SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean zombie flick “Train to Busan” became the 11st most-viewed film in South Korea, drawing more than 11 million in attendance, data showed Thursday. The movie directed by Yeon Sang-ho has garnered 11,007,065 viewers until Wednesday, the 29th day of its run, according to the computerized box-office figures from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean hit television show “Reply 1988″ drew 200 million views in the month since its China launch in June, government data showed Thursday. The latest version of the drama-comedy “Reply” series on cable network tvN has raked in a total of 235 million views from June 20 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s two hottest idols, Zico and Seolhyun, confirmed to be an item, their management agencies said Wednesday. According to Seven Seasons and FNC Entertainment, the management agencies for Zico of boy band Block B and Seolhyun from girl group AOA, respectively, the two idols “became attached to and relied [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – “It took me 14 hours to get to L.A.,” said 17-year-old Conny, who flew all the way from her home in Argentina for the annual K-pop convention KCON that took place in Los Angeles last weekend. The popularity of Korean culture has grown considerably in South America over the past [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Globally followed South Korean actor Lee Min-ho and his actress girlfriend Suzy denied breakup rumors, their agencies said on Monday. After Lee’s agency MYM Entertainment and Suzy’s JYP Entertainment directly asked the star couple, both agencies told Yonhap that the breakup rumor is groundless. The separation rumor ignited after [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean pop singers Psy and Rain, as well as the boy band WINNER were honored during a Chinese music awards ceremony, their management companies said Friday. Psy and Rain received the “Tencent Video Best Concert” and “Best Overseas Artist” awards, respectively, during the MTV Asia Music Gala 2016 [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Two South Korean rappers have been indicted on charges of smoking marijuana, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said rapper Iron, 24, is suspected of smoking the banned substance three times between December 2014 and March last year. Rapper Kidoh, 24, is also suspected of smoking [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Girls’ Generation will release a new song dedicated to its fans to celebrate its ninth anniversary, the idol group’s agency said on Tuesday. The eight-member K-pop act will roll out “That Summer” on Aug. 5 at 12 a.m. through digital music streaming channel Station, operated by the band’s agency [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – “Train to Busan,” one of the nation’s most attention-getting films this summer, has set a new one-day attendance record of all movies ever screened in the country, data showed Sunday. The apocalyptic zombie thriller drew an audience of 1,280,944 on Saturday alone, according to the computerized box-office figures from [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — From instant noodles to bread and beef broth soup, Korean food is gaining interest overseas from consumers outside of the usual group of Korean residents and a handful of Korea followers, a leading trade body said Monday. South Korea’s instant noodles, ramyeon, ranks second after Taiwan in the Chinese [...]