SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — For the K-pop industry, the last six months have been a nightmare. Starting with the Burning Sun incident, a number of famous singers and celebrities have been embroiled in a series of criminal allegations. Burning Sun, the club where former BIGBANG member Seungri was a inside board director, turned [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean star actor Kim Soo-hyun was discharged from the military Monday, bracing himself for a return to show business. Meeting with media and fans in front of the Imjingak Peace Bell in Paju, north of Seoul, he thanked his fans for welcoming him. A number of fans from [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — It took less than four years for the top stars Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki to fall in love through a mega hit drama series, get married in a wildly publicized wedding ceremony and come to a surprising divorce that set off a whirlwind of rumors. The management agencies [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Top-profile Korean star couple Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki are taking legal steps to part ways, two years after their much-celebrated marriage, the stars’ management agencies said Thursday. A law firm representing the actor Song Joong-ki filed for court mediation for his divorce from the actress Song Hye-kyo with [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop diva Chungha on Monday released her fourth EP, “Flourishing,” whose title track is the first song she has composed. The fourth track, “Flourishing,” is a trap soul number written in English that sends out a message of self-confidence. The fifth song on the EP, and its main track, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band BTS’ four rounds of sensational fan meetings and concerts in the band’s home country of South Korea dazzled hundreds of thousands of avid fans over the past two weeks. But the events were shadowed by nagging complaints by ticket holders who were denied entry to the concerts [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Major landmarks in Seoul were illuminated in violet, the signature color of sensational K-pop band BTS, on Saturday as the band held its fan meeting and concerts in the capital in a festive mood. The septet held the Seoul leg of its “5th Muster [Magic Shop]” fan meeting and [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Major landmarks in Seoul will be illuminated in violet, the signature color of the sensational K-pop band BTS, over the weekend to celebrate the band’s concerts in its home country. The city will light up two major bridges — Hannam Bridge and Dongho Bridge — that link southern Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band Red Velvet has returned to reign over the summer K-pop scene with a hypnotic new number, “Zimzalabim,” after making a splash the past two summers. “I hope we can hit another jackpot as we did with ‘Red Flavor’ and ‘Power Up,’” member Wendy said in a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — When BTS returned to a hero’s welcome at Incheon International Airport after finishing its monthlong tour of the Americas and Europe, scores of fans and journalists eagerly awaiting their arrival burst out laughing. That’s because three members of the septet — Jin, Suga and J-Hope — appeared wearing flashy [...]