SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The local pop culture market has suffered a heavy blow from the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, but the K-pop industry remains less affected thanks to the strongest sales of physical albums in a decade. “Noeasy,” the second full-length album by boy band Stray Kids, recently became the first-ever million seller [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The smash-hit Korean-language drama series “Squid Game” has become Netflix’s most successful original content, the U.S. streaming giant said Wednesday. Netflix said the dystopian series had been viewed by more than 111 million accounts in the first 28 days since it debuted on Sept. 17. The previous record holder [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising rookie group Enhypen on Tuesday expressed hope for becoming the hottest band in the K-pop industry during a media event before dropping the first full-length album after the group’s debut about a year ago. “We want to grow more in the future and become the hottest K-pop group, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising South Korean girl group aespa will appear on NBC’s “The Kelly Clarkson Show” this weekend, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The group will perform the title track of its latest EP “Savage,” appearing on the popular American TV show on Saturday at 3 a.m. (on Korean time), [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group NCT 127 will release a repackaged version of its latest hit album “Sticker” late this month, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The band’s third full-length album “Sticker” was released on Sept. 17 and has sold more than 2 million copies since then. Its repackaged album [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — “My Universe,” a joint project between K-pop supergroup BTS and British rock band Coldplay, dropped to 12th place on Billboard’s main singles chart this week. Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) that the song was down 11 notches from the previous week’s No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart, which [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Four main cast members of Netflix’s runaway hit “Squid Game” appeared on popular American talk show “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday (U.S. time), sharing their feelings about the show’s global popularity and stories from behind the scenes. South Korean actors Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 20 new words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) published by Oxford University Press in Britain, reflecting the spread of Korean culture across the globe. The Oxford University Press announced that the dictionary’s September update included 26 words related to Korean culture. “K-pop, K-drama, K-beauty, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Three members of the disbanded K-pop girl group GFriend will be reunited to create a new team, their new management agency said Wednesday. “Eunha, SinB and Umji have recently signed exclusive contracts (with us),” startup K-pop agency Big Planet Made said in a press release. “They will engage in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — An elderly couple that has been selling Korean sugar candy “dalgona” in Seoul’s main theater street of Daehangno for 25 years hit the jackpot after creating the dalgonas that appear in the Netflix original Korean drama series “Squid Game.” Social media has been flooded with posts of photos and [...]