BUSAN, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The documentary film ‘No Boundaries,’ directed by JIN Jae-woon, has been getting a lot of praise at international film festivals. It’s all about a national park on the Korean Peninsula. In the film, you’ll see stunning views of the Korean Peninsula National Park, which is celebrating its 55th anniversary [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A video has gone viral featuring South Korean football star Son Heung-min, currently playing for the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, refusing to hold a fan’s iPhone for a selfie. Son now serves as a PR ambassador for Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy brand, a rival to Apple’s tech products. Although he [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Department Store has announced that it’s launching an exclusive online shopping space for its VIP customers. This is a first in the industry. This special online mall, called ‘RSVP,’ is part of Hyundai’s official online mall, ‘The Hyundai.com,’ and only VIP customers are allowed in. When VIP customers [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) –The debut solo album by V, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, sold about 1.67 million copies on the day of its release, breaking the first-day sales record for K-pop soloists, data showed Saturday. According to the data from Hanteo Chart, a leading local tracker of physical album sales, “Layover” [...]
TONGYEONG, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned school situated on an island in the picturesque locale of Tongyeong, South Korea, has undergone a remarkable transformation. Related: Closed School Transformed into Cat Park in Tongyeong, Naples of Asia This former school has been lovingly repurposed into a welcoming sanctuary for stray cats who had nowhere else [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – V, a member of the K-pop giant BTS, put out his first solo album, “Layover,” on Friday. The singer has released various original soundtracks for TV dramas, including “Christmas Tree,” and self-composed songs on SoundCloud and YouTube. However, he had never dropped an individual album before “Layover.” “Layover” rolled [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen kicked off the largest Japanese dome tour since its debut to a strong start, drawing 100,000 fans to its two concerts at Tokyo Dome earlier this week, the group’s agency said Friday. The group heated up the shows with various hit songs, including “Super,” known [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook, a member of K-pop juggernaut BTS, will headline 2023 Global Citizen Festival, a large-scale U.S. charity concert set to be held this month, the group’s agency said Thursday, citing the festival’s official social media accounts. The Global Citizen Festival is a large-scale charity concert organized by Global Citizen, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday introduced a tagless fare payment system at 12 subway stations on the Ui-Sinseol Light Rail Transit (excluding Bomun Station) in collaboration with transportation card issuer Tmoney Co. This marks the world’s first introduction of a tagless system in a subway network. The term [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 7 (Korea Bizwire) -- Seocho-gu in Seoul announced on Wednesday that it has taken an innovative step by adorning electricity distribution boxes in the Bangbae-ro area with art installations created by young artists, christening the project “Seoripul Distribution Box Gallery.” This initiative follows an earlier attention-grabbing endeavor earlier this year, where Seocho-gu showcased [...]