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Enhypen’s New Album Debuts at No. 14 on Billboard 200

Enhypen’s New Album Debuts at No. 14 on Billboard 200

SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group Enhypen’s latest album, “Dimension: Answer,” has ranked 14th on the Billboard 200 main albums chart. “Dimension: Answer,” a repackaged version of its first full-length album “Dimension: Dilemma” released in October, became the third album from the septet to make it onto the chart. Billboard 200 [...]

80 pct of Foreigners Have Positive Views of S. Korea: Survey

80 pct of Foreigners Have Positive Views of S. Korea: Survey

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight in 10 foreigners living in and out of South Korea positively view the country, a government survey showed Monday. The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) canvassed 12,500 non-Koreans aged 16 and more in 24 countries around the world in September and found 80.5 percent of the respondents [...]

Exports of S. Korean Content Industry Rise in 2020 Despite Pandemic

Exports of S. Korean Content Industry Rise in 2020 Despite Pandemic

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Exports of South Korea’s content industry rose 16.3 percent on-year in 2020 on the back of the global popularity of Korean pop culture, despite the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Monday. The industry’s outbound shipments stood at US$11.9 billion in 2020, compared with $10.25 billion a year earlier, according [...]

S. Korean Romance TV Series Gain Popularity on Netflix

S. Korean Romance TV Series Gain Popularity on Netflix

SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s romantic TV series have recently made their global presence strong through Netflix, prompting global streaming services to expand their 2022 slate with romances. The romantic comedy “Our Beloved Summer,” starring Choi Woo-shik of “Parasite” and Kim Da-mi, has been on the top 10 of Netflix’s official weekly [...]

S. Korea Remains No. 2 Most Popular Content Provider on Netflix in Q4 2021

S. Korea Remains No. 2 Most Popular Content Provider on Netflix in Q4 2021

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea remained the No. 2 supplier of popular content to Netflix in the fourth quarter of last year, U.S. online media have reported. According to What’s On Netflix, a private online site that provides information on Netflix content, on Wednesday (U.S. time), South Korean-made shows accounted for 11.8 [...]

Enhypen’s Repackage Album Sold 510,000 Copies in First Week

Enhypen’s Repackage Album Sold 510,000 Copies in First Week

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Enhypen’s latest repackage album sold more than 500,0000 copies in the first week of its release, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. “Dimension: Answer,” a repackaged version of the group’s first full-length album “Dimension: Dilemma” released in October, has sold 514,291 copies for a week from [...]