Top star BoA will temporarily suspend activities until next year as she prepares to advance into the notoriously tough US market.

BoA’s agency SM Entertainment stated that it would be difficult for BoA to take part in domestic activities for the rest of the year, even pushing back the release date of her local album. Her local TV and film roles will also be pushed back to the end of the year.

BoA is currently traveling between Korea and the US to sort through the particulars of her US debut through SM Pictures, a subsidiary of her agency SM Entertainment.