SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The lone LPGA tournament held in South Korea each fall will be played on a seaside course on the southern coast this year, the event’s organizers said Friday. The BMW Ladies Championship will take place at Pine Beach Golf Links in Haenam, South Jeolla Province, some 330 kilometers south [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — All regular-season games in South Korean baseball are not created equal, at least in the mind of LG Twins manager Youm Kyoung-youb ahead of an eagerly anticipated weekend series against the Hanwha Eagles. They are the two best teams in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) at the moment, with [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The reigning South Korean baseball MVP Kim Do-yeong, recently back from his second hamstring injury, had to leave Thursday’s game with a hamstring cramp. The third baseman complained of pains in his left hamstring after bobbling a ground ball hit by Yoon Dong-hee of the Lotte Giants during the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent Billboard survey reveals that while a significant share of U.S.-based K-pop fans are spending heavily on albums and merchandise, far fewer are attending live concerts—a disconnect shaped largely by geography and cost. According to the report titled “K-POP Fandom in the U.S.”, 41% of American K-pop fans spend [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Major League Soccer (MLS) club Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) have scheduled a press conference for Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles, apparently to unveil South Korean superstar Son Heung-min as their newest member. In a press release issued in both English and Korean, LAFC said they will “make a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Oh Seung-hwan, the all-time saves leader in South Korean baseball, announced Wednesday he will retire after this season at age 43. Oh has spent his entire 15-year career in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) with the Samsung Lions, notching 427 saves. The right-hander also played for the Hanshin Tigers [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Rose of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has secured eight nominations at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), one of the major music awards in the United States. According to the list of nominees announced by MTV VMAs on its website Tuesday (U.S. time), Rose is up for Video [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – “Burning” director Lee Chang-dong joined hands with Netflix to make his next feature film, with the working title, “Possible Love,” the streaming giant said Tuesday. “Possible Love” centers around two married couples with starkly different lives who become entangled and collide with each other. The star-studded project marks a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Kiwoom Heroes announced Tuesday their All-Star pitcher An Woo-jin will miss the rest of the season after suffering a freak shoulder injury while rehabbing from an elbow surgery in the minor league. According to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club, An will undergo surgery to repair ligament damage [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The three-time defending South Korean football champions Ulsan HD FC announced Tuesday they have hired Shin Tae-yong as their new head coach. Shin, who coached the South Korean men’s national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, will be coaching in the K League 1 for the first time [...]