SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The director of ‘Descendants of the Sun‘, the TV drama which is taking Korea and China by storm, recently revealed details about the casting process. In an interview with China’s Xinhua News Agency in Seoul, director Lee Eung-bok said that Song Joong-ki was not the first choice for the role. [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese media have put the ROK Army Special Forces (ROKA-SF) in the spotlight, due to the great popularity of the Korean drama ‘Descendants of the Sun’. The ROKA-SF was established on April 1, 1958. Troops from the unit typically infiltrate enemy camps, and execute operations such as guerilla fighting, disturbance [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – An inter-city bus connecting major tourist attractions in South Korea began operations on Friday to provide foreign travelers with a convenient transportation option and introduce hidden treasures, a tourism promotion agency said. The “K-travel Bus” exclusively serves foreigners who want to travel outside the capital city, to boost travel [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean conglomerate CJ has been the talk of the town for its thriving entertainment and cultural business to spread the Korean Wave beyond Asia, even drawing attention from the academic circle, company officials said Monday. A group of 30 students from Harvard Business School on Friday visited the CJ [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) - The K-pop event of South by Southwest (SXSW), the world’s largest music festival, drew hundreds of people, the South Korean content agency said Friday. More than 1,300 people gathered for K-pop’s Night Out, which featured seven South Korean artists including Mamamoo, Zion.T and Victim Mentality, on Thursday, according to the Korea Creative [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean mega-hit TV drama “Pretty Woman” will get a Chinese version, its producer said Tuesday. Bon Factory said the Chinese remake of the popular MBC TV romantic drama, which gained great popularity last year, will be co-produced with China’s J-Walk Studio, the entertainment agency for Chinese top star [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The sensational South Korean television series “Descendants of the Sun” has been giving Korean and Chinese viewers heartaches since it was first aired. The Chinese government is even warning viewers about possible ‘risks’ involved with watching the drama. According to Chinese media, the number of views prior to the [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) – South Korean TV dramas are captivating viewers in Argentina, another sign that the popularity of “hallyu” is rising in Latin America. “Stairway to Heaven” starring Kwon Sang-woo and Choi Ji-woo has recently been hovering around fifth in the local viewership ranking, according to the Korean Cultural Center in the South American country, [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) - The South Korean girl group industry is undergoing a generational shift, with new girl groups expanding their presence in the K-pop power structure. Almost 20 years has passed since the debut of the “first generational” girl groups — SES of S.M. Entertainment, Babyvox of DR Music and Fin.K.L. of DSP Entertainment – in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – With the digitization of life, a shorter attention span has become an epidemic of sorts, hijacking our ability to appreciate more time-consuming things in life. At least so the R&B quartet Brown Eyed Soul thinks because it means less people are willing to sit down for a full album [...]