SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer and actress Bae Suzy, who debuted in JYP Entertainment’s girl band missA, will terminate her contract with the management agency and is likely to move to another talent agency specializing in acting, according to JYP and other sources on Tuesday. “We announce that Suzy’s exclusive contract with JYP [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Ji-hoon, a member of the disbanded boy band Wanna One, dropped his first solo debut album, “O’CLOCK,” on Tuesday, joining two former band mates in launching a solo career after the wildly popular group parted ways in January. Park followed Yoon Ji-sung and Ha Sung-woon to become the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — English electronic music duo HONNE announced Tuesday the release of its second musical collaboration with RM, the leader of K-pop band BTS. The duo posted images reading the lyrics of the new song on its official social media accounts, under a note, “27.03.19″, the date of the song’s release. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A Vietnamese version of “Running Man,” a long-running TV variety show by South Korean channel SBS, will go on air next month in a joint production project by the two countries, the South Korean broadcaster said Tuesday. The first episode of the Vietnamese edition will hit the small screen [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Korean dramas and films rose around 15 percent at a major international content fair in Hong Kong last week compared with a year earlier, a South Korean government agency said Monday. A total of 25 Korean content sellers recorded a total of US$16.6 million in sales during [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band BLACKPINK will put out a new album, “Kill This Love,” next month, its management agency said Monday. YG Entertainment released a teaser image on its official website for the upcoming EP, announcing its release set for April 5. The image shows the band’s Thai member, Lisa, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief of the management agency of BIGBANG and other K-pop stars said Friday he will faithfully comply with the authorities investigating its suspected tax evasion and an alleged sex-for-favors scandal involving a former BIGBANG member. Yang Min-suk, chief executive of YG Entertainment, made the remarks to reporters before [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The winner of “Putri Indonesia 2019,” the most prestigious beauty contest in Indonesia, drew attention to “Korea-made mask packs” as she mentioned them as a secret to her beauty. According to CNN Indonesia on Monday, the winner, Frederika Alexis Cull, explained how much she loves the mask packs and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — “The Dream Chapter: Star,” the debut album of new boy band Tomorrow X Together, also known as TXT, landed at 140 on the main Billboard 200 album chart, becoming the highest-charting debut album by a K-pop male act, Billboard said Tuesday. The chart results dated March 16 came after [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS will return to the music scene next month with a new album, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The boy band will put out the new EP “Map of the Soul: Persona” on April 12, the first release since it completed its “Love Yourself” album trilogy [...]