Shinhwa
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| Background information | |
| Origin | South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels |
SM Entertainment (1998–2003) Good Entertainment (2004–2008) Shinhwa Company (2011–present) |
| Associated acts | Battle |
| Website | Shinhwa Company |
| Members |
Eric Mun Lee Min-woo Kim Dong-wan Shin Hye-sung Jun Jin Andy Lee |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Sinhwa |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sinhwa |
Shinhwa (Hangul: 신화; Hanja: 神話) is a South Korean six-member boy band based in Seoul, composed of Eric Mun, Lee Min-woo, Kim Dong-wan, Shin Hye-sung, Jun Jin, and Andy Lee. Launched by SM Entertainment on 24 March 1998 and now managed by Shinhwa Company, the group is the longest-running boy band in the history of K-pop and one of the pioneers of the K-pop idol culture.
Shinhwa is the Korean word for myth or legend.
The group was one of the early successes of SM Entertainment along with H.O.T. and S.E.S.. When the contract with SM Entertainment expired in July 2003, all six members signed with Good Entertainment as a group. Although the group Shinhwa was managed by Good Entertainment, the members also pursued individual solo careers as actors and singers under different agencies. Shinhwa went on a four-year hiatus in 2008, when the band members started to enlist for mandatory military service. In 2011, when most of the members finished their servies, they established Shinhwa Company to facilitate their group career alongside their individual careers. In March 2012, Shinhwa released their tenth album The Return and started a concert tour to become the first Korean boy band to last after the members' mandatory military services.
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