SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Since its debut in 2010, “Running Man” has captivated fans at home and in the broader Asian region with its unique competition-oriented format and lineup of hilarious show members, becoming a fixture in Sunday evening prime time. It now is the longest-running variety show on the SBS channel. This [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The music label of boy band BTS said Wednesday it will throw a global audition this year to launch a K-pop girl group around 2021. “In cooperation with Source Music, Big Hit is set to host the ‘Plus Global Audition’ to recruit members for a new girl group with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In celebration of the 25th birthday of RM, the leader of the popular boy band BTS, his fans created a forest in his name at a public park along the Han River in Seoul, an environmental group said Tuesday. Some 250 fans gathered around the landmark clock tower on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — At the height of his K-pop career this week, Hwang Min-hyun, a member of five-piece boy band NU’EST, launched a new show business career which his fans scarcely expected. The 24-year-old Hwang appeared to his fans in his first acting role in the famous musical, “Marie Antoinette,” as the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — “Dae Jang Geum,” “Winter Sonata,” “All In” and “Lovers in Paris” — These are the names of mega-hit Korean dramas believed to have contributed to creating the Korean Wave in the early 2000s across the Asian region. South Korea’s major terrestrial broadcasters such as KBS, MBC and SBS led [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Having enthralled some 210,000 fans with the Japanese edition in July of its “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” world tour, K-pop super band BTS returned home to a hero’s welcome for its feat of bringing the peoples of South Korea and Japan together despite the countries’ deteriorating diplomatic ties. When [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS will host a set of four Japanese fan meetings in the last two months of the year, the band’s Japanese fan site showed Sunday. The upcoming events in Japan are a follow-up to the septet’s recent fan meeting series “BTS 5TH MUSTER [MAGIC SHOP],” held [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of Indonesian tourists to South Korea jumped nearly 15 percent in the first half of 2019 from a year earlier as the country emerged as a Muslim-friendly travel destination, Seoul’s tourism promotion agency said Sunday. Around 112,000 Indonesian tourists visited South Korea in the first six months [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, home to K-pop superstars BTS, has revealed its larger-than-expected revenue for the first half of 2019, proving itself to be a great potential game changer in the industry. The unlisted company said Wednesday it posted a record 200.1 billion won (US$166.5 billion) in sales for the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A new drama series featuring the growth story of global K-pop band BTS is under production to be aired next year, the head of the band’s music label said Wednesday. “With a view to launch it in the second half of 2020, (we) are preparing a drama series based [...]