SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Thursday it will launch a large-scale winter festival next month, with media art decorating the downtown area. Seoul Winter Festa 2024, a network of all the winter events in the city, will kick off Dec. 13 and last until Jan. 5 under the title [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Rose and global pop star Bruno Mars will give the first live performance of their collaboration single “APT.” at this year’s MAMA Awards. The two artists will perform on the first day of the two-day awards show to be held at the Kyocera Dome Osaka [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean e-sports star Faker said Wednesday that his past failures taught him valuable lessons that shaped who he is today, encouraging young people to embrace challenges with passion. The professional League of Legends (LoL) player, whose real name is Lee Sang-hyeok, made the remarks at an event in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Min Hee-jin, former CEO of K-pop label ADOR, announced Wednesday she will resign from the company’s board of directors and leave the label. Min, who was re-elected to the board last month, also said she will take Hybe, the parent company of ADOR, to court for violating terms of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — What has been a roller coaster of a year for the South Korean men’s national team ended Tuesday night in Jordan, where the 22nd-ranked team settled for a 1-1 draw against world No. 100 Palestine in a World Cup qualifying match. It was South Korea’s sixth Group B match [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Employment and Labor on Wednesday dismissed claims of workplace harassment against a member of K-pop girl group NewJeans, saying she cannot be regarded as a worker under the labor law. NewJeans fans filed a petition with the labor ministry in mid-September, alleging that Hanni Pham, a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s lead in their group for the Asian World Cup qualifiers has been cut from five points to three points, following the final set of matches for 2024, held Tuesday night across the Middle East. In the first of three Group B matches Tuesday in the third round [...]
SEOUL & AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s football captain Son Heung-min praised the resilience of the Palestinian national team following a tense 1-1 draw in a World Cup qualifier held under the shadow of ongoing conflict. The match, part of the third round of Asian qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation Stray Kids will perform at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, home to English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and its star player Son Heung-min, in July next year, to become the first K-pop act to do so, the band’s agency said Tuesday. JYP Entertainment said the concert, scheduled for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The latest album from K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together (TXT) debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 main albums chart, marking the band’s sixth top 10-charting album. “The Star Chapter: Sanctuary,” the seventh EP from the band, hit the chart by earning 98,000 equivalent album units in [...]