SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Smash-hit Netflix series “Squid Game” actor Lee Jung-jae will star in “The Acolyte,” an upcoming Star Wars series to be streamed on Disney +, according to production company Lucasfilm. “The Acolyte” is a mystery thriller written and directed by Leslye Headland for Disney+ and has begun production in Britain, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY will put out a new EP, titled “Cheshire,” this month, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The EP will hit music services on Nov. 30 at 6 p.m., JYP Entertainment said in a press release. The band’s latest release is its fifth EP, “Checkmate,” which [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — “Hype Boy,” one of the debut singles by newbie girl group NewJeans, has garnered 100 million streams on Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform, the group’s agency said Tuesday. The song hit 100,704,055 streams as of Sunday, less than 100 days after its release in August, ADOR said. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — “The Astronaut,” the first official single by Jin of the K-pop supergroup BTS, has landed at No. 61 on the British Official Singles Chart Top 100. According to the latest chart updated Friday (British time), the song entered the chart together with Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” (No. 3) and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A concert by K-pop boy group NCT 127 in Jakarta ended early on Friday after some excited fans caused chaos to get closer to the stage, a local event agency said. “An unexpected situation occurred at the end of the show,” Dyandra Global Edutainment said on social media on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Jin, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, has submitted an application with the Military Manpower Administration (MMA) to cancel his request to postpone his military conscription, according to sources Friday. The move to revoke the delay came after Big Hit Music, the singer’s management agency, announced last month that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie girl group Le Sserafim has entered the Billboard 200 main albums chart for the first time, after its debut six months ago. The K-pop act ranked No. 14 on this week’s Billboard 200 chart with its second EP, titled “Antifragile,” the group’s agency Source Music said Tuesday, quoting [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Famous South Korean cartoonist Lee Hyun-se has decided to teach his cartoon drawing techniques to an artificial intelligence (AI). Comic book publisher Jaedam Media Co. announced that it had signed a deal with the 66-years-old legendary cartoonist to develop AI technology for cartoon and webtoon production. After establishing a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, a member of K-pop juggernaut BTS, debuted as a solo artist through a collaborative single with British rock band Coldplay on Friday. The vocalist simultaneously released “The Astronaut” and its music video worldwide at 1 p.m. in Korea, or midnight in the United States (EST). “The Astronaut” marks [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group BTS, its member Jungkook and girl group BLACKPINK will compete for this year’s People’s Choice Awards, a U.S. awards show for recognizing people in entertainment. According to the full list of 2022 People’s Choice Awards nominees released by the organizers on its homepage Wednesday (U.S. [...]