SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of K-pop boy band BTS launched a series of short video clips designed to provide Korean language education to non-Korean fans, and the series is receiving positive responses from the public. Big Hit Entertainment released the first three episodes of the series, “Learn Korean with BTS,” [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Many churches are refraining from holding offline worship services due to the coronavirus outbreak. Recently, a new way of participating in religious activities while performing ‘social distancing’ is gaining attention. The Seoul City Church in Seoul’s Jungnang District plans to hold a drive-in worship service this coming Sunday. Church [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Hollywood musical film “La La Land” returned to the big screen for the first time since its release four years ago, reclaiming the top billing at the South Korean box office. The feat comes as the coronavirus outbreak continues to block new films from screening at theaters. The Korean [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — CGV, South Korea’s largest multiplex chain, said Thursday that it will shut down about 30 percent of its theaters starting this weekend due to the prolonged fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The company, an affiliate of Korean entertainment giant CJ Group, said 35 out of 116 cinemas under its [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — When YouTuber Ddulgi uploaded a four-minute video on making dalgona coffee on the global video-sharing platform in mid-February, she did not expect it to turn into a mega-hit garnering over 3 million views in less than a month. Amid “social distancing” measures due to COVID-19, more South Koreans are [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The local film industry on Wednesday called on the government to come up with emergency plans to rescue a sector battered by the novel coronavirus. “The South Korean film industry is sinking into the abyss of a dead-end crisis,” industry officials said in a joint statement. “Many firms in [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the production of films in South Korea as on-location filming schedules have been canceled due to widening travel bans worldwide. The production team of the crime movie “Bogota,” starring Song Joon-ki, has decided to stop shooting at a location in Colombia and return to [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of K-pop boy band BTS will this week launch a series of short video clips designed to provide Korean language education to non-Korean fans, the agency said Monday. Big Hit Entertainment said the first three episodes of the series, “Learn Korean with BTS,” will hit Weverse, [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In a remix of British pop star Dua Lipa’s latest song, “Physical,” released earlier this week, K-pop artist Hwasa opens up the sensual synth-pop number with her signature raspy voice singing in the Korean language. The remix featuring Hwasa gives more color and trendiness to the original version, which [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has seen an increase in TV viewing over the last few weeks as the rapid spread of the infectious coronavirus has kept more people at home, industry data showed Friday. TV watching in South Korea jumped about 16.6 percent between the second and fourth weeks of February, [...]