SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) - The K-pop event of South by Southwest (SXSW), the world’s largest music festival, drew hundreds of people, the South Korean content agency said Friday. More than 1,300 people gathered for K-pop’s Night Out, which featured seven South Korean artists including Mamamoo, Zion.T and Victim Mentality, on Thursday, according to the Korea Creative [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean mega-hit TV drama “Pretty Woman” will get a Chinese version, its producer said Tuesday. Bon Factory said the Chinese remake of the popular MBC TV romantic drama, which gained great popularity last year, will be co-produced with China’s J-Walk Studio, the entertainment agency for Chinese top star [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The sensational South Korean television series “Descendants of the Sun” has been giving Korean and Chinese viewers heartaches since it was first aired. The Chinese government is even warning viewers about possible ‘risks’ involved with watching the drama. According to Chinese media, the number of views prior to the [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) – South Korean TV dramas are captivating viewers in Argentina, another sign that the popularity of “hallyu” is rising in Latin America. “Stairway to Heaven” starring Kwon Sang-woo and Choi Ji-woo has recently been hovering around fifth in the local viewership ranking, according to the Korean Cultural Center in the South American country, [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) - The South Korean girl group industry is undergoing a generational shift, with new girl groups expanding their presence in the K-pop power structure. Almost 20 years has passed since the debut of the “first generational” girl groups — SES of S.M. Entertainment, Babyvox of DR Music and Fin.K.L. of DSP Entertainment – in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – With the digitization of life, a shorter attention span has become an epidemic of sorts, hijacking our ability to appreciate more time-consuming things in life. At least so the R&B quartet Brown Eyed Soul thinks because it means less people are willing to sit down for a full album [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The filming set of the hit Korean drama “My Love from the Stars” will be replicated in Beijing for an exhibition, organizers said Friday. The show’s producer SBS said it has joined forces with a Chinese entertainment company to put on display a large-size filming set from the TV [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The signature horse-riding dance move by South Korean rap sensation Psy will be made into a landmark in front of a large shopping complex in southern Seoul, the local district office said Friday. The sculpture will consist of two fists positioned in the wrist movement of the dance routine [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Top South Korean and Chinese singers performed in a joint concert in Beijing Wednesday, drawing more than a thousand Chinese fans, the South Korean organizer said. The annual pop concert, now in its 17th year, brought together 11 South Korean singers and groups as well as 11 Chinese performers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been reported that Sir Elton John is planning to meet with Park Jin-young of JYP Entertainment to discuss a joint coconut water venture during the English pop legend’s visit to Korea. According to JYP, Elton John, who is in town to perform at the Understage in Itaewon, [...]