SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Consuming Korean traditional cuisine, known as “hansik,” on a daily basis is effective for weight loss and lowering cholesterol levels, a study showed Wednesday. In an experiment conducted on participants who were strictly provided either hansik or western dishes, the average cholesterol levels of participants given hansik decreased 9.5 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The sensational global ascent of K-pop band BTS has brought to the fore the emergence of a new breed of globally connected, dedicated fans as represented by ARMY, the group’s fandom. Powered by the connectivity of the internet and social network services, ARMY engages in organized transnational operations to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A BTS pop-up store will be reaching the ARMY (BTS fans) in Mexico next week. Big Hit Entertainment, the agency managing global K-pop sensation BTS, announced that House of BTS in Mexico City will open at Plaza Carso, a shopping mall in Mexico City, from December 13 until January [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of girl band TWICE has warned of legal action against aggressive fans after a band member was injured by crowd of fans. “Today, there was an accident involving our artist, who fell over and got injured due to disorderly and excessive photo taking (by fans) at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Southeast Asian countries are emerging as a new market for Korean broadcasting content, in line with the government’s aggressive foreign policy initiative called the New Southern Policy, which gained momentum via a South Korea-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special summit in Busan last month. The region can provide [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK successfully held its first Tokyo Dome concert this week, with the attendance reaching about 55,000 fans, its management agency said Thursday. According to YG Entertainment, the concert as part of the BLACKPINK 2019-2020 World Tour in Your Area in Japan took place at Tokyo [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS picked up nine prizes at this year’s Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) in the Japanese city of Nagoya on Wednesday, monopolizing the biggest Asian music awards event. The septet took home the top three prizes at the 2019 MAMA — Album of the Year, Artist of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop star Kang Daniel put his music and entertainment career on hold due to depression and a panic disorder, his management agency said Wednesday. The 23-year-old solo artist and former member of disbanded boy group Wanna One will have a hiatus from show business after being diagnosed with the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE will close its almost one-year-long concert journey in Seoul next year, the band’s agency said Monday. The two-day concert, titled “TWICE World Tour 2019 Twicelights,” will be held at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in southeastern Seoul from March 7, according to JYP Entertainment. That will [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Three K-pop idols, including members from boy band NU’EST, have joined a tourism promotion campaign to walk fans and YouTube users through major Korean tourist spots. Two NU’EST members, Hwang Min-hyun and Ren, as well as the soloist Ha Sung-woon joined the video campaign operated by Seo Kyung-duk, a [...]