SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s central district of Yongsan will launch a compensation program for those who pick up cigarette butts tossed on the street, officials said Thursday. Under this program, the Yongsan Ward office will issue compensation depending on the weight of the cigarette butts collected. The amount of compensation is set [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix survival show “Physical: 100″ has topped a global popularity chart for TV shows available on the streaming giant, just 15 days after its release, becoming the most successful Korean TV variety show to date. First released on Jan. 24, “Physical: 100″ ranked No. 1 on streaming analytics website [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it is using smart plugs to monitor single-person households with a risk of “lonely death” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A smart plug is a device that is connected to the electrical outlets that power televisions, microwaves and other commonly [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group Red Velvet will take part in the Primavera Sound, a large annual music festival held in Spain, the group’s agency said Thursday. This year’s event will be held from June 1-3 in Barcelona and in Madrid on June 8-10. Red Velvet will appear on the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE will debut its first unit, composed of the band’s Japanese members Mina, Sana and Momo, in July in Japan, the group’s agency said Thursday. JYP Entertainment also unveiled a group photo and video of the three members on its official Japanese social media channel. “Misamo [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group NCT Dream rolls out its first Japanese single, “Best Friend Ever,” on Wednesday, the group’s management agency said. The single composed of two tracks — the title track and the Japanese-language version of its hit song “Glitch Mode” — hit various music streaming platforms, SM Entertainment [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The debut single from PSS, a unit of the K-pop boy group Seventeen, sold 470,000 copies on the day of its release, the group’s agency said Tuesday. The three-track single titled “Second Wind” set the record for the biggest first-week sales by a unit of a K-pop group by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The high-profile daughter of the disgraced former Justice Minister Cho Kuk has said she does not feel ashamed of herself at all despite her parents’ conviction for forging her academic documents. Cho Min, who has made headlines over suspicions that her parents fabricated various academic documents to get her [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop juggernaut BTS has failed to secure its first Grammy for the third consecutive year. BTS ran for best pop duo or group performance with “My Universe,” along with the British rock band Coldplay, and best music video for “Yet to Come” at the 65th Grammy Awards in Los [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Boy group Tomorrow X Together claimed the first No. 1 in its career on Billboard 200 as its latest album, “The Name Chapter: Temptation,” debuted atop the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart. Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time) the South Korean band topped the upcoming Billboard 200 chart for this [...]