 4. On August 19, Wonho released
1680-514: The final episode of the show, Wonho was selected, along with six other participants, including Shownu and Jooheon (former members of Nu Boyz) as a member of Starship Entertainment's new boy group Monsta X . Wonho debuted in Monsta X, a hip-hop boy group, upon the release of their first extended play Trespass , on May 14, 2015. Wonho was a vocalist in the group and beginning in 2017 regularly participated in writing, composing and arranging songs for
1736-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in
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1792-403: The following year. In 2013, Starship launched its first subsidiary label "Starship X", with rapper Mad Clown being its first signed artist. On December 18, 70% of the label's shares were acquired by its distributor LOEN Entertainment (renamed to Kakao M in 2018 and predecessor of Kakao Entertainment ), making it an independent subsidiary of the latter. As of 2022, Kakao Entertainment is still
1848-665: The group. Since 2018, Wonho has featured in several photoshoots for magazines, as well as partnering with some brands and promoting campaigns by various fashion magazines. He has appeared alongside his groupmates on several occasions, including Nylon , alongside Shownu in January 2018 and GQ in August, in both Ceci Korea in June 2018 and MAPS , with Minhyuk in December, lastly, Grazia , with Hyungwon in March 2019. He also participated in
1904-445: The importance of exercising. In October 2018, he partnered with Under Armour , as part of the collaboration with Dazed , to promote an active and healthy lifestyle. He again promoted healthy lifestyle, as part of a photoshoot for Elle ' s "Body Challenge" campaign, in May 2019. On October 31, Starship Entertainment announced Wonho's departure from Monsta X, stating that the decision
1960-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains
2016-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it
2072-618: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or
2128-466: The language originates deeply influences the language, leading to a system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during the 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until
2184-474: The largest shareholder of the label, holding a 59.73% stake. In July 2014, Starship signed singer Jeong Se-woon , following his appearance on K-pop Star 3 . In December, Starship formed its second boy group Monsta X through the Mnet 's survival show No.Mercy , with the seven winners of the show, debuted in 2015, and promoted as a hip hop boy group. In April 2015, Starship signed a mutual management contract with
2240-451: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to
2296-456: The launch of a new label venture Intertwine, in partnership with BMG , with Monsta X and Wonho as the first two artists involved in the partnership. On July 19, Wonho joined NCSoft's global K-pop entertainment platform Universe . In July, it was announced that Wonho would release his debut Japanese single album on October 27, with the lead single "On the Way ～Embrace～". On August 4, he pre-released
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2352-593: The name of Starship Entertainment, while the division that manages the actors would operate under the label "King Kong by Starship". In 2017, Starship launched another subsidiary label House of Music , which focused was on recruiting smaller, independent artists, with MoonMoon being the first artist signed under the label. In November 2018, Starship renamed the label "Highline Entertainment". In June, its first girl group Sistar disbanded, with members Dasom and Soyou remaining under Starship. In May 2019, its first boy group Boyfriend disbanded. In December, Starship acquired
2408-474: The performance production company Shownote at 100% stake. It was established in 2005, which has an accumulated experience in producing live entertainment in various fields including musicals, concerts, plays, showcases, children's performances, exhibitions, and fan meetings. In 2020, Starship began expanding Highline, with signed artists such as Wonho , Yoo Seung-woo , and DJ Soda . On April 14, Starship debuted its new boy group Cravity . In August, Starship won
2464-507: The population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by
2520-520: The second half of 2021. The girl group Ive debuted on December 1. In April 2022, Starship has appointed Lee Hoon-hee as the new CEO. He is an expert in the Korean entertainment industry, who has experienced music and media contents, and has served as CEO of KOEN Media Production Department, CEO of SM C&C , and the Head of Production at KBS . He will lead Starship with the current CEO Lee Jin-sung (CEO of King Kong by Starship). On August 8, Starship released
2576-660: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting
2632-455: The songwriting, composing, and producing of the song. The album was released on September 4 with the title track " Open Mind ", accompanied by a music video. Wonho had his debut showcase the same day, hosted through V Live . Wonho held his first solo concert on September 27. Due to restrictions from COVID-19 , the concert was held online through the streaming platform LiveXLive . During his concert, Wonho announced his first comeback, with
2688-501: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF Wonho (singer) Lee Ho-seok ( Korean : 이호석 , born March 1, 1993), known by his stage name Wonho ( Korean : 원호 ), is a South Korean singer under Highline Entertainment . He is a former member of South Korean boy group Monsta X . In 2020, he made his solo debut with the EP Love Synonym Pt.1: Right for Me . Prior to his official debut, Wonho
2744-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at
2800-486: The title track "Crazy". From June 3 to July 24, Wonho is set to appear in his first musical with Equal , a work that reflects on today's chaotic times due to pandemics and conspiracy theories, set in the 17th century Europe, where witches and heresy hunts were rampant. It is a two-person play that captures the metaphor of the COVID-19 era with the desperate desires and twisted fates of Nikola and Theo, two friends driven by
2856-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ
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#17329061988132912-628: Was established to prevent school and cyberbullying, and to heal the victims, is conducting a "national non-violence campaign" in which the citizens can participate to publicize the seriousness of violence and to spread a culture of non-violence. In February 2023, Starship donated ₩150,000,000 to help in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake through Hope Bridge National Disaster Relief Association. All artists under Starship Entertainment are collectively known as Starship Planet . Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ )
2968-487: Was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to the fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of
3024-505: Was founded in 2008, by the couple Kim Shi-dae and Seo Hyun-joo with Kim Young-suk. Kim Shi-dae previously worked as a road manager for K-pop co-ed group Cool , as well as worked for Big Hit Entertainment between 2005 and 2007, while Seo Hyun-joo worked for JYP Entertainment . Starship's first artist was ex-Big Hit singer K.Will , who released his first single "Love 119" for the label in 2008. In 2010, Starship debuted their first girl group Sistar , while their first boy group Boyfriend
3080-544: Was made amicably amid allegations regarding his personal life. On March 14, Starship Entertainment released an official statement announcing that the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency had concluded its investigation, clearing Wonho of all allegations and confirming that the rumors were false. Wonho signed with Highline Entertainment , a subsidiary of Starship Entertainment, as a solo artist on April 10. The agency announced that he would be promoting as
3136-472: Was part of a project group called Nu Boyz, along with his labelmates #Gun , Shownu and Jooheon , formed under Starship Entertainment in August 2014. The quartet had uploaded multiple tracks to the label's YouTube channel and performed at the opening show of the Starship X concert on December 5, 2014. In late December, Starship Entertainment and Mnet launched a competition program called No.Mercy . On
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