SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The video for K-pop boy group BIGBANG’s “Bae Bae” has surpassed 100 million views on Youtube. It hit the milestone on Tuesday night, becoming the 11th video from the group to garner 100 million views on the global video-sharing service, the group’s agency YG Entertainment said on Wednesday. The group performded before 50,000 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation boy band BTS has set a world record for Twitter engagements, its agency Big Hit Entertainment said Wednesday. The group has earned the honor, which is published by Guinness World Records, as the music group with the most Twitter engagements. It achieved an average of 152,112 retweets [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Song Joong-ki will host the 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards’ Hong Kong show next month, organizers said Monday, his first public appearance after getting married. The 9th edition of MAMA, one of South Korea’s largest year-end music awards show, will be held in three different countries over a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer Rain will release his new song “Let’s Break Up Today,” which he sang in a duet with a female singer, next Friday, his management company said. The sad ballad song about a man who wants to end a relationship with his old lover will be included on the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Bae Suzy, better known by her stage name Suzy, and Lee Min-ho have put an end to their romantic relationship, the actress’ agency confirmed Thursday. JYP Entertainment said the celebrity couple recently split after threeyears of dating. They were confirmed to be an item in March 2015. In September 2015 and August last year, rumors had it that the two parted [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said Tuesday they have found no traces of alcohol or drugs in late actor Kim Joo-hyuk’s body, reaffirming the preliminary conclusion that he died of a severe head injury inflicted in the tragic car accident late last month. Police released the autopsy and biopsy results on the veteran [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Joowon and singer-actress BoA have broken up after being in relationship for nearly one year, their agencies said Monday. “The company confirmed that Joowon and BoA have recently ended their relationship,” Hwai Brothers Korea, Joowon’s agency, said in a release. “But we do not know the details,” it [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – With American President Donald Trump now in China, having passed through South Korea on his Asia-wide tour, details of his visit – from his appearances down to what he ate – have become trending topics of interest. When it was reported that ballad singer Park Hyo-shin, a member of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The wedding of the “Song-Song Couple” was an international event, with Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi attending and French luxury brand Dior designing the bride’s wedding gown. Through its official Instagram account, Dior showed behind-the-scenes photos of how the white dress composed of satin silk was put together. After sewing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting Monday, Korean cultural heritage will be featured on a huge billboard at Piccadilly Circus, one of the most popular areas of London, the South Korean government has said. The one-minute-long advertisement will run on the billboard owned by LG Electronics in the square 48 times a day till Nov. 30, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said. The video [...]