SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band TWICE will hit the Tokyo Dome stadium next year on a new Tokyo leg of its ongoing world tour, the band’s management agency said Monday. The girl band is currently on the globe-trotting concert tour, with its Japanese leg having kicked off last week in Hokkaido. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon, the leader of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, was discharged from the military Saturday, bracing himself for a return to show business. Meeting with media and fans in front of the Ground Operations Command in Yongin, south of Seoul, G-Dragon, whose real name is Kwon Ji-yong, thanked his fans [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop super band BTS’ six-month world tour is expected to generate aggregate sales of 200 billion won (around US$170.50 million), with more than a cumulative 1 million fans entertained by its 20 concerts, data available from the band’s management agency said Friday. The latest world concert tour, “Love [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop superband BTS’ upcoming concerts in Seoul will be broadcast live in movie theaters in six Asian countries, the band’s management agency said Wednesday. With three days of concerts in the band’s home country, set for Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday, BTS will wrap up its latest globe-trotting concert [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Tomorrow X Together, a new idol group managed by the agency of global superband BTS, dropped its first full-length album Monday. The eight-track full-length album titled “The Dream Chapter: Magic” is the quintet’s second music release following their breakout debut in March. The debut album, “The Dream Chapter: Star,” [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In recent years, Gong Yoo has risen to be one of the most sought-after A-list celebrities in South Korea thanks to two mega hit films and one TV drama — “Train To Busan” (2016), “The Age of Shadows” (2016) and “Guardian: The Lonely and Great God” (2017). In particular, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans and fellow K-pop stars bade their final farewells to Sulli as her coffin finally left for her burial early Thursday. The 25-year-old K-pop star and actress, whose legal name was Choi Jin-ri, was found dead at her residence in Seongnam, south of Seoul Monday, sending a shockwave across [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — When South Korea’s biggest annual art show, the Korean International Art Fair (KIAF), was on its course at the COEX convention center in southern Seoul on Sept. 26, a tall young man came to the venue, his face shaded under a cap. He turned to the show’s booth allotted [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Propelled by the decadeslong expertise of K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment, coupled with the distribution network of Capitol Music Group (CMG), K-pop boy band SuperM scored a No. 1 on the main Billboard albums chart with its debut album. Billboard said on its official website Monday (Korean time) that the [...]
SEONGNAM, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean singer-actress Sulli, who suffered from online abuse, was found dead at a residence south of Seoul on Monday, police said. The body of the 25-year-old, whose legal name is Choi Jin-ri, was found by her agent at around 3:21 p.m. at a two-story house in Seongnam, Gyeonggi [...]