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SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A new television drama about female door-to-door sex toy sellers in 1992 rural South Korea is challenging long-held taboos and driving a surge in sales of intimate products, particularly among women. The JTBC drama series “A Virtuous Business” follows four women who venture into selling adult products in a small [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — “Devils Stay” sticks closely to the classic formula of a traditional exorcism film: a young girl possessed by a mysterious demon and a tormented exorcist fighting to save her while grappling with his own troubled past. As part of efforts to set it apart from other exorcism tales, director [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court on Wednesday sentenced popera star Kim Ho-joong to 2 1/2 years in prison on charges of ramming into a taxi and fleeing the scene. In delivering the sentence, the Seoul Central District Court said Kim “fled irresponsibly” even after having caused damage to the taxi and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Hot spring bathing in South Korea will soon extend beyond traditional bathhouses to camping and glamping sites, following new regulatory changes approved by the government. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on November 12 that the Cabinet had passed amendments to the Hot Springs Act enforcement decree, aimed [...]
LONDON, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – In the bustling kitchen of Westminster Kingsway College in London, where celebrity chef Jamie Oliver once trained, white-capped chefs moved swiftly between steaming pots and pans, their workstations dotted with Korean staples like doenjang (soybean paste), gochujang (red pepper paste), red pepper powder, and minced garlic. On November 11, eleven [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Convincingly portraying the shift in attitude and mindset of the main character, Gi-hun, was one of the biggest challenges in creating the second season of “Squid Game,” director Hwang Dong-hyuk has said. In the first season, Gi-hun is depicted as “somewhat reckless, childish and immature, often quick to anger, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — British literary translator Deborah Smith, best known for translating 2024 Nobel laureate Han Kang’s “The Vegetarian,” said the author’s win of the prestigious award shows that the global literary world is moving toward greater equity. Han’s victory, as the first Asian woman to win in the prize’s 121-year history, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 7 in 10 South Koreans believe that couples can live together without getting married, and almost 40 percent support having children outside of wedlock, a government report showed Tuesday, signaling a shift in perceptions around marriage and childbearing in the traditionally conservative country. The report was based on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK’s Rose has claimed U.S. Billboard’s global charts for the third consecutive week with “APT.,” her collaborative single with American pop star Bruno Mars. Billboard said on social media platform X on Monday (U.S. time) that the song maintained the top position on both the Billboard Global 200 and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – In a major development for South Korea’s entertainment industry, Shinsegae Group, led by Chairman Chung Yong-jin, has announced plans to partner with U.S. entertainment conglomerate Paramount to create a massive international theme park, marking Paramount’s first such venture outside North America. The 4.57 trillion won project, named Star Bay City, [...]