SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) -- K-pop star Psy beat Seoul’s sweltering heat wave Friday night with his signature summer concert, “Swag Show,” while soaking tens of thousands of spectators in cold water. “The weather is too nice,” Psy screamed out as he appeared onstage for the first leg of his three-day Seoul show at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, the annual global festival of the Korean Wave, or the global popularity of Korean pop culture, will expand into Thailand this year to tap into the broader Southeast Asian region with 650 million people, the festival’s organizer said Thursday. The KCON 2018 Thailand will open Sept. 29 for [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop superstars BTS’ upcoming album, “Love Yourself: Answer,” claimed the No. 1 spot in the CD category of the biggest American online retailer Amazon.com in the first day of preorders, its management agency said Thursday. Preorders for the new BTS album, set for release on Aug. 24, began Wednesday, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With K-pop music breaking global music records, the number of international students who arrived in South Korea last year to study Korean also reached an all-time high. And for the first time, the number of language students surpassed those who were in the nation to earn an academic degree. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Top-rung K-pop girl band TWICE’s new song, “Dance the Night Away,” took local music charts by storm Tuesday in less than a day after its release. The main song of the nine-track album “Summer Nights” dropped at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, landing atop the music charts at seven major [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Wooyoung of boy band 2PM enlisted in the Army for his mandatory military service Monday, his management agency said. The 29-year-old singer entered a boot camp in Yanggu, Gangwon Province, at 2 p.m. for five weeks of basic training before starting his military service as an active soldier. In [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-pop boy band BTS will hold a photo and video exhibition in Seoul marking the fifth anniversary of its debut, its agency Big Hit Entertainment said Monday. BTS will showcase photos showing them working on albums, photos taken by the seven members themselves and video clips featuring various [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Lee Dong-wook and actor-singer Bae Suzy have separated, ending their four-month romantic relationship, Suzy’s agency, JYP Entertainment, said Monday. The company blamed the two stars’ “busy schedule” for the “natural” separation. The two confirmed they were dating in March. At that time, Lee’s agency, Starship Entertainment, said the [...]
Jun 30 (Korea Bizwire) – At first sight, one would think that they were in front of a “K-store” – a shop carrying Korean items. A quick peek inside, however, reveals the extent of the deception, the opportunistic façade unable to mask the reality of the wares being touted within – knockoffs of popular [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular online shopping mall 11Street’s platform that allows overseas individuals to make purchases from South Korean vendors revealed that Taiwanese shoppers had topped the list of foreign buyers who purchased K-pop idol-related goods. 11Street revealed today that the largest percentage of its online overseas buyers came from Taiwan, accounting [...]