CANNES, France, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans Park Chan-wook and Song Kang-ho were named Best Director and Best Actor, respectively, at this year’s Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. It is the first time in the country’s cinema history that Korean films have taken home two titles at a time at the world’s most [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy group Seventeen returned with its fourth full-length album titled “Face the Sun” on Friday, unveiling an ambition to become as “hot” as the sun in the K-pop scene. The album released at 1 p.m. marks the band’s first since its last EP, “Attacca,” in October and first studio [...]
WASHINGTON, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group BTS will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House next week to discuss ways to deal with rising anti-Asian hate crimes in the U.S., the White House said Thursday. “On Tuesday, May 31st, global K-pop phenomenon and Grammy-nominated musical group from the Republic [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 1 1/2-year prison term for Seungri, the disgraced former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, on prostitution mediation, overseas gambling and other charges. Upholding a lower court’s ruling, the top court found the 32-year-old, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, guilty of [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kang Daniel, who debuted as a member of the now-defunct project boy group Wanne One, is back with cheerful songs Tuesday after a nearly three-year journey to find his true musical colors as a solo artist. He droped “The Story,” his first full-length album with his last album, the [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook’s latest feature film, “Decision to Leave,” has attracted high scores and favorable reviews from foreign news media following its premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival earlier this week. Screen Daily, British film magazine Screen International’s daily magazine for the film festival, reported Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has appeared on the front of the latest issue of the U.S. music magazine Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone revealed the cover of its June issue Monday (U.S. time), describing the girl group as a “pop supernova.” It marks the first time any girl [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Management agencies of V of BTS and Jennie of BLACKPINK on Monday stayed silent over rumors that two of South Korea’s hottest K-pop stars are dating. Big Hit Music, the management of K-pop superstars BTS, and YG Entertainment, the agency of popular girl group BLACKPINK, both did not confirm [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together’s fourth EP entered Billboard’s main albums chart at No. 4, the U.S. magazine said. Billboard said in an article posted on its homepage Sunday (U.S. time) that “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” placed fourth on the Billboard 200 for this week, becoming the highest-charting [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nayeon of girl group TWICE will release “Im Nayeon,” her first album as a solo artist next month, her agency said Thursday. JYP Entertainment also unveiled a promotional poster for the upcoming EP on social media. Nayeon will drop the EP at 1 p.m. on June 24 in South [...]