SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop boy group Super Junior will return to the K-pop music scene in October with less members, its management agency said Monday. Originally consisted of 11, the restructured team will be made up of seven members — Leeteuk, Heechul, Shindong, Yesung, Eunhyuk, Donghae and Siwon — said Label SJ, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 1 discount retail outlet E-Mart said Sunday that it will expand work with a leading K-pop agency to market products that can attract young shoppers. The chain store, a key affiliate of retailer Shinsegae Group, said it will create 49 everyday products in cooperation with SM [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Life imitates art as Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki of “Descendants of the Sun” fame have not only stepped out as a couple but also announced that they will tie the knot this coming October. “Descendants of the Sun” centers on the characters of Yoo Shi-jin (Song Joong-ki), a captain [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Star actors Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo, who appeared as a fictional couple in the hit TV series “Descendants of the Sun,” announced Wednesday they are getting married in October. “Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo plan to marry on Oct. 31,” said Blossom Entertainment and UAA, the companies representing [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Today’s K-pop has a plethora of talented, self-producing idol artists, such as Highlight, WINNER and EXID, just to name a few. But the supposed first-generation bands back in the ’90s were almost exclusively manufactured and tailored — from songs, to style and even public behavior — as are still [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop idol group Girls’ Generation will come out with a new full-length album next month, its agency said Tuesday. The record will be released on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the group’s debut, which falls on Aug. 5, S.M. Entertainment said. No further details of the album [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Lee Min-ho will release a photo book that was shot in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, his agency said Monday. The album, titled “DMZ, The Records of 500 Days,” will come out July 10, according to MYM Entertainment. The pictures were taken while filming “DMZ, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — AOA 53 months, EXID 52 months, Girl’s Day 32 months and Mamamoo 30 months. TWICE and BLACKPINK? Unknown. You might think these are how long it took for the respective K-pop artists to break out. But no. These groups actually built their name recognitions much faster. They’re how long [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — With an early summer heat wave gripping the nation, dormant K-pop players are coming out of the woodwork to wage a hot music chart war this summer — with Mamamoo taking aim with its fifth EP album “Purple.” “The color purple is produced by mixing pink and blue. Pink [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Season two of “Produce 101,” Mnet’s all-male idol audition show, topped a TV popularity index for 10 weeks straight, data showed Tuesday. “Produce 101″ scored 285.1 points on the Content Power Index (CPI), becoming the most popular TV program from June 5-June 11. CPI, developed by entertainment company CJ [...]