SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The hip-hop sub-unit of Infinite, “Infinite H,” held a showcase performing new songs from their second album “Fly Again.” In the showcase, group member Dongwoo revealed that he followed pretty women in the subway to compose the title track “Pretty.” During the showcase held at the AX Concert Hall in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – JYP Pictures’ web-drama ‘Dream Knights’ is getting a storm of sales requests from international broadcasters even though the first episode of the drama has yet to air. Dream Knights is a web drama that will be aired online in Korea, China and Thailand at the same time starting from January [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Chinese remake of the popular South Korean film “Miss Granny” has surpassed 10 million viewers in China, the movie’s South Korean co-producer said Tuesday. Since its release on Jan. 8 in 5,500 theaters across China, the Chinese-language film with the same English title, “Miss Granny,” had been watched by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Real Men, the Korean variety show featuring male celebrities undergoing Korean military training, has a new cast member, Sam Okyere. Three out of the eight original members of Real Men are now leaving the show, since they have been discharged from the service. Sam Hammington is one of the three, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An exhibition on the everyday life of Korean children is currently being held in the U.S. From November 15, 2014, the exhibition ‘Heart and Seoul: Growing up in Korea’ has been open to the public at the Children’s Museum of Houston. The exhibition has been organized so that content [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Jong-suk, the South Korean actor and model, is highly likely to be the most popular K Wave star in China this year, according to entertainment industry experts and reporters with knowledge of China’s show business market. Along with Lee, Jun Ji-hyun (Gianna Jun) is expected to be the top [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Pop singer Kim Jang-hoon has recently been investigated for smoking aboard a home-bound plane from France, prosecutors said Tuesday. Kim was accused of smoking a cigarette one time on Thursday in a toilet of a Korean Air flight bound for Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, after leaving [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean variety TV show ‘Star King‘ has been running for nine years, and is set to air its 400th episode. Its host Kang Ho-dong and other co-hosts gathered for a press conference celebrating the show’s 400th episode at SBS in Deungchon-dong, Seoul on January 19. Kang said that he [...]
WANDO, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Cheongsan Island, one of Korea’s slow cities, is the 7th drama location among the list of the 10 most favored tourist destinations in Korea by Japanese tourists, according to an announcement from the island’s county on January 18. The Korea Tourism Organization Fukuoka Branch conducted the survey on 246 Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — YG Entertainment signed a MoU with the Gyeonggi-do to develop a 100 billion won (US$ 92 million) K-pop culture and business cluster at a 49,600㎡ site in Sangok-Dong, Uijeongbu by December 2018. YG Entertainment co-CEO Yang Min-suk signed the MoU at a ceremony held on January 16. According to YG Entertainment, [...]