SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment company Kakao Entertainment said Friday it will partner with American record label Columbia Records for K-pop girl group IVE’s debut in the North American market. Kakao Entertainment America struck a partnership agreement with Columbia Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music, to support the group’s first official [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Twice has sold out tickets for an upcoming concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, which will be part of its fifth world tour titled “Ready to Be,” its agency JYP Entertainment said Friday. The global tour is slated to kick off April 15-16 in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean hotel industry is actively participating in various eco-friendly campaigns amid growing interest in ethical consumption. Josun Hotels & Resorts is taking part in the resource circulation project Save the Planet Alliance campaign, organized by the Ministry of Environment, as part of its ESG management. Transparent PET bottles [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — BGF Retail Co., the operator of CU convenience stores, said Thursday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with domestic start-up KEIL to convert near-expired food items into feed for mealworms. Under terms of the MOU, BGF Retail will provide the near-expired food items waiting for disposal at [...]
NAMHAE, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Namhae County in South Gyeongsang Province said Wednesday that it will operate a 100-won (US$0.08) cab program for students to return home at night. The free taxis program is exclusively available in the county, where there is a lack of sufficient means of public transportation. Middle school and high school [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year was probably one of the busiest years for Ateez, a rising fourth-generation K-pop group. The octet performed in front of 430,000 fans in the past one year and two months during its two “The Fellowship” world tours in North America, Europe and Asia. “It was good to [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s home shopping channels are placing a larger focus on sales of tour products with travel demand rebounding after being dampened during the pandemic period. Home shopping company GS Shop on Wednesday announced plans to air a tour package featuring the venues of popular TV entertainment programs. The [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Netflix revenge thriller series “The Glory” Part 2 stayed on top of the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for the second consecutive week, data showed Wednesday. Premiered on March 10, the highly anticipated second part was the most-watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s top 10 list for the week [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Solo,” an individual single from Jennie, a member of popular girl group BLACKPINK, topped 900 million views on YouTube on Tuesday, a first for any female K-pop solo artist. The video hit the milestone four years and four months after it was uploaded, the group’s [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE has snatched its career-high ranking of No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart. Billboard said on social media Sunday (U.S. time) that the nonet’s “Ready to Be” debuted at No. 2 on Billboard 200 for this week with 153,000 equivalent album units earned, [...]