SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s state media reported Monday that the Asian Winter Games have opened in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, where three North Korean athletes are participating. The Rodong Sinmun, the North’s main newspaper, reported the ninth Asian Games kicked off in Harbin on Friday, adding that Chinese President [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Trot singer Song Dae-kwan, known for his 1975 hit “Sunny Day,” died Friday at age 79. Song was taken to a hospital emergency room Thursday after his condition worsened and died of a heart attack Friday morning while receiving treatment, his family said. He debuted in 1967 with “The [...]
HARBIN, China, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea defeated Hong Kong to advance to the semifinals of the mixed doubles curling competition at the Asian Winter Games in China on Friday. Kim Kyeong-ae and Seong Ji-hoon defeated Hung Ling-Yue and Martin Yan 11-4 in one of the two qualification games for the semifinals at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Ahn Bo-hyun and Claudia Kim have been cast in JTBC’s upcoming period action romance drama, the cable network said Friday. Set during the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), the drama — tentatively titled “Marble of God” — follows Baek-gyeol (Ahn), the commander of an elite escort unit. Kim will play Wang-hee, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group NewJeans has changed its name to NJZ and announced its first independent activities, including a performance at an upcoming event in Hong Kong, amid a contract dispute with its agency. NJZ unveiled its new name and promotional photos through its official social media accounts, which have [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer-actor Bae Suzy will return to music with a new digital single this month, her agency said Friday. Titled “Come Back,” the single will be released Feb. 17 at 6 p.m., according to Management Soop. It will mark her first release in more than two years since “Cape” in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Popular K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will embark on a new world tour this year, its agency, YG Entertainment, announced Thursday. The agency made the announcement on its official blog, accompanied by a teaser video for the upcoming tour. It will be the group’s first world tour in one year [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s national team has left for Harbin, China, to compete in the upcoming Asian Winter Games, state media reported Thursday. The national team, along with a delegation from North Korea’s Olympic Committee, led by Sports Minister and committee Chairman Kim Il-guk, left Pyongyang the previous day, the Korean [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop star G-Dragon will perform as a headliner at the Head in the Clouds Los Angeles 2025, his agency, Galaxy Corporation, said Thursday. Head in the Clouds Los Angeles is a global music festival organized by 88rising, an Asian American entertainment company, to showcase Asian artists to the United [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) - Netflix’s original medical drama “The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call” has dethroned “Squid Game: Season 2″ to become the most-watched non-English TV show on the platform last week. Starring Ju Ji-hoon, the series topped Netflix’s Top 10 Non-English Shows list released Wednesday for the week of Jan. 27–Feb. 2, [...]