LOS ANGELES, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — HYBE America is teaming up with one of YouTube’s most popular channels, Alan’s Universe, to launch a new pop group aimed at a global Gen Z audience, the company announced Friday. The collaboration marks a significant strategic move for HYBE America, which has entered into a global partnership [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The reigning South Korean baseball MVP Kim Do-yeong resumed baseball activities this week as he makes his way back from a hamstring injury, his club said Thursday. The Kia Tigers of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said the latest test on Thursday showed “a notable improvement” on Kim’s injured [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants has now hit safely in four consecutive games, while nearly matching his doubles total from a season ago. Batting third and playing center field, Lee went 1-for-4 with his third double of the season in a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros [...]
JEJU, South Korea, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – As the Netflix series When Life Gives You Tangerines (Korean title: Poksak Sokassuda), set against the scenic backdrop of Jeju Island, garners global attention, local authorities are moving swiftly to position Jeju as a premier filming destination. In a bid to strengthen its competitiveness in location-based production, Jeju [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s gaming industry is ramping up its expansion into Southeast Asia, forging strategic partnerships and establishing local ventures to tap into one of the world’s fastest-growing digital entertainment markets. Leading game developers such as NCSoft and Nexon are at the forefront of this push, forming joint ventures and subsidiaries [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Charitable giving by South Korean celebrities has evolved into a defining cultural trend, with major K-pop acts and their fanbases increasingly stepping forward to address social issues and disaster relief. Experts say this growing phenomenon reflects both heightened expectations of public responsibility for entertainers and a maturing fandom that seeks [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football chief Chung Mong-gyu will lead the sport’s East Asian governing body for the third time. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said Tuesday that Chung, recently elected to his fourth term as its president, was named the interim head of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) two [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — With the first full week of the 2025 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season in the books, the LG Twins stand alone at the top of the standings with a perfect 7-0-0 (wins-losses-ties) record. They have remained undefeated largely thanks to their dominant starting pitching. On Opening Day on March [...]
CHANGWON, South Korea, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A baseball fan who suffered a head injury in a recent incident at a stadium died on Monday, police said. Masan Dongbu Police Station in Changwon, some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, said the fan, a woman in her 20s, died Monday morning, two days after undergoing [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — As Kim Hyo-joo stood on the 18th fairway in a playoff at the Ford Championship in Arizona on Sunday (local time), pursuing her first LPGA win since October 2023, a ladybug landed on her ball. Knowing it was a symbol of luck, Kim didn’t chase it away. “I was [...]