SEOUL, Korea, Feb 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Kabam, the leader in the western world for free-to-play games for traditional players, today announced its continued international expansion with an office opening in April in the Sinsa-dong district of Seoul. Kabam’s Seoul office will provide live operations, localization, quality assurance, marketing, and player experience services dedicated [...]
SEOUL & POHANG, Korea, Feb 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The POSCO Music Concert is returning with a more enriched program. Since being held first as the `Millennium New Year`s Eve Concert` in December 1999, leading Korean artists have performed at the POSCO Music Concert, regardless of genre. Marking 156 performances and over 140,000 cumulative attendees, the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Leading the exploration of new themes for the Korean drama genre, CJ E&M, Asia’s No.1 Total Contents Company, has launched the new mystery crime drama Cheo Yong: The Paranormal Detective. Starring Oh Ji-Ho and Oh Ji-Eun, and Jun Hyo-Seong from popular K-Pop girl group Secret, Cheo Yong portrays the [...]
NORTH CLARENDON, VT, Feb 09 (Korea Bizwire) – In 2012, Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music video hit YouTube and blew every other video out of the water, to the tune of 1.8 billion views and counting. This phenomenon took the global awareness of K-pop to a whole new level inspiring author Mark James Russell to write K-POP [...]
HOLLYWOOD, California, Feb, 10 (Korea Bizwire) – On the heels of its US theatrical run, WEDDING PALACE has been released by Gravitas Ventures throughout North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Japan. To celebrate WEDDING PALACE is hosting a social media event to promote fun, Korean food, and romance for Valentine’s Day and beyond. Winner of [...]
London, Feb 06, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Eros International Plc (EROS) (“Eros”), a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry announced today that it will release the blockbuster film, English Vinglish, in South Korea on February 6, 2014. Following on the heels of the film’s success in Hong Kong and Germany last year, [...]
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors America (KMA) and the Los Angeles Clippers are teaming up to give away “Griffin Force” capes to help fans cheer on the Clippers when the team takes on the Miami Heat tonight at the Staples Center. The Clippers are currently leading the Pacific Division, and fans will [...]
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 24, (Korea Bizwire) – As part of a three-year partnership as the “Official Vehicle Partner” of the GRAMMY Awards®, this year Hyundai teamed up with The Recording Academy® and GRAMMY U® for the 2014 installment of the Amplifier Center Stage program: A GRAMMY U Initiative. Launched in 2013, the Amplifier [...]
Tapastic Closes $2.0 Million in Series A Funding to Bolster American Webcomics Market — First American English-Language Launch of “Like A Wolf,” One of the Most Popular Webcomics in South Korea SANTA CLARA, CA, Jan 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Tapastic, the online portal for webcomics is bolstering its American webcomics market by today, announcing [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Coffee Expo Seoul 2014, April 10-13 at Coex, Korea, will offer an interesting twist for visitors, as it showcases the very best from the coffee industry – both old and new. An exclusive ‘Mint Label’ zone within the exhibition will give select domestic and overseas businesses the opportunity [...]