SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Thursday, June 30, was a shameful day for the Korean music industry. Park Yoo-chun, a K-pop singer from the group JYJ who’s under high media attention for a sexual assault scandal, and Lee Juno, a 90s pop star from Seo Taiji and Boys who was recently accused of sexual molestation, [...]
LOS ANGELES, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) that gives out the Academy Awards has appointed four Koreans who represent the country’s film community, including actor Lee Byung-hun, as its new members, according to its official website on Wednesday. Lee, best known to Western viewers for his [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band BigBang will hold a special concert to celebrate its 10th anniversary in August, the group’s agency said on Wednesday. The five-member hit K-pop group will stage “BigBang10 the Concert – 0.TO.10″ at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Aug. 20, according to YG Entertainment. The [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean entertainment giant S.M. Entertainment said Tuesday it has launched a fresh legal fight against three Chinese EXO members who left the group and breached their contract. “We recently filed 14 cases with local Chinese courts against Kris, Luhan and Tao for leaving their team without approval and [...]
ROME, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A local preliminary for the 2016 K-pop World Festival took place in Milan, Italy, organizers said on Sunday (local time). A total of 13 teams competed in the event at Elfo Puccini Theater in Milan on Saturday to secure a ticket to perform in the main event scheduled to [...]
NEW YORK, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Thousands of fans flocked to KCON New York over the weekend to experience “hallyu,” or K-pop, K-dramas and K-culture trends, which is expanding its sprawling fan base all over the world. The convention in Newark, New Jersey, was the second KCON in the greater New York City area [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The popular K-pop group BigBang was named the best world artist at an annual music awards ceremony hosted by an Italian cable TV channel, the group’s management said Monday. The boys won “Best Artist from the World” in the Italian MTV Awards 2016, becoming the only Korean act or [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Two more women filed complaints Friday claiming that they were sexually assaulted by Park Yoo-chun, a member of Korean idol group JYJ. But it didn’t take four victims for Park’s fans to finally turn their backs on someone they had supported and cherished even through Park’s more difficult years. The [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Park Yoo-chun of the boy band JYJ is in “panic mode” over snowballing allegations that he raped a woman, possibly more, his talent agency said Friday. The scandal made headlines after a woman in her 20s pressed charges against Park for rape. The charges were dropped earlier this week after [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean TV series “Signal” has done just as well in China as it did on its home turf, South Korea’s content agency said Friday. The time-travel crime series was viewed more than 100 million times cumulatively on the Chinese video website Tencent since April 18, when it was [...]