SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean star infielder Kim Hye-seong is expected to be posted for Major League Baseball (MLB) teams by his South Korean club around noon Eastern Time (ET) on Wednesday, a report claimed. In a report posted early Wednesday morning in South Korean time, MLB.com said the Kiwoom Heroes of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean champions Ulsan HD FC will be in Pot 3 in this week’s draw for the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup, along with clubs from Africa, the North, Central America and Caribbean region and South America. FIFA announced procedures for the expanded Club World Cup on Wednesday, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Seventeen is set to take the stage at the Billboard Music Awards (BBMA) in Los Angeles next week. According to BBMA’s official Instagram page, the group will perform “Love, Money, Fame,” at the ceremony next Thursday. The lead single, which features American music producer DJ Khaled, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Ryu Seung-min, the 2004 Olympic table tennis champion and a former member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), officially entered the race to become the next head of the national Olympic body Tuesday. Ryu, 42, formally tossed his name into the ring for the presidential election for the Korean [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The KT Wiz announced their re-signing of former MVP Mel Rojas Jr. The Wiz said Rojas agreed to a new one-year deal worth US$1.8 million to return for his sixth season in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Rojas first played for the Wiz from 2017 to 2020 and won [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer-actress IU and “Lovely Runner” star Byeon Woo-seok have been confirmed to star in a new MBC drama series, Kakao Entertainment said Monday. Set in an alternate Korea with a constitutional monarchy, IU will portray Seong Hee-ju, an ordinary woman from a wealthy chaebol family, while Byeon will take [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s gaming industry, long reliant on the lucrative “loot box” model, faces mounting legal and regulatory challenges after a landmark court ruling against Nexon. The Supreme Court upheld a decision ordering Nexon to partially refund a player for misrepresenting item probabilities in its popular game, MapleStory. The ruling is [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Disbanded K-pop girl group GFriend will make a temporary comeback next month with the release of a special album, nearly four years after they parted ways, Source Music said Monday. The six-member group will pre-release some tracks from the upcoming album on Jan. 6, with the full album set [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Daegu FC leaned on their Brazilian attacking duo of Cesinha and Edgar to survive a tough playoff match against a second-division foe and secure a spot in the top league for next year. And Daegu’s head coach Park Chang-hyun believes overreliance on the tandem is not a sustainable formula [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean figure skater Lee Hae-in has earned a ticket to an international competition set for next year in Seoul after returning from suspension over the weekend. Lee finished fifth in the women’s singles at the national ranking competition, which doubled as the first leg of the 2025-2026 national [...]