SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Sunday it will hold special screening and showcasing events at this year’s Cannes International Series Festival to promote Korean-made content to global media and producers. Three Korean TV and web series are invited to the festival’s non-competition Rendez-vous section — “Island” (2022), “Midnight Horror: [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” topped 600 million views on YouTube on Friday, its agency said. “Pink Venom” is the prereleased track off the quartet’s second full-length album, “Born Pink,” released Sept. 16 last year. YG Entertainment said the music video surpassed 600 million [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seocho District Office said Thursday it would appoint “mosquito sheriffs” to carry out anti-pest activities in areas usually excluded from city pest extermination initiatives. The program, which began in 2017, will be led by “mosquito sheriffs” who are well-informed about local areas and communities, and who will walk [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS will release the lead song for the original soundtrack of a Korean TV animation series set to go on air next month, the series’ production company said Friday. It will be the first release from BTS as a team since “Yet To Come” in June. “Bastions,” [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An incredible thing happened in the music scene recently, as a rookie K-pop girl group with less than five months since its debut has stayed for three consecutive weeks on the U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 songs chart. Fifty Fifty ranked 85th with its single “Cupid” on the latest chart [...]
GWAGNJU, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A police officer’s idea of using smart tag as a way to locate missing elderly dementia patients is paying off. Smart tags are small electronic devices designed to make it easier to detect the location of a missing object such as keys or luggage, and are sometimes used with [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Ive has notched up a fourth straight hit with its first full-length album “I’ve Ive.” The album’s prereleased song “Kitsch” and lead track “I Am” have shot to the top of South Korea’s largest music streaming platform Melon’s Top 100 chart, occupying the No. 1 and [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular girl group Ive’s member Rei will temporarily suspend her activities due to a health problem, her agency said Tuesday. “Rei recently visited a hospital as she had experienced abnormal symptoms, such as chest palpitations and shortness of breath, and was advised by a doctor that she needs to [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Jisoo arrived at No. 2 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts this week with her individual song “Flower.” Billboard said on social media Monday (U.S. time) that Jisoo became the third member of the quartet to chart in the top [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.2 billion views on YouTube. The group’s agency YG Entertainment said Tuesday the video hit the milestone earlier in the day, becoming the quartet’s sixth video with more than 1.2 [...]