SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — What does ‘Korea’ remind global citizens of? According to a 2014 survey conducted by the Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) on 5,600 citizens from 14 countries, 17.2 percent of the respondents answered that K-pop is the first thing that came to mind when they thought of Korea. This is [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Show Time Entertainment, a Korean comedy agency, has signed a MoU with the Korea-China Federation of Culture, Tourism and Media (KCCTM) to jointly establish an agency based in Beijing, China. The agency will be located in Beijing’s National Music Industry Park, which houses music and acting studios. Show Time [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Group and Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), an investment company in Saudi Arabia, have entered into a partnership for their content businesses. CJ Group chairman Sohn Kyung-Shik met HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of KHC, on March 8. Sohn said that CJ Group is Asia’s best content company, and offers [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Caffe Bene, the top Korean coffee shop franchise, has chosen actor Kim Soo-Hyun as its global face, said the company on March 8. The company currently operates 1,500 shops in 12 countries. Kim Soo-Hyun has been chosen for his pan-Asian popularity, which will help Caffe Bene to make inroads in [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO is set to become the first idol band ever to have a five-day concert series at a 10,000-seat gymnastics stadium. The group faced adversity last year, as two former members, Kris and Luhan, left the band. However, the hurdle has been overcome, and the remaining members now stand as one [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — TVXQ, the two member Korean group, received five trophies at Japan’s 29th Golden Disk Awards for the second consecutive year. TVXQ was awarded ‘Best Asian Artist,’ ‘Best Album in Asia,’ ‘Best Music Video in Asia’ and two ‘Top Three Albums in Asia’ titles. TVXQ’s three Japanese tours between 2012 and 2014 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Dong-Jun, a member of Korean 9 member boy band ZE:A, has been cast as a lead in a web-drama of Korean and Chinese production, said Kim’s agency Star Empire Entertainment on February 26. The web-drama entitled ‘About Love’ will be a two-part romantic comedy. ‘Secret Love’ and ‘Milky Love’ will [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean government is planning to develop a massive business belt composed of at least five private-public development projects and a 260 billion won (US$ 235 million) fund for the Korean content industry. President Park Geun-Hye attended the opening ceremony of CJ E&M Center, the business belt’s first project, in Sangam-dong, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A domestic film depicting the life of a typical father from Korea’s older generation surpassed the 13 million viewer mark at the local box office, just 53 days after its release last year, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). With the milestone, the film “Ode to My Father” [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The world’s leading music industry event, SXSW Music and Media Conference, is holding a ‘K-Pop Night Out’ that showcases 8 Korean bands on March 19, according to an announcement from the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) on February 5. The featured bands are Epik High, Crayon Pop, indie rock band [...]