SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Kang Daniel, a member of the disbanded boy band Wanna One, is expected to finally return to the K-pop scene as a solo artist with the establishment of a management agency for himself. His aides said Monday the singer has recently established Konnect Entertainment, a one-person company, in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The entertainment arm of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group said Monday that it has joined hands with the global entertainment firm Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) to build an arena in Goyang, just northwest of Seoul. The 20,000-seat arena will be located inside of the complex dubbed CJ LiveCity [...]
PARIS, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Tens of thousands of fans traveled from all over Europe to Saint Denis, just north of Paris, where the K-pop boy band BTS performed for the second night on Saturday. Following the band’s concerts at Wembley Stadium last weekend, the septet came to rock France on Friday and Saturday, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Having underperformed given its star-studded cast and huge budget, the blockbuster fantasy series “Arthdal Chronicles” is the subject of mixed views on whether it can rebound in the second week of its run. The new weekend drama aired by cable channel tvN is about people living in the ancient [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Three BTS songs will hit the playlist of the American space agency’s next journey to the moon as the agency is planning to make another lunar landing by 2024, the agency’s SNS feeds have shown. In a Twitter feed Tuesday, the Johnson Space Center of the National Aeronautics and [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Wednesday it will establish 13 new state-run King Sejong Institutes in 11 countries for foreigners wanting to learn the Korean language and culture. With the additions, the number of King Sejong Institutes, a public institution run by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to promote [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super stars BTS kicked off the group’s annual online fan festival to celebrate the 6th anniversary of the septet’s debut. A collection of photos, dubbed “Family Portrait,” was released through BTS’ social media accounts on Monday to mark the start of “2019 BTS FESTA.” The boy band hosts [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Super Junior will return as a nine-piece group with its ninth EP in the second half of this year, the band’s agency said Monday. Nine of its 11 members — Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Siwon, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun — will participate in the album’s production, according to [...]
LONDON, Jun. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A wave of 60,000 spectators turned London’s landmark Wembley Stadium into a sea of ecstasy as K-pop band BTS took the biggest British concert stage with its signature hip hop number “Dionysus” late Saturday. It was a landmark moment of BTS’ high-flying world music career, debuting the band at [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, a member of global stars BTS, joined the UNICEF Korea’s club of top donators, having contributed to the United Nations organization since last year, its Korea office said Friday. Jin’s financial donation to the Korean office of the United Nations Children’s Fund has surpassed 100 million won (US$84,000) [...]