SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Jennie, a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, will release her first full-length album as a solo artist, her agency said Wednesday. The album, titled “Ruby,” is set to be released on March 7, according to OA Entertainment. “Ruby” will feature 15 songs spanning a variety of genres, including [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Award-winning director Park Chan-wook has recently completed filming his latest movie, “No Other Choice,” distributor CJ ENM said Tuesday. The film began filming last August and is aimed for release later this year. “I started writing the script for this movie almost 17 years ago. I feel deeply emotional [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Golfzon County has emerged as the largest corporate owner of golf courses in South Korea, according to a report released on January 20 by the YouTube channel Leisure White Paper TV, operated by the Korea Leisure Industry Research Institute. The company owns 15 golf courses and manages an additional [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hanwha Eagles announced Monday their brand new stadium will be called “Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark.” The venue will replace Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, some 140 kilometers south of Seoul. The previous park had been the oldest stadium in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), having been built [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Director Bong Joon-ho, known for his Oscar-winning film “Parasite,” described his Hollywood debut, “Mickey 17,” as a new type of sci-fi film that “feels deeply human” during a press conference in Seoul on Monday. The film, based on American writer Edward Ashton’s novel “Mickey7,” tells the story of a cloned [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With the start of the new season about two months away, teams in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) will start traveling to their spring training sites around the world this week. The defending champions, the Kia Tigers, will be one of three clubs traveling Wednesday, with manager Lee Bum-ho [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As K-pop continues to dominate global music charts, South Korea is taking steps to bolster copyright protections for choreography that has fueled the genre’s meteoric rise. A recent study by the Korea Copyright Commission underscores the need to safeguard the intellectual property rights of choreographers behind iconic dance routines, such [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — After years of robust growth during the Covid-19 pandemic, the K-pop industry has shown signs of cooling, with physical album sales declining and export revenues stagnating in the past year. Industry experts are looking to BTS and Blackpink’s planned comebacks to reinvigorate the market in 2025, while closely watching major [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean gamemaker Krafton Inc. said Friday it will soft launch its new role-playing game title, Dark and Darker Mobile, in Canada next month ahead of the official global launch. The preview release of the game will take place Feb. 4 (local time) in Canada to gather data on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — For rapper-turned-actor Choi Seung-hyun, portraying the eccentric drug addict Thanos in “Squid Game” Season 2 was both a cathartic and challenging experience, as the role compelled him to confront the “mistakes” from his past. “I gave it a lot of thought before accepting the role, as the character forced [...]