SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Jung Yong-hwa, a member of K-pop boy band CNBLUE, was discharged from the military Sunday after fulfilling nearly two years of mandatory service. He thanked his fans and expressed hope that he would return to his job as early as possible during a special fan event at a community [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The roaring K-pop boom in South Korea is reviving the fate of perishing CD music and other physical music record formats. Since the early 2000s, compact disc as a music distribution format has been increasingly replaced by other digital storage and distribution formats such as internet streaming. Reversing the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The phenomenally successful one-year concert journey by K-pop band BTS proved to be an emphatic yes to years of lingering questions over whether K-pop could crack the mainstream of American pop culture and beyond. With a finale concert in Seoul on Tuesday, the seven-member boy band brought its “Love [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Tears and sweat wrapped up K-pop superband BTS’ year-long world concert tour in the capital of their home country on Tuesday. The famous home ARMY’s fan chant consecutively naming the seven BTS members brought to a close BTS’ “Love Yourself” world tour at the thundering Olympic Stadium in southern [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine in 10 K-pop fans would like to visit South Korea in the future, a survey showed Monday, highlighting K-pop’s positive impact on the local tourism sector. In a survey of 12,663 people in 111 countries who identified themselves as K-pop fans, 89.8 percent of the respondents said they [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band TWICE will hit the Tokyo Dome stadium next year on a new Tokyo leg of its ongoing world tour, the band’s management agency said Monday. The girl band is currently on the globe-trotting concert tour, with its Japanese leg having kicked off last week in Hokkaido. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon, the leader of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, was discharged from the military Saturday, bracing himself for a return to show business. Meeting with media and fans in front of the Ground Operations Command in Yongin, south of Seoul, G-Dragon, whose real name is Kwon Ji-yong, thanked his fans [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop super band BTS’ six-month world tour is expected to generate aggregate sales of 200 billion won (around US$170.50 million), with more than a cumulative 1 million fans entertained by its 20 concerts, data available from the band’s management agency said Friday. The latest world concert tour, “Love [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop superband BTS’ upcoming concerts in Seoul will be broadcast live in movie theaters in six Asian countries, the band’s management agency said Wednesday. With three days of concerts in the band’s home country, set for Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday, BTS will wrap up its latest globe-trotting concert [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Tomorrow X Together, a new idol group managed by the agency of global superband BTS, dropped its first full-length album Monday. The eight-track full-length album titled “The Dream Chapter: Magic” is the quintet’s second music release following their breakout debut in March. The debut album, “The Dream Chapter: Star,” [...]