SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Park Shin-hye, a rising Korean Wave star across Asia, became the new face of the world-class credit card network, Visa Inc. S.A.L.T. Entertainment, park’s talent agency, said on November 10 that she was selected as the newest face of the global brand following international personalities Zinedine Zidane and Paolo Rossi. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The recently signed Korea-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has finally laid a legal foundation for making a Chinese version of “My Love from the Star.” The drama, cast by Kim Soo-hyun and Jun Ji-hyun, is one of the Korean wave shows that brought the huge change in China’s fashion trend. [...]
“You really want me to die?” Bae Suzy, member of K-pop girl group “Miss A” and actress “There is a saying you shouldn’t hate the person even though you could hate the wrongful act committed by the person.” “That means you shouldn’t blame people who make mistakes. But what about those who hate and harass [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Seung-Cheol, Korea’s popular singer and a former rock band member, was held for hours in Japan’s airport while arriving in Tokyo. According to his talent management agency Jinnenwon Music Works, Lee was going to go to Japan at one of his acquaintances’ invitation on November 9 through an [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Min-ho, a young Korean actor famous overseas as well as at home, is rising high in Asia even before the release of the first film in which he plays a leading role. The upcoming movie “Gangnam 1970″ has already been sold in Asia’s major markets such as Japan, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Web drama “Love Cell” is attracting the public’s interest. As more and more people watch TV on their mobile devices while on the go, dramas shown exclusively on the Internet are getting more popular. Since the first episode of Love Cell was aired on November 2, it has logged [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China will soon announce a new regulation on foreign drama contents available on the Internet. Once the rule is in place, it would put a damper on the popularity of Korean dramas in China. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Minah, a member of K-pop girl group Girl’s Day, became a new employee of Samsung Electronics in a web-based drama “The Best Future.” In the web drama sponsored and produced by the Korean electronics giant, Minah acting as Mi-rae (meaning “future” in Korean) who was recently hired by Samsung [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean Actress Ko A-sung, a heroine of Bong Joon-ho’s dystopian sci-fi film “Snowpiercer,” signed an agency contract with a Hollywood talent agency Untitled Entertainment, said her management company 4Doors Entertainment on October 27. Ko’s signing with the Hollywood agency came after The New York Post spotlighted her on the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Nongshim’s Shin-Ramyun and the mega-hit drama “My Love from the Star” were among the masterpieces of Korea selected by the Chinese. The Korea Marketing Association (KMA) announced on October 23 that the list of 42 Korean masterpiece products “mostly loved by the Chinese.” KMA conducted an online survey with 10,768 [...]