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SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Global superstar BTS has set another record, this time by claiming No. 1 on the Billboard’s Artist 100 chart for a 16th week, the most for a group act. The seven-piece act ranked No. 1, up four notches from the previous week, on the metric that measures artists’ popularity [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The science-fiction action blockbuster “Seobok” will be released simultaneously in theaters and via streaming next month, its distributor said Wednesday, after monthslong delays amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. “Starring Gong Yoo and Park Bo-gum, ‘Seobok’ will be released on April 15,” CJ ENM said in a press release. “It [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that a memory training program called Brain Tok Tok that was built for South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co.’s artificial intelligence (AI) speaker NUGU can help to delay the advancement of dementia. A research team from Seoul National University College of Medicine conducted [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member J-Hope on Tuesday shared the new song “Blue Side” on the third anniversary of his debut solo mixtape “Hope World.” “Blue Side,” uploaded on Sound Cloud and the seven-piece act’s official blog, is a track that was included as an outro on J-Hope’s 2018 mixtape that has [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — An Israeli law professor, noted for his effort to rectify a Harvard professor’s disputed paper on the 1923 massacre of Koreans in Japan, has said that he visited a statue symbolizing Korean victims of Tokyo’s wartime sexual slavery earlier this week. In an email to Yonhap News Agency, Alon [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK member Rose, known as the main vocalist of the four-piece K-pop girl group, will be releasing her debut solo album next week, her agency said Tuesday. YG Entertainment shared two teaser images for her upcoming album, showing the date “March 12, 2021.” It did not elaborate on the [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean schools opened for the new school year Tuesday amid a mix of anxiety and hopes, as the country is still fighting against the third wave of the pandemic, but much-anticipated vaccinations have finally begun. The Ministry of Education has said it would expand in-person classes this year, [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming giant Spotify Technology SA on Monday suspended the streaming service of K-pop tracks licensed by Kakao M on its global platform as their license deal has expired, officials said. The move has prevented global K-pop fans from listening to songs of major South Korean artists, including IU [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The drama film “Minari” about a Korean-American immigrant family was named the best foreign language film at the U.S. Golden Globe Awards on Monday (Korean time). In a ceremony held virtually, “Minari” won the best motion picture in foreign language, beating “Another Round” from Denmark, “La Llorona” from Guatemala, [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — All Koreans know that March 1, 1919, marked the start of a nationwide independence movement against Japanese colonial rule. What most people don’t know is that an American businessman in Seoul — with the unintended help of his wife and newborn son — made sure the world found out [...]