SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean rapper Psy’s “Hangover” was the most-viewed K-pop music video in the United States last year, a U.S. music service said Thursday. Released in June, “Hangover” topped the ranking of the most-viewed K-pop music videos in the U.S. for 2014 recently announced by Billboard magazine based on YouTube [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Min-Ho told the press about his transformation into a ragpicker in the new film ‘Gangnam 1970′, due to open on January 21. Lee attended the press conference at CGV Wangsimni in Seoul on January 13 alongside Kim Rae-Won, Jung Jin-Young, Kim Sul-Hyeon and the film’s director Yu Ha. The actor [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Just how many Hallyu (Korean Wave) fans are out there? According to a report published on January 12 by the Korea Foundation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the number of clubs dedicated to Hallyu numbered 1,248 from 79 countries in December 2014. The number of overall club members stood [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean drama dubbed in Spanish aired on Argentine TV for the first time from January 10, said the Korean Cultural Center (Centro Cultural Coreano) in Argentina. “Secret Garden,” a Korean hit drama, was broadcast on Magazine TV, a cable channel operated by Grupo Clarin, Argentina’s biggest media company. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – EXO was awarded the honor of the Best Global Idol Group at the 14th Annual Huading Awards in China on January 8. EXO-M members Chen and Lay attended the awards show to accept the honor. The Huading Awards are one of the most prestigious music awards in China, and are [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Prior to the official release of his first solo album, Jonghyun, a member of the K-pop band SHINee, held a showcase at SM TOWN in Seoul on January 8. During the showcase, Jonghyun sang his solo tracks including “Crazy,” “Deja-Boo,” and others from his solo album “Base of Jonghyun,” [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – SM Entertainment has introduced the first 3D hologram video musical in the world. ‘School OZ’ will play at the SM TOWN Coex Artium Building’s SM TOWN theater in Gangnam, Seoul on January 14. The musical will feature floating 3D holographic actors, while 40 meters of screens, 14 projectors and a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyuna’s ‘RED’ music video ranked fifth on Rolling Stone’s list of the best music videos of 2014. The Korean singer is the only Asian artist on the list. Rolling Stone wrote that Hyuna’s RED is a K-pop hit “switching from trap and hip-hop to bubbly pop” and that the music [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Nanta, the pioneering non-verbal performance show in Korea, is the first show ever whose accumulated number of viewers reached 10 million in the history of Korean stage productions, according to an announcement from PMC Production on January 2. The 10 millionth viewer was a Chinese tourist, who saw Nanta at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean consulates in China are issuing a record number of Korean visas for Chinese travelers thanks to the Korean wave in China. According to the Korean Consulate General in Shanghai, it issued 60 percent more visas compared to last year, surpassing the 800,000 mark for the first time for [...]