SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Director Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17″ dominated the South Korean box office over the extended March 1 Independence Movement Day holiday, drawing over 1 million viewers nationwide, according to data released Tuesday. The computerized box-office tally from the Korean Film Council showed that the Hollywood sci-fi black comedy attracted 1.04 [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — “APT.,” the global hit single by BLACKPINK’s Rose, has climbed one spot to sixth on the U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 main singles chart this week. Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) on its official X account that “APT.” had risen to this position in its 19th consecutive week on the [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop star J-Hope launched his first-ever solo world tour with a three-day concert series in Seoul, culminating in a high-energy finale on Sunday. The show, held as part of his “Hope on the Stage” tour, marked the BTS member’s return to the stage following his military discharge in October. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group aespa and singer Lee Seung-yoon each took home three awards at the 2025 Korean Music Awards on Thursday. Lee was named the Musician of the Year,won Best Rock Song for “Yeokseong” and Best Modern Rock Song for “Pokpo,” during the ceremony held in Seoul. “I will [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17″ dominated advance ticket sales on the day of its premiere Friday, data showed. According to the Korean Film Council, the Hollywood sci-fi black comedy secured 319,000 reservations, capturing 68.5 percent of total bookings. Bong’s latest film led by a wide margin, followed by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Presidents of the international and Asian football governing bodies congratulated the South Korean football chief Chung Mong-gyu on his recent reelection, the sport’s national federation said Friday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jimin’s solo track “Who” has officially surpassed 1.5 billion streams on Spotify. Released in July last year as the lead track from his second solo album “Muse,” the song reached the milestone on Wednesday, according to his agency, BigHit Music, on Friday. This makes “Who” the first [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean football governing body announced Friday it has submitted a bid to host the top Asian men’s football tournament in 2031. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said it sent its “Expression of Interest” (EoI) to host the 2031 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup to the AFC [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean content has maintained its position as the most-watched non-English programming on Netflix for two consecutive years, according to the company’s latest viewership report released on Thursday. In the second half of 2024, Netflix recorded a total of approximately 94 billion viewing hours, reflecting a 5% increase from the same [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of K-pop group BTS will drop a new single titled “Sweet Dreams” next week, his agency BigHit Music said Thursday. The song, featuring American singer-songwriter Miguel, is a heartfelt R&B serenade that conveys the emotions of loving and being loved. It will be released at 2 p.m. on [...]