SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Kangin, a member of K-pop boy band Super Junior, appeared before prosecutors on Wednesday for questioning on charges of causing a traffic accident while under the influence of alcohol late last month. The 31-year-old, who already has a record of drunk driving from several years ago, is suspected of running [...]
JAKARTA, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – There’s a new hallyu (Korean wave) trend surging in Indonesia. Locals are using Korean elements to produce their own versions of cultural content. It’s a new step forward from the existing hallyu phenomenon in which the public consumes pure content exported from Korea. According to the Korean Cultural Center in [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – There are four movie character genres that exist in film that have attracted more than 10 million moviegoers in Korea. They are heroes, mentors, tricksters, and heralds. The herald is the one who brings the ‘Call to Adventure’ Image science professor Kim Su-jeong from Kyonggi University revealed the findings after [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The creators of the megahit South Korean TV series “Descendants of the Sun” said Wednesday they will produce a South Korean remake of the popular U.S. TV series “Criminal Minds.” The production company NEW said it has joined hands with the producers of another hit South Korean series, “Iris”; [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) – South Korean DJ Soda released her debut EP under a contract with Warner Music Korea, the music recording company said Friday. Dubbed “Closer,” her EP was released on music streaming services on Thursday at midnight. The four-song album consists of the lead song “Kung Fu Dab,” “Interstellar Love,” “Ball Bullet” [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Fans of Song Joong-ki, one of Korea’s top actors, went ballistic when Hite Jinro – a major Korean distiller – held a charity golf event in which a billboard of the actor’s real-life image was installed in the middle of the fairway. Hite Jinro held a fundraiser golf competition [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul is hosting a K-pop dance festival this week amid the rising popularity of Korean pop culture worldwide, the metropolitan city government said Thursday. The five-day 2016 K-pop Cover Dance Festival, which kicked off Wednesday, has gathered some 13 teams from nine countries who made it to the semi-finals [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The popular K-pop boy group EXO will release its third studio album next month, the group’s agency said Tuesday. It will be the first album by the act in six months since “Sing For You,” a winter-seasonal special album came out in December. S.M. Entertainment said the album will drop [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A workshop to transfer South Korea’s fashion know-how to Indonesia will be held in the Southeast Asian nation this week, one of the event’s co-organizers said Monday. The Seoul-based ASEAN-Korea Center said it will co-host the event with Indonesia’s trade ministry. The ASEAN-Korea Center was launched by South Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean music company YG Entertainment on Friday said it has attracted 100 billion won (US$85 million) in investment from the Chinese online giant Tencent and mobile ticketing service, Beijing Weiying Technology Co. YG said its CEO Yang Min-suk will sign an investment deal with Suman Wang, who is in [...]