SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – EXO was awarded the honor of the Best Global Idol Group at the 14th Annual Huading Awards in China on January 8. EXO-M members Chen and Lay attended the awards show to accept the honor. The Huading Awards are one of the most prestigious music awards in China, and are [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Prior to the official release of his first solo album, Jonghyun, a member of the K-pop band SHINee, held a showcase at SM TOWN in Seoul on January 8. During the showcase, Jonghyun sang his solo tracks including “Crazy,” “Deja-Boo,” and others from his solo album “Base of Jonghyun,” [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – SM Entertainment has introduced the first 3D hologram video musical in the world. ‘School OZ’ will play at the SM TOWN Coex Artium Building’s SM TOWN theater in Gangnam, Seoul on January 14. The musical will feature floating 3D holographic actors, while 40 meters of screens, 14 projectors and a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyuna’s ‘RED’ music video ranked fifth on Rolling Stone’s list of the best music videos of 2014. The Korean singer is the only Asian artist on the list. Rolling Stone wrote that Hyuna’s RED is a K-pop hit “switching from trap and hip-hop to bubbly pop” and that the music [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Nanta, the pioneering non-verbal performance show in Korea, is the first show ever whose accumulated number of viewers reached 10 million in the history of Korean stage productions, according to an announcement from PMC Production on January 2. The 10 millionth viewer was a Chinese tourist, who saw Nanta at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean consulates in China are issuing a record number of Korean visas for Chinese travelers thanks to the Korean wave in China. According to the Korean Consulate General in Shanghai, it issued 60 percent more visas compared to last year, surpassing the 800,000 mark for the first time for [...]
SEOUL, Dec 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Jessica, the ex-member of Girls Generation, expressed her desire to succeed in China. On December 23rd, Jessica was spotted at the 2014 SOHU Fashion Awards in China. She was awarded the “Asian Fashion Icon of the Year” award, which ex-EXO member Kris and G-Dragon’s reported girlfriend Kiko Mizuhara also received. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of South Korean pop singer Yoon Mi-rae said Friday that it will take legal action against Sony Pictures Entertainment for allegedly using one of her songs in a controversial movie without permission. “The Interview,” a comedy about the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, hit about 320 [...]
SEOUL, Dec 25 (Korea Bizwire) – New York Magazine named Korean boy band Big Bang’s Taeyang and G-Dragon as some of the best-dressed street-style stars of 2014, YG entertainment said on December 24. In an article about 45 of the most fashionable street-style stars, Taeyang and G-Dragon ranked 42nd. New York Magazine commented on them [...]
SEOUL, Dec 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Son Yeon-jae, a South Korean rhythmic gymnast, donated all the 10 million won prize money that she won in the MBN Women’s Sports Awards held in the evening of December 23 to the Salvation Army Korea. Son said, “I always wanted to give back to society for love and [...]