SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop giants BTS plan to release a new English-language single next month, the band’s agency announced Monday. The seven-piece act will drop the yet-unnamed digital single on Aug. 21 on domestic and international streaming services, Big Hit Entertainment, the band’s label-agency, announced on the group’s online fan community BTS [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS’ latest online concert has set a new Guinness world record for most viewers. “BTS have achieved a new Guinness World Records title for most viewers for a music concert livestream,” the Guinness World Records website said Thursday. “756,000 fans from over 100 countries tuned in to [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop artist and producer Zico will begin his alternative military service later this month, his management agency said Tuesday. He will enter a boot camp on July 30 for four weeks of basic military training and will then serve as a social worker, according to KOZ Entertainment. All able-bodied [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of ice cream to Vietnam jumped 30 percent in 2019 from a year earlier on the back of the growing popularity of Korean culture in Southeast Asia, data showed Sunday. Outbound shipments of ice cream to Vietnam reached US$7 million in 2019, rising sharply from $5.3 [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop act TWICE will hold an online concert for its global fans next month using the Beyond Live platform owned by SM Entertainment and Naver, the group’s agency said Friday. The virtual concert, “Beyond Live – TWICE: World In A Day,” will be held Aug. 9 on Beyond Live, [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners who traveled to South Korea last year to consume K-pop goods and content were estimated to have spent US$1,007 on average, according to a report Thursday. In its latest tourism industry analysis report, the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) estimated that some 1.11 million foreigners came to South [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is a food lover’s paradise. And there are a wide range of delicious dishes in every corner of the country to suit every taste as its people enjoy various culinary delights anytime, anywhere. Among other things, South Korea has a wide variety of noodles on offer, including [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite nearly half of its full lineup currently absent, the presence of K-pop boy band EXO, a third-generation K-pop stalwart, still resonates loud and deep, as remaining members pursue solo and subunit projects during the group’s hiatus due to the military duty requirements of its members. Currently three members [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group GFriend made a comeback on Monday with its ninth EP album “Song of the Sirens,” with the members becoming more involved in the process of producing an album than ever before. “I regularly jot down memos and ideas (for music), as I’ve always had an interest [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Touted as one of South Korea’s biggest export products, K-pop and its industry have always had a strong impulse to go beyond the borders of South Korea to capture the imaginations of audiences across borders and cultures — as well documented in the BTS phenomenon and global hype surrounding [...]