SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An exhibition on the everyday life of Korean children is currently being held in the U.S. From November 15, 2014, the exhibition ‘Heart and Seoul: Growing up in Korea’ has been open to the public at the Children’s Museum of Houston. The exhibition has been organized so that content [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Jong-suk, the South Korean actor and model, is highly likely to be the most popular K Wave star in China this year, according to entertainment industry experts and reporters with knowledge of China’s show business market. Along with Lee, Jun Ji-hyun (Gianna Jun) is expected to be the top [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Pop singer Kim Jang-hoon has recently been investigated for smoking aboard a home-bound plane from France, prosecutors said Tuesday. Kim was accused of smoking a cigarette one time on Thursday in a toilet of a Korean Air flight bound for Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, after leaving [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean variety TV show ‘Star King‘ has been running for nine years, and is set to air its 400th episode. Its host Kang Ho-dong and other co-hosts gathered for a press conference celebrating the show’s 400th episode at SBS in Deungchon-dong, Seoul on January 19. Kang said that he [...]
WANDO, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Cheongsan Island, one of Korea’s slow cities, is the 7th drama location among the list of the 10 most favored tourist destinations in Korea by Japanese tourists, according to an announcement from the island’s county on January 18. The Korea Tourism Organization Fukuoka Branch conducted the survey on 246 Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — YG Entertainment signed a MoU with the Gyeonggi-do to develop a 100 billion won (US$ 92 million) K-pop culture and business cluster at a 49,600㎡ site in Sangok-Dong, Uijeongbu by December 2018. YG Entertainment co-CEO Yang Min-suk signed the MoU at a ceremony held on January 16. According to YG Entertainment, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean rapper Psy’s “Hangover” was the most-viewed K-pop music video in the United States last year, a U.S. music service said Thursday. Released in June, “Hangover” topped the ranking of the most-viewed K-pop music videos in the U.S. for 2014 recently announced by Billboard magazine based on YouTube [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Min-Ho told the press about his transformation into a ragpicker in the new film ‘Gangnam 1970′, due to open on January 21. Lee attended the press conference at CGV Wangsimni in Seoul on January 13 alongside Kim Rae-Won, Jung Jin-Young, Kim Sul-Hyeon and the film’s director Yu Ha. The actor [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Just how many Hallyu (Korean Wave) fans are out there? According to a report published on January 12 by the Korea Foundation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the number of clubs dedicated to Hallyu numbered 1,248 from 79 countries in December 2014. The number of overall club members stood [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean drama dubbed in Spanish aired on Argentine TV for the first time from January 10, said the Korean Cultural Center (Centro Cultural Coreano) in Argentina. “Secret Garden,” a Korean hit drama, was broadcast on Magazine TV, a cable channel operated by Grupo Clarin, Argentina’s biggest media company. [...]