SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Vietnamese version of the 2011 South Korean box office sensation “Sunny” topped the Southeast Asian country’s box office in its opening weekend, the movie’s overseas distributor said Tuesday. Released on Friday, the new film, titled “Go Go Sisters,” collected 490,000 views in its first weekend, more than double [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop stars are often forced to leave the limelight in their prime to serve in the military. In South Korea, all able-bodied men are legally obligated to complete a military service term of around two years, as the country is technically still at war with North Korea. In the [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for K-pop act BTS’ “Fire” has been watched over 300 million times on YouTube, becoming the band’s second video to reach the milestone. The view count for the video, which was uploaded on May 1, 2016, stood at 300,169,178 as of 9:20 a.m. Monday, becoming the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Park Hae-jin will open a video channel on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, industry sources said Monday. According to the sources, the largest social media network in China had asked the Korean actor, who enjoys huge popularity in the country, to open a channel titled “Park [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop has gone through a lull in early 2018, with the PyeongChang Winter Games prompting a virtual industry-wide freeze on major new releases. iKON’s “Love Scenario” reigned over the charts for more than 40 days since late January with no clear contender in sight. But with the Olympics out [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular boy band BIGBANG will put out an unpublished song performed by all five of its members for the first time in about a year, the group’s management agency said Thursday. “BIGBANG will release a song produced in its entirety,” YG Entertainment said in a release. “As Taeyang and [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Likey” by K-pop group TWICE has surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, the team’s agency said Thursday. “Likey,” a track off the band’s first full-length studio album, “Twicetagram,” which was released in October last year, had garnered 200,157,388 views on the global video streaming platform as of 2 p.m., according to JYP Entertainment. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Project boy band Wanna One took the lead in seven music streaming charts with its latest song, “I.P.U.,” on Tuesday. Wanna One’s “I.P.U.,” released at 6 p.m. Monday, was ranked No. 1 on Melon, Genie, Bugs Music, Mnet, Soribada and Naver Music as of 8 a.m. Tuesday. iKON’s “Love [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 700,000 copies of K-pop boy band Wanna One’s new album have been pre-ordered, the group’s agency said Monday. YMC Entertainment said the pre-orders became available from Tuesday for the 11-strong act’s second EP, “0+1=1(I Promise You,” and that the number reached at 700,000 copies as of Friday. At 6 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop boy band iKON will have concerts in four Japanese cities from August to December, its agency said Friday. YG Entertainment said the seven-member act will hold concerts in Fukuoka on August 25-26, Nagoya on Sept.4-5, Tokyo on Nov. 6-7 and Osaka on Dec. 22-23. Next Wednesday, the group [...]