SM Entertainment to produce multi-unit boy band NCT

By Park Sae-jin Posted : January 27, 2016, 17:49 Updated : January 27, 2016, 17:49

[Aju News DB]


South Korea's major showbiz group SM Entertainment on Wednesday presented the idea of creating "New Culture Technology (NCT)," a new boy band for diverse sub-unit performances in South Korea and abroad.

Under the project aimed at expanding SM's overseas presence, an NCT unit will be based in one city to produce music catering to local fans, founder Lee Soo-man told reporters.

With their membership fluctuating freely, the first two NCT teams, based in Seoul and Tokyo, will be launched in the first half of this year before the sequential debut later of separate NCT teams in Chinese-speaking cities, Southeast Asia and Latin America, Lee said.

He said NCT would help localize and expand the Korean pop culture wave "Hallyu".

Charles Lim

 
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