SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Addressing a United Nations session as the first ever South Korean artists, the boy band BTS urged young people to find their own inner voice and see themselves through their own eyes by speaking about themselves. The septet was invited to give a short opening speech at an event [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Swiss city of Neuchâtel held an event featuring traditional Korean performances for locals and Korean immigrants in celebration of the Chuseok holiday. The Chuseok event also coincided with the 20th anniversary of the opening of the city’s botanical gardens. The overarching theme of the event was the “relocation [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop sensation BTS’ music video for “Spring Day” exceeded 200 million views on YouTube on Monday, becoming the band’s 10th video to reach the milestone, the group’s management agency said. The song — which was released in February — depicts the personal experiences of band members Rap Monster [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Responding to a wild outcry by fans, BTS canceled its plan to release a new Japanese song in collaboration with a Japanese producer accused of chauvinism and misogyny. “Due to reasons concerning the production, the track list for the Japanese album scheduled for release in November will be changed. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop phenomenon BTS has been nominated for the annual American Music Awards (AMAs), slated for Oct. 9, becoming the first Korean act to receive such recognition, according to its organizer Thursday. “On Sept. 12 local time, the 2018 American Music Awards announced its nominees, and BTS has been included [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The members of mega-popular K-pop group BTS have said they feel a “responsibility and burden” regarding their achievements but vowed to “try harder to have a right mindset in all areas.” The boy band members made the remarks during the event called “A conversation with BTS” on Tuesday (U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — “We are preparing to set up a subsidiary in Vietnam,” said Han Se-min, the CEO of SM Entertainment, on September 11 in Hanoi. The remarks by the head of the country’s No.1 entertainment company came during a panel discussion at the Korea-Vietnam Business Cooperation Seminar on September 11. “We [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An outpost to publicize Korean fashion to the rest of the world will be established in the Soho district of Manhattan in New York city, the mecca of global fashion. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) will fund “The Selects”, which [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS on Friday dropped a music video of their latest song, “Idol,” featuring American rapper Nicki Minaj. The new video updated on YouTube is an extended edition of the original version of the song’s video released two weeks earlier but has additional images of the American [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean-American rapper Park Jae-beom, also known as Jay Park, performed at the annual Made in America (MIA) music festival in Philadelphia, the United States, as its first Korean contributor, his management agency said Tuesday. “Park was invited to MIA to perform for its Sept. 2 event as the first [...]