SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Kiwoom Heroes announced Monday their American outfielder Ruben Cardenas will be sidelined for three weeks with a broken finger. With the Heroes stuck in last place in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) with only 17 games to go, it appears unlikely Cardenas will play again this season. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band Stray Kids set a record with its latest release, “Karma,” which posted the highest first-week sales of any K-pop album this year, the group’s agency said Friday. JYP Entertainment said the group’s fourth full-length album, released on Monday, sold 3.03 million copies in its first week, citing [...]
JEONGSEON, South Korea, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is facing mounting pressure to overhaul its casino regulations as competition intensifies across Asia, with Japan preparing to open its first integrated resort in Osaka by 2030. Industry leaders and academics at a two-day forum (August 27~28) in Osaka warned that South Korea’s restrictive framework [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – San Francisco Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo has become the second Korean player ever to hit 30 doubles in a single Major League Baseball season, following Choo Shin-soo. The 27-year-old Lee reached the milestone Wednesday (U.S. time) with a double in the Giants’ 12-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The veterans ministry said Wednesday it will promote South Korea’s bid to host an international sporting event for wounded service members in 2029 on board a British vessel docked in the southeastern port city of Busan. Veterans Vice Minister Kang Yun-jin and Na Hyeong-yoon, a gold medalist in cycling [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Dating speculation surrounding BTS member Jimin and actress Song Da-eun has resurfaced after Song uploaded a video that features the K-pop star. The clip, posted to her TikTok account early Wednesday, showed Jimin being playfully surprised by Song as he exits an elevator in an apartment building. When the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The animated sensation “KPop Demon Hunters” has officially become Netflix’s most-watched movie of all time. The film has amassed 236 million views since its release on June 20, surpassing the previous record holder, the action-comedy “Red Notice,” which had 230.9 million views, according to Netflix. Produced by Sony Pictures [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) is launching its first-ever competition section, an initiative aimed at enhancing the festival’s global standing and competitiveness, the organizing committee said Tuesday. The year’s newly established competition will feature 14 films celebrating Asian cinema. Awards will be presented across five categories: the Grand [...]
JEONGSEON, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Kangwon Land, South Korea’s only casino open to domestic players, is seeking ways to strengthen its global competitiveness as Japan prepares to open a multibillion-dollar integrated resort in Osaka by 2030 — a development that analysts say could siphon millions of Korean tourists and billions of dollars in spending [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A drunken brawl in a neon-lit karaoke bar, a bottle of soju in hand, unfolds to the sound of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen.” It may look like a scene from a Korean drama, but it is in fact from Butterfly, a new American series that wears its Korean influences proudly. [...]