SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix series “Parasyte” director Yeon Sang-ho’s new film has confirmed its star-studded cast, including Jun Ji-hyun, Go Soo, Ji Chang-wook and Koo Kyo-hwan, distributor Showbox said Friday. The film is titled “Gunche” in Korean, meaning colony in a biological context. Its English title has yet to be confirmed. Slated [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Jennie of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK rolled out her first solo full-length album “Ruby” on Friday. The album carries 15 tracks of diverse genres, led by “like Jennie,” for which Jennie worked as a producer to portray her own identity. “This album holds great significance as it tells my [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The dance practice video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.8 billion views on YouTube. The choreography video hit the milestone early Friday, about four years and eight months after it was uploaded on the global video sharing service [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The prelude to the 2025 regular season in South Korean baseball will begin Saturday, with the pitch clock, the most prominent new feature of the year, set to take effect. All 10 teams in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) are scheduled to play 10 preseason games each from Saturday [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Kangwon Land, the only casino in South Korea where domestic citizens can legally gamble, has launched a groundbreaking responsible gaming program aimed at promoting healthier gambling habits among its patrons. The casino operator announced on March 5 that it has fully implemented its K-GREEN system, which had been in trial [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — ADOR, the K-pop girl group NewJeans’ agency, has filed a complaint seeking to ban the group’s music activities, according to the group Thursday, marking the latest development in the ongoing dispute between the agency and the artists. The group, which rebranded as NJZ early last month, revealed on its [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Gwangju FC have dropped their opening match of the knockout stage at the top Asian club football tournament, digging themselves a hole ahead of a return leg at home next week. Gwangju lost to the Japanese side Vissel Kobe 2-0 in the first leg of the round of 16 [...]
INCHEON, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As he prepares for his 18th professional season in 2025, SSG Landers starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun has taken it upon himself to lead his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club back to the postseason. That’s not just because Kim is one of the team’s senior players at 36. He is [...]
INCHEON, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Born and raised in California, left-handed pitcher Cole Irvin played college ball at the University of Oregon, and went on to pitch for major league clubs in Philadelphia, Oakland, Baltimore and Minneapolis. He also made minor league stops in the states of Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Now 31 years [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SSG Landers starting pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun will be the highest-paid player in South Korean baseball this year, the league office announced Wednesday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) released salary data for the upcoming season. It said Kim, who pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals from 2020 to 2021, will [...]