SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Songs from idol group Wanna One’s unreleased album have been leaked online, the group’s management agency said Thursday. “We’ve learned that music files were leaked Wednesday and are currently looking into the matter,” a representative from YMC Entertainment, the group’s management agency, said. The representative added, “We’re disappointed and [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A new report has revealed that both positive and negative global consumer sentiment is growing towards South Korean pop culture, signaling signs of a love and hate relationship. The 2017 report from the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) released on Wednesday looked into the international domination of South [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A Thai terrestrial network will broadcast remakes of popular South Korean TV programs, a South Korean media company said Wednesday. CJ E&M said the channel True4U will broadcast Thai adaptations of the TV series “Oh My Ghost,” the reality show “Grandpas Over Flowers” and the rap competition show “Show [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – NCT, S.M. Entertainment’s international boy band project, said Wednesday they want to expand their following beyond their dedicated fan base with their latest album, “NCT 2018 Empathy.” NCT, an acronym for “Neo Culture Technology,” is S.M. Entertainment’s idol band project housing multiple groups under the single NCT brand. Currently, three Korean bands – NCT U, NCT 127 and NCT Dream — have [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Vietnamese version of the 2011 South Korean box office sensation “Sunny” topped the Southeast Asian country’s box office in its opening weekend, the movie’s overseas distributor said Tuesday. Released on Friday, the new film, titled “Go Go Sisters,” collected 490,000 views in its first weekend, more than double [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop stars are often forced to leave the limelight in their prime to serve in the military. In South Korea, all able-bodied men are legally obligated to complete a military service term of around two years, as the country is technically still at war with North Korea. In the [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for K-pop act BTS’ “Fire” has been watched over 300 million times on YouTube, becoming the band’s second video to reach the milestone. The view count for the video, which was uploaded on May 1, 2016, stood at 300,169,178 as of 9:20 a.m. Monday, becoming the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Park Hae-jin will open a video channel on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, industry sources said Monday. According to the sources, the largest social media network in China had asked the Korean actor, who enjoys huge popularity in the country, to open a channel titled “Park [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop has gone through a lull in early 2018, with the PyeongChang Winter Games prompting a virtual industry-wide freeze on major new releases. iKON’s “Love Scenario” reigned over the charts for more than 40 days since late January with no clear contender in sight. But with the Olympics out [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular boy band BIGBANG will put out an unpublished song performed by all five of its members for the first time in about a year, the group’s management agency said Thursday. “BIGBANG will release a song produced in its entirety,” YG Entertainment said in a release. “As Taeyang and [...]