SEOUL, Sep. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A government official flying over from Singapore won the top prize on ‘Quiz on Korea,’ a quiz show in which foreigners around the world compete against one another about facts or knowledge relating to Korea. Cohosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), the [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean boy band N-Sonic wowed K-pop fans in India. N-Sonic is the first ever K-pop band to visit India, where the globally popular K-pop or K-wave does not have a great hold over, compared with other markets. On last August 30, N-Sonic performed at “K-POP Festival 2014 India” in [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – In an episode of popular make-over show “Let Me In” on a cable TV channel, a new Thai beauty has been born resembling the young Hwang Shin-hye, the show’s hostess. The program selects a woman or man with physical issues and offers them plastic surgery at no cost. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The fan club members of Yuna Kim, Korea’s figure skating diva, who called themselves “sungnyangi” (meaning “wolves”) have donated consistently for the past six years. In commemoration of Kim’s 25th birthday on September 5, they made a donation again of 11 million won to the Babo Nanum Foundation (meaning [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean film “Tazza 2: Hands of God” is planned to meet moviegoers in six countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Vietnam. Lotte Entertainment announced on September 4 that its latest film would be released in overseas markets starting from Los Angeles on September 19. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A fan club for a member of K-pop boy group Beast will donate a well in Cambodia to celebrate his birthday. Dear JS, a fan café for Jang Hyun-seung comprised of his fans in their 30s, decided to dig a well in Cambodia on the occasion of his 26th birthday on [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Ladies’ Code, a Korean K-pop girl group, was involved in a fatal car accident in the morning of September 3. EunB, 21, one of the five members, was killed. Other members, Rise and SoJung, suffered severe injuries, while the other members, Asheley and Zuny sustained minor injuries. It is [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyuna, a K-pop singer, becomes a new muse of Tony Moly. Tony Moly, one of the renowned Korean road shop cosmetic brands, announced that the company signed with Hyuna as its new main spokesperson. As the beauty product company opened its store in Manhattan, New York, in August, it [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Good Doctor,’ the KBS 2 TV human medical drama starred by Joo Won, Moon Chae-won, and Ju Sang-uk, is going to be remade by CBS, one of the US leading broadcasting companies. This is a milestone that any Korean broadcasting company has never reached. KBS confirmed on Aug, 29 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Shindong, a member of Korea’s boy pop group Super Junior, talked about the newly released album “Mamacita.” On August 29, he posted a message on Instagram, “Our ambum’s out. Please click and listen!” He followed up with another message, “Ranked No. 1 in search keyword, thank y’all.” The seventh [...]