SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid snowballing criminal allegations that Seungri of globally popular K-pop boy band BIGBANG was behind a sex-for-business favor deal, the singer on Monday offered to retire entirely from the entertainment scene. “It would be better for me to retire from the entertainment scene at this point,” Seungri said in [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The global photo- and video-sharing platform Instagram aims to help South Korean culture, noticeably K-pop and esports, expand globally, the company’s new chief said Monday. “K-pop is much more than just music,” CEO Adam Mosseri told reporters in Seoul, emphasizing the significance of the local market as an innovation [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM has teamed up with Big Hit Entertainment, the management agency of the sensational K-pop boy band BTS, to launch an idol band on the global music scene, according to CJ on Monday. The two firms established a joint venture named Belif Lab, aiming [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Within one day of the release of its debut album, TXT, the new boy band from BTS’ management agency, took global album charts by storm Tuesday. The five-track album, “The Dream Chapter: Star,” which hit the global music scene Monday evening, topped the iTunes album charts in 44 countries [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A pink-hued photo image of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK hit the cover of the Billboard magazine’s March edition, making the quartet the first Korean female music group representing the American pop magazine. The cover image of Billboard’s March edition was released on its official website on Thursday (U.S. time), [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Choi Seo-hyun, a big fan of BTS, recently bought a card bearing a photo of band member Jungkook via Twitter. The card was from the boy band’s latest album, “Love Yourself: Answer,” which comes with a random photo of one of the seven members. “It’s a probability of one [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group Mamamoo will return to the K-pop scene with a new album next month, its agency said Thursday. The four-member act’s new EP, the title of which has yet to be revealed, is scheduled to be unveiled on March 14. “The upcoming album will be the finale of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Lee Jong-suk will be temporarily away from his fans from next month to complete his mandatory military duty as a public service worker, his management agency said Tuesday. “Lee will begin his alternative military service as a public service worker on March 8,” A-Man Project said in a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop phenomenon BTS has launched an online archive, inspired by its dedicated fans around the world, where their fans, known as Army, can get together to record memories from the band’s six-year career, the band’s management agency said Friday. “Armypedia” at www.armypedia.net has gone online and will officially [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The culture ministry, and an affiliated government agency, said Friday they have unveiled a fashion collaboration between Korean designer brands and popular girl group Red Velvet at a showroom in New York City. “The Selects X Red Velvet,” unveiled on Feb. 21 (U.S. time), is the first collaboration from [...]