SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BLACKPINK will headline British Summer Time (BST) Hyde Park in London next year, the group’s agency and the festival announced Saturday. The four-member act will play the major British music festival on July 2, 2023, becoming the first Korean artists to perform in the event, YG Entertainment [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The exclusive performance video of BLACKPINK member Lisa’s individual song “Money” has exceeded 700 million views on YouTube, her management agency said Friday. The video surpassed the tally at 6:05 p.m. the previous day, according to YG Entertainment. “Money” is a track on Lisa’s first single album, “LALISA,” released [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Thursday it has released two tourism promotional videos on its YouTube channel featuring Suga and Jimin of K-pop megaband BTS. The videos promoting tourism to the cities of Busan and Daejeon are part of retro-themed music video series titled “Feel the Rhythm of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A rubber byproduct produced during the process of manufacturing tires has turned out to be ideal for trekking boot outsoles. South Korean outdoor brand Eider said Tuesday it will release new trekking boots developed as part of a collaboration with tire company Nexen Tire Corp. The boots come in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin of K-pop supergroup BTS will drop his first solo single, titled “The Astronaut,” on Oct. 28, his agency said Wednesday. The song will make Jin the second BTS member to debut as an individual artist, following J-Hope, Big Hit Music said on Weverse, a K-pop fan community platform. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — All members of K-pop supergroup BTS will go to the military to fulfill mandatory service, starting with the oldest member Jin, the band’s agency said Monday. “Jin will revoke his request to delay his conscription at the end of this month and will follow conscription procedures required by the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids has claimed No. 1 on U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart for the second time in their career with their new EP “Maxident.” The eight-track album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart for this week with 117,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Global pop group BTS held a free concert in the southeastern port city of Busan on Saturday night to support the city’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo. Around 52,000 fans from around the world attended the concert titled “Yet To Come in Busan” at the Busan Asiad [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actress Lee You-mi, who starred in the popular Netflix series “Squid Game” (2021), has been chosen as one of the Next Generation Leaders by U.S. magazine TIME. “Squid Game made her a star. Now Lee You-mi is forging her own path,” TIME commented on her. In September, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids’ latest EP “Maxident” has sold 2.18 million copies in the first week of its release, its agency said Friday, becoming the fourth most-sold K-pop album of all time in the first week. The band’s seventh EP has sold 2,185,013 copies since it came out [...]