SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Young South Korean’s craze over EBS mascot Pengsoo is based on a sense of catharsis that the character offers to South Koreans in their 20s and 30s, an animation expert said. Choi Jong-il, CEO of Iconix Entertainment, a South Korean animation company, said in a radio interview that “since [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, said Thursday it has recently approved a request from a same-sex couple to use combined miles. Earlier this week, a female same-sex Korean couple submitted a marriage certificate they obtained in Canada to apply for the airline’s SkyPass family members [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Next year marks the 75th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, but debate over whether to preserve the remains of Japanese imperialism continues unabated across the country. First of all, controversy is raging in Incheon over the demolition of a complex of dormitories built by Mitsubishi during [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city on Thursday announced plans to open a new library and concert hall in areas of the capital that were previously considered underdeveloped and lacked cultural facilities. Under the plan, the city will pump in 387.8 billion won (US$325.6 million) to build a library in Dongdaemun ward in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The sensational global ascent of K-pop band BTS has brought to the fore the emergence of a new breed of globally connected, dedicated fans as represented by ARMY, the group’s fandom. Powered by the connectivity of the internet and social network services, ARMY engages in organized transnational operations to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — U2’s very first show in South Korea last Sunday left behind numerous memorable moments for everyone. U2 moved the hearts of so many fans throughout the concert that lasted for 2 hours and 20 minutes at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome with a powerful performance and meaningful social commentary. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Pop music industry insiders on Monday called for greater transparency in compiling online music charts amid a heated controversy over chart fixing that is currently rocking the South Korean music scene. The chart-fixing controversy that has long nagged pop music was rekindled last month after Park Kyung, a member [...]
HO CHI MINH CITY, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A craze to learn the Korean language is rapidly spreading in Vietnam owing to the great popularity of Korean pop culture and deepening economic relationship between the two countries, a Korean language center said Monday. According to the Korean Language Education Center, 5,290 students currently study [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in lauded Irish rock band U2 on Monday for its continuing efforts to promote peace and help address various problems facing the world, as he met the leader of the group at Cheong Wa Dae. “Since the unification of Germany, South Korean people’s aspiration for peace and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Walt Disney’s sensational film “Frozen 2″ surpassed 10 million admissions in South Korean theaters on Saturday. The animated flick set the record by 2:40 p.m., according to Walt Disney Company Korea, the local film distributing unit of the U.S. giant, based on a real-time box-office tally from the Korean [...]