SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY will roll out a new EP next month, to be followed by the its first-ever U.S. tour, the group’s agency said Thursday. The five-member group will release the EP titled “Checkmate” at 1 p.m. on July 15, JYP Entertainment said. It marks the band’s first [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group aespa has reached a global partnership deal with the U.S. giant Warner Records, its South Korean management company said Wednesday, as the quartet looks to establish its presence in international markets. SM Entertainment said the deal with Warner covers music content distribution and marketing promotion. [...]
WASHINGTON, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean supergroup BTS highlighted the need to respect one another as they made their first visit to the White House on Tuesday for a rare meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden. The group also joined White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in a daily press briefing before meeting [...]
CANNES, France, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans Park Chan-wook and Song Kang-ho were named Best Director and Best Actor, respectively, at this year’s Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. It is the first time in the country’s cinema history that Korean films have taken home two titles at a time at the world’s most [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup Seventeen sold 1.75 million copies of its new album on the first day of its release, a record for the group, its agency said Saturday. The boy band released its fourth full-length album “Face the Sun” featuring the lead single “Hot” at 1 p.m. Friday and sold [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy group Seventeen returned with its fourth full-length album titled “Face the Sun” on Friday, unveiling an ambition to become as “hot” as the sun in the K-pop scene. The album released at 1 p.m. marks the band’s first since its last EP, “Attacca,” in October and first studio [...]
WASHINGTON, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group BTS will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House next week to discuss ways to deal with rising anti-Asian hate crimes in the U.S., the White House said Thursday. “On Tuesday, May 31st, global K-pop phenomenon and Grammy-nominated musical group from the Republic [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — While webtoon-based Korean films and TV series have risen as a tried-and-true source of fresh ideas for creators throughout the world, a growing number of Korean digital comics are making their own presence felt on the global stage. “Navillera: Like a Butterfly,” written by Hun and Jimmy and published [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kang Daniel, who debuted as a member of the now-defunct project boy group Wanne One, is back with cheerful songs Tuesday after a nearly three-year journey to find his true musical colors as a solo artist. He droped “The Story,” his first full-length album with his last album, the [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook’s latest feature film, “Decision to Leave,” has attracted high scores and favorable reviews from foreign news media following its premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival earlier this week. Screen Daily, British film magazine Screen International’s daily magazine for the film festival, reported Tuesday [...]