SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS has been nominated for three prizes at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, one of the American music industry’s awards. The septet was recognized for Best Duo/Group of the Year, Best Fan Army and Best Music Video for its 2021 megahit single “Butter.” For Best Duo/Group of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean global phenomenon “Squid Game” has been nominated for the annual Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards. The PGA on Thursday (U.S. time) announced nominations for this year’s awards show, honoring excellence in film and TV productions. The 33rd edition will take place on March 19. “Squid Game,” [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Kill This Love” has exceeded 1.5 billion views on YouTube, its management agency said Wednesday. The video hit the milestone at about 6 p.m. the previous day, becoming the second video from the group to do so after the 2018 hit [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Global TV sensation “Squid Game” and the music video for “My Universe,” a collaborative single between BTS and British rock band Coldplay, have been nominated for the 26th annual U.S. Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards. The ADG on Monday (U.S. time) announced nominations for this year’s awards show, which [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Three members of K-pop boy band iKON have tested positive for the coronavirus, their agency said Sunday. Kim Jin-hwan, Song Yun-heong and Kim Dong-hyuk were confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 after showing cold symptoms the previous day, according to YG Entertainment. The other three members — Bobby, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Eunhyuk, a member of popular K-pop group Super Junior, tested positive for the new coronavirus, the group’s management agency said Thursday. He underwent a COVID-19 test earlier in the day and was confirmed to have contracted the virus, according to Label SJ. “He was fully vaccinated and received a [...]