SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean baseball legend Lee Seung-yuop resigned as manager of the Doosan Bears on Monday, taking the fall for the team’s disappointing season. The Bears announced Monday that Lee offered to step down and the club accepted it, effective immediately. Lee, second on the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) home [...]
Los Angeles, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Netflix set the stage for the highly anticipated return of Squid Game at its annual global fan event, Tudum 2025, unveiling the official trailer for Season 3, which will premiere on June 27. The third season is expected to conclude the globally acclaimed Korean thriller that has captivated audiences [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean violinist Park Sue-ye has won the 13th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, one of the most prestigious competitions for the instrument in the world. Park was announced as the first prize winner of the competition, which took place in Helsinki from May 19 to 29, according to [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop boy group Seventeen placed third on Billboard’s 2025 midyear Top Tours chart, earning $120.9 million from ticket sales. According to Billboard’s midyear boxscore report released on Wednesday (U.S. time), Seventeen sold 842,000 tickets across 30 shows on its latest “Right Here” world tour legs. The report covers the [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment will expand its strategic partnership with Tencent Music Entertainment Group, following the Chinese streaming giant’s move to become SM’s second-largest shareholder. SM announced Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Tencent Music to broaden cooperation beyond music distribution. The partnership will include the co-production of new [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of K-pop supergroup BTS will release a new digital single next month, his agency said Thursday. The song titled “Killin’ It Girl (feat. GloRilla)” will drop June 13 at 1 p.m., according to BigHit Music. The agency described it as a hip-hop song that candidly captures the thrill [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Hybe, the K-pop company behind BTS, Seventeen and Enhypen, has set up a Chinese subsidiary to support its artists’ expansion into the market, the company said Thursday. Hybe China Co., Ltd. was launched April 2 in Beijing, becoming Hybe’s fourth overseas branch after those in Japan, the United States [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The managers for the two best clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) both demanded the quick implementation of a rule allowing teams to challenge on-field check-swing calls. “They’re doing it already in the minor league and we should follow that up here,” LG Twins manager Youm Kyoung-youb told [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The offense struck early and came through late, as the Hanwha Eagles beat the LG Twins 6-5 in extras Wednesday in a battle of the two best teams in South Korean baseball. After the Eagles frittered away a 4-0 lead, Chae Eun-seong hammered a two-run home run with two [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of the powerhouse K-pop entertainment company Hybe, has been under investigation over charges that he intentionally misled investors ahead of the company’s stock market debut, industry sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the country’s financial watchdog, has been [...]