SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — It took about 40 years for a timid 12-year-old South Korean boy who dreamed of becoming a film director to grow up and capture four Oscar statuettes, including the most prestigious best picture. His black comedy “Parasite” was the biggest winner of this year’s Academy Awards held at Dolby [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — “#,” the second EP by rising K-pop girl band Loona, also known as Girl of the Month, topped the iTunes album charts in 56 countries and regions across the world Friday, the band’s management agency said. It is a record high number of iTunes album charts conquered by a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Seungri, a former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, has been sent a notification of his mandatory military service, while he has been on trial on charges of gambling and arranging prostitution, the military manpower agency said Tuesday. Last month, the prosecution indicted the scandal-ridden celebrity without physical detention [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS defeated Justin Bieber this week to become the longest-running artists atop Billboard’s Social 50 chart, the American pop magazine said Tuesday. “A long-standing record on Billboard’s Social 50 chart has been broken, as BTS spends its 164th week atop the list dated Feb. 8,” besting Justin [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Resuming its high-profile music career, girl band IZ*ONE will release a new album, “Bloom*Iz,” this month, its management agency said Monday. The new album, set for release on Feb. 17, is the 12-member girl group’s first full-length album, marking the resumption of the band’s activities after a three-month hiatus. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop band BTS on Monday dropped the second trailer for its upcoming album, “Map of the Soul: 7,” set for official release on Feb. 21. “Outro: Ego,” member J-Hope’s solo song and the outro track of the band’s fourth full album, was released on BTS’ social media accounts and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Next month will see an unusually feverish K-pop scene with a new album release by superstars BTS. But the music world here will be further abuzz as a number of other high-profile music acts will unveil new albums in February. On the calendar for February is an unprecedentedly eventful [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Seungri, the disgraced former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, has been indicted for allegedly gambling overseas and procuring prostitutes for investors. The scandal-ridden celebrity was indicted Thursday, without detention, on charges of overseas gambling and breaching the foreign exchange transaction act, as well as the act on the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS took the stage on a famous U.S. TV show early Wednesday morning, wearing sleek black suits and going barefoot for the debut performance of “Black Swan,” a track from its upcoming album. Against the backdrop of a forest in the blue light of dawn, the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean entertainment and broadcasting industries have been on full alert amid continued concerns over the Chinese coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 130 people and spread to many other countries and regions, industry sources said Wednesday. An increasing number of entertainment agencies have decided to defer [...]