SEOUL, August 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, one of South Korea’s largest summer music events, will kick off Friday for a three-day run. Hosted by the Incheon metropolitan government, the festival has been held every year in the Songdo district of Incheon, about 30 kilometers west of Seoul, since 2006. [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The best team in South Korean baseball this season acquired the league’s all-time hits leader Thursday. The Hanwha Eagles said they traded for NC Dinos outfielder Son Ah-seop in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2026 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) draft and 300 million won (US$215,000) in cash. [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Teen sensation Lamine Yamal and seasoned veteran Robert Lewandowski will start for FC Barcelona in their preseason match in Seoul on Thursday. Head coach Hans Flick lived up to his word after declaring Wednesday that Yamal, the Spanish club’s new No. 10, will play against FC Seoul of the K League [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Movie attendance plummeted by more than 30 percent on-year in the first half of the year, a midyear report from the Korean Film Council showed Thursday. According to the report, total attendance from January to June was 42.5 million, generating 407.9 billion won (US$293 million) in ticket sales. The [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The zombie drama “My Daughter is a Zombie” has set a new opening-day box office record for the year, data showed Thursday. According to the Korean Film Council, the film, which premiered on Wednesday, sold 430,099 tickets on its first day, taking up 48.6 percent of the total box [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The humble Korean dish kimbap is enjoying a fresh wave of international acclaim, fueled by viral social media trends and a spotlight appearance in the hit Netflix animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters. The renewed craze is turning the traditional rice-and-seaweed roll into a global sensation—and a lucrative export. A [...]
SUWON, South Korea, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The top goal scorer in the South Korean league this season will get to test his mettle against a Premier League opponent on his home soil Wednesday. Jeon Jin-woo of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors will be among the starting forwards for Team K League, a squad made up [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Yoo Je-won, director of the upcoming TvN series “Love, Take Two,” said Wednesday that, while his new drama explores various relationships — an area he excels in — it gives special attention to the mother-daughter bond. Given his track record of warm and insightful hits, like “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha,” “Crash [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s over-the-top (OTT) streaming market has firmly established itself as a new standard in media consumption, with more than 20 million monthly active users (MAUs) now regularly engaging with major platforms. According to new data released Tuesday by WiseApp Retail, a market analysis firm tracking real-time app and payment [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — It is not often that K League players get to face stars from European clubs. And when the chosen few of Team K League, selected by fans and coaches, go up against Newcastle United on Wednesday, head coach Kim Pan-gon wants them to capitalize on that opportunity. “I think [...]