SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS was nominated in the Top Duo/Group category for the upcoming 2019 Billboard Music Awards set for May, as well as in the Top Social Artist category, which the septet has conquered for the last two years, according to Billboard on Friday. Billboard released the lineup for [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band BTS will throw two rounds of global fan meetings in Seoul and the country’s second-largest city of Busan in June, the band’s management agency said Friday. The events titled “5th Muster Magic Shop” are slated to hit the Busan Asiad Stadium on June 15-16 and the Olympic [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Mattel Inc., the manufacturer of Barbie Dolls, introduced a new doll collection of the famous South Korean idol group BTS. Mattel released photos of the new BTS dolls on Twitter on Tuesday. Mattel has been getting BTS fans excited over the past couple days by releasing teasers of the [...]
SEOUL/YANGJU, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Im Si-wan was discharged from the Army on Wednesday as the 30-year-old completed his mandatory military service, setting him up for his return to show business. Im made his first official public appearance in 21 months in a discharge ceremony held at a boot camp in Yangju, Gyeonggi [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer and actress Bae Suzy, who debuted in JYP Entertainment’s girl band missA, will terminate her contract with the management agency and is likely to move to another talent agency specializing in acting, according to JYP and other sources on Tuesday. “We announce that Suzy’s exclusive contract with JYP [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Ji-hoon, a member of the disbanded boy band Wanna One, dropped his first solo debut album, “O’CLOCK,” on Tuesday, joining two former band mates in launching a solo career after the wildly popular group parted ways in January. Park followed Yoon Ji-sung and Ha Sung-woon to become the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — English electronic music duo HONNE announced Tuesday the release of its second musical collaboration with RM, the leader of K-pop band BTS. The duo posted images reading the lyrics of the new song on its official social media accounts, under a note, “27.03.19″, the date of the song’s release. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A Vietnamese version of “Running Man,” a long-running TV variety show by South Korean channel SBS, will go on air next month in a joint production project by the two countries, the South Korean broadcaster said Tuesday. The first episode of the Vietnamese edition will hit the small screen [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Korean dramas and films rose around 15 percent at a major international content fair in Hong Kong last week compared with a year earlier, a South Korean government agency said Monday. A total of 25 Korean content sellers recorded a total of US$16.6 million in sales during [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band BLACKPINK will put out a new album, “Kill This Love,” next month, its management agency said Monday. YG Entertainment released a teaser image on its official website for the upcoming EP, announcing its release set for April 5. The image shows the band’s Thai member, Lisa, [...]