SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin of K-pop superband BTS hopes to deliver positive energy with his first solo album, “Happy,” set for release on Friday afternoon. “Happy” features six tracks, including the lead track “Running Wild” and the prerelease song “I’ll Be There.” “It’s meaningful that I could release an album under my [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Tigers third baseman Kim Do-yeong authored a historic season in his domestic league this year. On Thursday in Taipei, Kim put on a show in front of an international audience, helping the South Korean national team to its first win at the ongoing World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier12. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Son Heung-min resumed his assault on the South Korean football record book as he marked his return to international duty with his 50th career goal in a World Cup qualifier in Kuwait on Thursday. The goal came in a 3-1 victory over Kuwait in the teams’ Group B match [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — For the second consecutive match in South Korea’s World Cup qualifying campaign, rising offensive stars made their presence felt, while also masking the team’s defensive problems Thursday night in Kuwait City. The starting striker Oh Se-hun scored for his second straight match while midfielder Bae Jun-ho scored as a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A new short film starring Kim Nam-gil, co-produced with KB Kookmin Bank, is set to premiere exclusively at Lotte Cinema on November 20, joining a growing trend of abbreviated theatrical releases in South Korea known as “snack movies.” The 31-minute film, “How to Open a Door” will be screened for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea fell to Chinese Taipei 6-3 in the crucial first game of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 tournament in Taipei on Wednesday, digging itself an early hole in the opening stage. South Korean starter Ko Young-pyo surrendered a grand slam and a two-run home run in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Jin, a member of K-pop superstar BTS, will give a live performance of his new song, “Running Wild,” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” next week, the group’s agency said Thursday. The vocalist will appear on the popular U.S. TV show set to air at 1:35 p.m. next [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A new television drama about female door-to-door sex toy sellers in 1992 rural South Korea is challenging long-held taboos and driving a surge in sales of intimate products, particularly among women. The JTBC drama series “A Virtuous Business” follows four women who venture into selling adult products in a small [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — “Devils Stay” sticks closely to the classic formula of a traditional exorcism film: a young girl possessed by a mysterious demon and a tormented exorcist fighting to save her while grappling with his own troubled past. As part of efforts to set it apart from other exorcism tales, director [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court on Wednesday sentenced popera star Kim Ho-joong to 2 1/2 years in prison on charges of ramming into a taxi and fleeing the scene. In delivering the sentence, the Seoul Central District Court said Kim “fled irresponsibly” even after having caused damage to the taxi and [...]