SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Chan-wook’s romance thriller “Decision to Leave” has been nominated for best foreign film for this year’s Critics Choice Awards. According to the nominations announced by the Critics Choice Association on Wednesday (U.S. time), the Korean film starring Park Hae-il and Tang Wei was listed in the best foreign [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga of K-pop sensation BTS will carry out his military service as a social service agent, military and music industry sources said Tuesday. They said the 29-year-old rapper was assigned to be a social service agent instead of an active-duty soldier. But details, including when his enlistment will be, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Local cable channel JTBC’s corporate drama “Reborn Rich” has broken past the 20 percent mark to achieve the highest viewership ratings this year with its intriguing revenge plot by a man who is reincarnated into a rich family and achieves success with his future insight. The drama starring top [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, leader of the K-pop supergroup BTS, has made it onto U.S. Billboard’s two main charts for his first solo album, “Indigo.” The album, released Dec. 2, debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for this week, while its lead track “Wild Flower” began at No. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean film “Decision to Leave” has been nominated as the best non-English language film at the 80th Golden Globe Awards slated for January. According to the nominations announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Monday (U.S. time), Park Chan-wook’s romantic thriller was named in the category, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, the first member of the K-pop group BTS to serve in the military, has released a photo of himself with a military haircut ahead of his enlistment. Jin took to Weverse, an online community platform for K-pop fans, on Sunday night to post the photo with a caption, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The city-affiliated Seoul Facilities Corp. announced that it has set up benches made from upcycled plastic and masks along the Cheonggye Stream walkway in downtown Seoul. The corporation signed an agreement with Lotte Chemical Corp. and Lowlit Collective to create two kinds of upcycled benches. One type of bench [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Loona will drop a new album next month for the first time as an 11-member group following the expulsion of Chuu, its agency said Monday. The album set to hit music services on Jan. 3 will mark the first release from the group since “Flip That” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, leader of the K-pop giant BTS, has entered the top 100 of Britain’s Official Albums Chart with his first solo album titled “Indigo.” The 10-track album debuted at No. 45 on the Official Albums Chart Top 100 on Friday (local time), just one week after its release on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, leader of the K-pop supergroup BTS, on Friday released a video of a live performance of tracks off his first individual album at Dia Beacon, a contemporary art museum in New York. The rapper sung four songs off the album — the title track “Wild Flower,” “Still Life,” [...]