SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Postage stamps designed after K-pop artist Kim Jae-joong from JYJ will be released in February in Japan. According to C-JeS Entertainment, preorders for ‘REBOOT’, a set of postage stamps consisting of Jae-joong’s pictures, began on Monday and instantly topped HMV’s sales chart. It’s the second time Jae-joong’s postage stamps have [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop band BTS appeared on American daytime talk program “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and thanked its U.S. fans for their warm support despite language and cultural barriers. The pre-taped broadcast was aired Monday afternoon (local time) and featured the group’s first TV performance of “Mic Drop,” which was released [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Soyou, former member of the disbanded K-pop group Sistar, will release her first solo album next month, according to her agency Monday. Soyou, whose real name is Kang Ji-hyun, will put out “Re:Born” on Dec. 13, Starship Entertainment said. The record will be “Part. 1,” or the first installment, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video of Psy’s “Gangnam Style” registered more than 3 billion views on YouTube at 8 a.m. Sunday, continuing to smash the video-sharing site’s records, according to his agency YG Entertainment. The electro-dance song, released in July 2012, and the signature horse-riding dance made the quirky rapper and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The video for K-pop boy group BIGBANG’s “Bae Bae” has surpassed 100 million views on Youtube. It hit the milestone on Tuesday night, becoming the 11th video from the group to garner 100 million views on the global video-sharing service, the group’s agency YG Entertainment said on Wednesday. The group performded before 50,000 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation boy band BTS has set a world record for Twitter engagements, its agency Big Hit Entertainment said Wednesday. The group has earned the honor, which is published by Guinness World Records, as the music group with the most Twitter engagements. It achieved an average of 152,112 retweets [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Song Joong-ki will host the 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards’ Hong Kong show next month, organizers said Monday, his first public appearance after getting married. The 9th edition of MAMA, one of South Korea’s largest year-end music awards show, will be held in three different countries over a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer Rain will release his new song “Let’s Break Up Today,” which he sang in a duet with a female singer, next Friday, his management company said. The sad ballad song about a man who wants to end a relationship with his old lover will be included on the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Bae Suzy, better known by her stage name Suzy, and Lee Min-ho have put an end to their romantic relationship, the actress’ agency confirmed Thursday. JYP Entertainment said the celebrity couple recently split after threeyears of dating. They were confirmed to be an item in March 2015. In September 2015 and August last year, rumors had it that the two parted [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said Tuesday they have found no traces of alcohol or drugs in late actor Kim Joo-hyuk’s body, reaffirming the preliminary conclusion that he died of a severe head injury inflicted in the tragic car accident late last month. Police released the autopsy and biopsy results on the veteran [...]