SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Joowon and singer-actress BoA have broken up after being in relationship for nearly one year, their agencies said Monday. “The company confirmed that Joowon and BoA have recently ended their relationship,” Hwai Brothers Korea, Joowon’s agency, said in a release. “But we do not know the details,” it [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – With American President Donald Trump now in China, having passed through South Korea on his Asia-wide tour, details of his visit – from his appearances down to what he ate – have become trending topics of interest. When it was reported that ballad singer Park Hyo-shin, a member of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The wedding of the “Song-Song Couple” was an international event, with Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi attending and French luxury brand Dior designing the bride’s wedding gown. Through its official Instagram account, Dior showed behind-the-scenes photos of how the white dress composed of satin silk was put together. After sewing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting Monday, Korean cultural heritage will be featured on a huge billboard at Piccadilly Circus, one of the most popular areas of London, the South Korean government has said. The one-minute-long advertisement will run on the billboard owned by LG Electronics in the square 48 times a day till Nov. 30, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said. The video [...]
ISTANBUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As the 36th International Istanbul Book Fair opened in Istanbul on Saturday, the Korean pavilion for promoting Korean literature and culture drew a large crowd. With South Korea being the Guest of Honor for this year’s event, Turkish students flocked to the pavilion by twos and threes to get [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean cable TV music network Mnet has detected fraudulent votes cast in the upcoming 2017 Mnet Asia Music Awards (MAMA) and has eliminated the fake ballots, according to the company Friday. “From Oct. 26, 2017 to Nov. 1, 2017, ballot rigging occurred,” the company said. Mnet conducted a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group BTS has joined the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)’s campaign to fight violence against children. The boy band and the Korean Committee For UNICEF announced the launch of the “Love Myself” initiative Wednesday, a two-year fundraising scheme to support UNICEF’s #ENDviolence program. #ENDviolence, launched in 2013, is [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band TVXQ rewrote Japanese Oricon music chart history by having six albums hit the top of the weekly chart, a first by any foreign artist group, its agency said Tuesday. S.M. Entertainment said “FINE COLLECTION～Begin Again～” became their latest album to rank first on the weekly chart. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – BTS, EXO and other K-pop big names will be part of a concert celebrating the arrival of the torch for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games next week, the culture ministry said Wednesday. The concert will be held at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul and Incheon Songdo Moonlight Festival Park in Incheon, west of the capital, on Wednesday. It will also feature TWICE, BTOB and B.A.P, among other top K-pop [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band BTS has been named as one of the 15 most influential celebrities on social media by US Weekly, alongside American President Donald Trump and international pop star Beyonce. The seven-member band ranked 14th among the ‘most influential celebrities on social media’ according to the periodical, with [...]