SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean sci-fi horror “The Silent Sea” was the most-viewed non-English TV show over a recent one-week period among those on Netflix, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. The drama topped Netflix’s official weekly chart for non-English TV programs with 47.8 million hours of viewing for the week [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – V, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, is about to make it onto the Billboard main singles chart for this week with his individual single “Christmas Tree.” The song will debut at No. 79 on the Hot 100 for this week, Billboard said on its Twitter on Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Two more members of the K-pop supergroup BTS — RM and Jin — were confirmed to have fully recovered from the new coronavirus and released from isolation Tuesday after Suga, their agency said. “Members RM and Jin were released from isolation at noon as they were confirmed to have [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga of K-pop supergroup BTS has fully recovered from the new coronavirus and been released from isolation, his agency said Monday. “Suga was released from isolation at noon as he was confirmed to have fully recovered from COVID-19,” Big Hit Music said on the agency’s fan community platform Weverse. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — J-hope, a member of K-pop superband BTS, donated 100 million won (US$84,000) Friday for children suffering economic hardships amid the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, a charity group said. According to ChildFund Korea, J-hope expressed hope that his donation will be used to help children in need have a warm winter. [...]
JEJU, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A small town on Jeju Island is going viral on social media after a surprise visit from Jimin, a member of K-pop superband BTS. Nuwemaru Street, a busy shopping district in the city of Jeju, was hosting a Christmas event on Saturday to promote the local economy. Jimin, on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The global TV sensation “Squid Game” will likely return not only with season 2 but also with season 3, its creator Hwang Dong-hyuk said Tuesday. “I’m in talks with Netflix over season 2 as well as season 3,” Hwang said in an online interview with Korean broadcaster KBS. “We [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment, a leading K-pop agency, formed a new supergroup Monday with seven of its top female artists. GOT the beat consists of diva BoA; Taeyeon and Hyoyeon of Girls’ Generation; Seulgi and Wendy of Red Velvet and Karina and Winter of aespa. It is the first group formed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group TWICE will hold two concerts at Tokyo Dome on April 23-24 as part of its ongoing world tour, the group’s management agency said Monday. They will become the group’s first performances in Japan since 2019, when it performed in seven big cities in the country [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS has become the first international act to be best-selling artist of the year in Japan. According to the annual rankings released by Japanese music tracker Oricon on Friday, the septet placed No. 1 on the total sales by artist, based on the aggregated sales of albums, [...]