SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group BLACKPINK’s Rose reached No. 8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with her latest single, “APT.,” featuring Bruno Mars, setting a new record for the highest-ranking song by a K-pop female artist. Billboard announced on social platform X on Tuesday that “APT.” had broken into the top [...]
GWANGJU, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The year 2024 was a record-breaking campaign in South Korean baseball, a season that ended Monday night with a marquee franchise lifting the championship trophy for the first time in seven years. The Kia Tigers defeated the Samsung Lions 7-5 in Game 5 of the Korean Series on Monday [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Nike has unveiled its second “Playground for All” in Seoul’s Gangnam district, partnering with the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation and local authorities, the company announced on October 28. The initiative, which follows the first playground opened last year in Seoul’s Geumcheon district, aims to create an inclusive community space where [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — “I’ll Be There,” the latest single from BTS member Jin, has debuted at No. 9 on Spotify’s latest Daily Top Song Global chart, becoming his highest charting song as a solo artist to date. Released Friday, the song garnered over 4.69 million streams that day, according to the chart [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen has once again secured a top-five entry on the Billboard 200 chart with its 12th EP, “Spill the Feels,” marking its sixth consecutive album to reach the top 10. Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time) in a preview of this week’s charts that the 13-member group’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — WayV, a subunit of popular K-pop group NCT, will release its sixth EP, “Frequency,” on Nov. 25, the group’s agency said Monday. The new EP will feature six tracks, including Korean and Chinese versions of the title song, “Frequency.” Five members of the sextet — Kun, Ten, Xiaojun, Hendery, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A K-pop concert held during last year’s World Scout Jamboree caused significant damage to Seoul World Cup Stadium’s playing surface, requiring nearly 240 million won in repairs, according to a new report. Documents obtained from the Seoul Facilities Corporation by Democratic Party lawmaker Wi Seong-gon reveal that the August 11 [...]
DAEGU, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Samsung Lions face a 2-0 deficit in the Korean Series after dropping the first two games against the Kia Tigers this week but it has not been an insurmountable hole. This is the 42nd playing of the Korean Series, the championship round in the Korea Baseball Organization postseason. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean veteran actress Kim Soo-mi, whose role as a cantankerous single village mother in the popular two-decade-long drama series “Country Diaries” (1980-2002) cracked up audiences, died of cardiac arrest Friday. She was 75. According to the police, the 75-year-old actress was found unconscious at her home by her son [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean drinking game-inspired collaboration between BLACKPINK’s Rosé and pop star Bruno Mars has become a global sensation, with their new single “APT.” reaching significant milestones in record time. The music video, featuring the duo playing the traditional Korean drinking game “apateu” (meaning apartment in Korean) and Mars enthusiastically shouting [...]