CHUNCHEON, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the famous filming locations of the 2002 hit drama series “Winter Sonata” in Chuncheon, northeastern South Korea, will be dismantled due to a housing redevelopment project, the city government said Saturday. The so-called Junsang’s House in Chuncheon, 85 kilometers east of Seoul, which was one of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In the latest series of vibrant songs aimed at brushing off the pandemic blues, K-pop songstress Sunmi has also lightened up for “You Can’t Sit With Us,” the main track of her new EP “1/6.” The 29-year-old singer, whose discography is marked by bold performances and lyrics that encapsulate [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — August is set to be another star-studded month in the K-pop scene, with major female soloists and groups preparing to release new songs for the scene’s biggest season. In chronological order, soloist Sunmi is set to drop her first EP in three years Friday. While the sassy vocalist has [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BLACKPINK will hold a pop-up exhibition later this month to mark the fifth anniversary of its debut, the group’s management agency said Thursday. The exhibition, part of the group’s earlier announced “4+1 project,” will take place at YG Entertainment’s headquarters in western Seoul from Aug. 21 to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean superband BTS sat atop Billboard’s main singles chart for the 10th consecutive week, with “Butter” leading the latest Hot 100. “‘Butter’ is officially No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100 chart for a ninth week,” Billboard said on its Twitter account on Monday (U.S. time). The song had [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Five-piece girl group Red Velvet will release a new EP in mid-August, the first new album in nearly two years, its management agency said Monday. The group’s upcoming album “Queendom,” which carries six tracks, will drop globally at 6 p.m. on Aug. 16, according to SM Entertainment. In line [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of popular boy band GOT7, who left their long-time agency JYP Entertainment earlier this year, are stepping up their music activities through solo projects. The seven-piece act — consisting of Mark, Jay B, Jackson, Jinyoung, Youngjae, BamBam and Yugyeom — in January left JYP after seven years without [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Zo In-sung has donated 500 million won (US$433,000) to build a school in Tanzania, a local welfare foundation said Wednesday. The money was used to build the Singida New Vision School in central Tanzania in 2018, the Miral Welfare Foundation belatedly revealed in celebration of the [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean supergroup BTS sat atop the Billboard’s main singles chart for the ninth consecutive week as its hit single “Butter” returned to the throne after briefly giving way to its own latest single. “‘Butter’ officially returns to No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100 chart for an eighth total [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean superband BTS said it hopes to play an active role in helping youths around the world amid global challenges like economic hardships, inequality and the ongoing pandemic. The seven-piece group, which has rewritten history by ruling Billboard charts and becoming the first Korean pop group to receive [...]