SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Cho Yong-pil, an iconic figure in the K-pop scene, will return next month with his first full-length album in 11 years. The singer made a surprise announcement on the homepage of his agency, YPC Company, on Wednesday, revealing that his new studio album titled “20″ will come out Oct. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With two home runs and three RBIs on Tuesday for the Doosan Bears, hard-hitting second baseman Kang Seung-ho kept adding to his career-high numbers across the board. After helping the Bears beat the NC Dinos 10-5 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, Kang is now batting .282/.330/.480 with 18 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — NC Dinos slugger Matt Davidson has had a productive season for himself, but the same couldn’t be said about his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club. Davidson, in his first KBO season after six big-league seasons and another one in Japan, leads the league here with 46 home runs through [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangnam District in Seoul announced on September 24 that it will host the “2024 Foreigners’ Taekwondo Performance Festival” on September 28 at Kukkiwon, the world taekwondo headquarters. This annual event, co-organized by the Gangnam District Office, Kukkiwon, and the Foreigners’ Taekwondo Culture Association in Korea since 2022, is expected to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – In an era where nearly one in four South Korean households includes a furry family member, a unique event is set to bring together pet owners and their canine companions for a day of meditation and mindfulness. The “Seon Meditation Festival with Companion Dogs,” scheduled for September 29 at Bongseongsa [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Tigers superstar Kim Do-yeong set a single-season runs scored record in South Korean baseball Monday, while inching closer to a rare 40-40 season. Kim, the leading MVP candidate in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), scored three times to reach 138 runs for the season in a 5-3 victory [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The dance performance video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.7 billion views on YouTube. The choreography video hit the milestone early Tuesday, about four years and two months after it was uploaded on the global video sharing service [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Being “different” is often celebrated in words. But in reality, many still face exclusion for not fitting in. The coming-of-age film “Love in the Big City” challenges this notion by following the 13-year journey of two endearing characters, Jae-hee (Kim Go-eun) and Heung-soo (Noh Sang-hyun). Based on Park Sang-young’s [...]
IKSAN, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Iksan in North Jeolla Province announced on September 23 that it will host the 2024 Horror Hologram Festival on September 26, transforming a former prison set into a cutting-edge spectacle of fear and technology. Now in its third year, the festival uniquely blends the concept of horror [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular girl group aespa will release its fifth EP, “Whiplash,” on Oct. 21, the group’s agency, SM Entertainment, said Monday. The album aims to build on the success of the group’s previous hit, “Supernova,” which was the lead track from its first full-length album, “Armageddon,” released in May. “Supernova” [...]