SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Gary of the popular variety show “Running Man” shared his feelings about leaving the program on his Instagram account Friday. The rapper, who announced his departure through SBS earlier this week, said the seven years he spent on the show were “unforgettably happy moments of my life” and thanked [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Actors and actresses from the TV series Love in the Moonlight hosted a fan-meeting event on Wednesday afternoon at Gyeongbokgung, an ancient Joseon Dynasty palace. The event, which attracted some 5,000 fans, was highlighted by Park Bo-gum, who portrays the lead protagonist in the series. The actor quickly rose to stardom after [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A story about young people drinking alone after work has found an eager audience here. “Drinking Solo,” a Monday-Tuesday series on cable channel tvN, rose two notches to sixth place on the Content Power Index (CPI) after scoring 226.3 points in the first week of this month. The CPI, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – American hip-hop/EDM group Far East Movement will release a new album featuring several Korean mainstream musicians, the band’s publicist said Tuesday. “In the much-anticipated album, EXO’s Chanyeol, Yoon Mi-rae, Jay Park, Sistar’s Hyorin and Urban Zakapa each collaborated in different tracks, enriching the album,” PR company HNS HQ said. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A number of world-class movie directors and actors will make appearances at Asia’s largest film festival to be held in South Korea’s largest port city in October, the event’s organizing committee said Monday. This year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), set to run from Oct. 6 to 15 in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s espionage film “The Age of Shadows” swept local cinemas during the Chuseok holiday this week, surpassing 5 million viewers, data showed Saturday. According to data compiled by the state-run Korean Film Council (KFC), the film broke the 5 million mark after recording an accumulated audience of more [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 150 local retailers, fashion companies and cosmetics firms will participate in South Korea’s biggest shopping festival, “Korea Sale Festa,” slated for later this month, the trade ministry here said Tuesday. During the Sept. 29-Oct. 9 event, 153 companies will offer big discounts to shoppers and foreign visitors [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s leading talent agency SM Entertainment is going to Japan with its restaurant business that has drawn unexpected success at home, company officials said Monday. SM aims to open “SMT Tokyo,” the Japanese branch and the first overseas version of SMT Seoul, within six months, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean pop culture has expanded in size and market from Asia to the North American continent, a state-run media research institution said on Thursday. Citing its analysis of 24,208 news articles on Korean pop the culture published here from January 2001 to June 2016, Seoul-based Korea Press [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s leading distiller, HiteJinro, has chosen a new marketing strategy for a fresh wave of TV commercials, with the new ads featuring some of the hottest K-pop stars drinking soju, seemingly tipsy, while casually singing their talents away – behavior that is perhaps appropriate given that the ads are [...]