SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The host country South Korea finalized their men’s and women’s squads for the upcoming East Asian football tournament on Monday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) unveiled the men’s and women’s teams, each featuring 23 players, for the July 7-16 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Football Championship. With the [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football star Son Heung-min has appeared in the popular online shooting game Fortnite as an in-game character, the title’s publisher Epic Games said Monday. Fortnite players can purchase the limited-time Son character within Fortnite’s item shop from Monday through Saturday. The character comes with the uniform themed [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Eagles closer Kim Seo-hyeon has come out on top in the annual South Korean baseball All-Star voting after earning a record number of votes from fans. Kim, the third-year reliever for the top club in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), was named the closer for the “Nanum” All-Star [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top skating official was named the country’s chief delegate for the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday. The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) announced that Lee Soo-kyung, president of the Korea Skating Union (KSU), will serve as South Korea’s chef de mission for the 2026 Winter Games, [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As BTS star Suga completes his military service, his legacy is already taking new shape — not on stage, but in a quiet wing of a hospital in Seoul. This September, Severance Hospital will open the Min Yoon-gi Treatment Center, a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to children with autism spectrum [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Here come the champions. With a sluggish start to their title defense now in the rearview mirror, the Kia Tigers are the hottest team in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) at the moment. They have won five straight games, the longest active winning streak, and they have the best [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time in K-pop history, idol groups featuring members who defected from North Korea are making their debut this summer. According to the music industry, the six-member boy band Be Boys became the first K-pop group to include a North Korean defector when it debuted Wednesday. Member [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together (TXT) will kick off its fourth world tour in August. The group announced on the K-pop fan community platform Weverse on Friday that the “Act: Tomorrow” tour will begin with concerts at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Aug. 22 and 23. It [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean esports legend Lee Sang-hyeok, widely known by his gamer tag “Faker,” has made a private donation to support the advancement of the Seoul Regional Trauma Center, the capital’s only facility of its kind, according to the National Medical Center on Friday. The donation amount was not disclosed by [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The NC Dinos are leading South Korean baseball in one category that their manager Lee Ho-joon would rather they not: hit-by-pitch. Entering Wednesday’s game against the LG Twins, the Dinos had been drilled by pitches 66 times, 18 more than the next team, the Hanwha Eagles. The latest victim [...]