SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook’s first solo single, “Seven,” topped iTunes Top Song charts of 106 countries around the world Saturday, one day after its release, its agency, BigHit Music, said. Jungkook unveiled the digital single Friday, becoming the sixth member of the septet to debut as a soloist, after J-Hope, [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group NewJeans’ new song, “Super Shy,” has entered the British Official Singles Chart Top 100 one week after its release. According to the latest data released Friday (British time), the song debuted at 59th on the prestigious chart. “Super Shy” was released July 7 and will be [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS droped his first official solo song on Friday. The digital single, titled “Seven,” was arrived at 1 p.m. in local time, according to the band’s agency, BigHit Music. The release will make him the sixth member of the septet to debut as a soloist, [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Super Junior’s members Eunhyuk, Donghae and Kyuhyun will leave SM Entertainment, their agency for over 10 years, the company said Friday. SM Entertainment said the three members will pursue individual activities, as they have decided not to renew their contracts with the agency. This marks the [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix’s Korean-language series “Celebrity” was the most-watched non-English TV show on the streamer in the previous week, its viewership chart showed Wednesday. Released on June 30, the 12-part show about the extravagant lives of social media influencers topped Netflix’s non-English TV show list for the week of July 3-9 [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With the trend of saving even small amounts of money spreading amid the economic slump, South Korea’s major travel agency has unveiled new apps that pay users for walking. Hanatour Service Inc. announced on Tuesday that it launched the industry’s first step counter service, designed to provide rewards based [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Environment Corp. (KECO), a state environment promotion agency, said Tuesday that a demonstration facility for carbon capture and utilization technology will be established at a Philip Morris Korea Inc. factory in Yangsan, North Gyeongsang Province. The facility, scheduled to be completed on Thursday, leverages the carbon dioxide absorption [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — YG Entertainment’s new girl group Babymonster will make its debut in September, the K-pop label said Tuesday. According to the agency, the group is now working on the choreography and music video for its debut song, which will be an intense hip-hop genre piece. It also said a lot [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band EXO’s new album “EXIST” topped iTunes’ Top Albums chart in 66 nations, and other major music charts at home and abroad, its agency said Tuesday. Released on Monday, “EXIST” ranked No. 1 in major charts, including Worldwide iTunes Album Chart and QQ Music, China’s largest music [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Home Shopping Network Corp. said Monday it will be releasing the second episode of its entertainment-style “deal commerce” program, hosted by actor Kwon Hyuk-soo, on its official YouTube channel. The concept of deal commerce was introduced in April as the industry’s first program based on the idea of [...]