SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — “OMG,” a hit song from rookie girl group NewJeans, has garnered 300 million streams on Spotify, the group’s agency said Saturday. The song had recorded 301,242,550 streams on the world’s largest music streaming platform as of Thursday, after its release on Jan. 2 this year, ADOR said. The group’s [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids will roll out its third full-length album, “5-Star,” in June, the group’s management agency said Friday. According to JYP Entertainment, “5-Star” will hit music services on June 2 to become the band’s first studio album since “Noeasy” in August 2021. The agency posted a [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A ‘blue hydrogen’ production facility has been established in the southeastern city of Changwon, the first of its kind in South Korea. Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas, but emissions are eliminated by capturing and storing the emitted carbon. The Ministry of Environment and the Changwon city government [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga of K-pop supergroup BTS has kicked off his first world tour as a solo artist in the United States, his agency said Thursday. The “Suga | Agust D-Day” tour, which started at UBS Arena in Belmont, New York, on Wednesday (U.S. time), will take him to nine cities [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday announced a pilot project to promote the chemical recycling of waste hanging banners in partnership with chemical firm SK Geocentric Co. The initiative involves removing strings and poles from discarded banners and sending them to SK Geocentric to determine if they can be [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — “Ditto,” a hit song from rookie girl group NewJeans, has garnered 300 million streams on Spotify, the group’s agency said Wednesday. The song had recorded 301,232,001 streams on the world’s largest music streaming platform as of Monday, 126 days after its release on Dec. 19, ADOR said. It added [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie Fifty Fifty ranked at No. 50 in its fifth week on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with its new single “Cupid.” According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time), “Cupid” rose 10 spots from 60th last week. The quartet debuted on the chart at No. [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has announced plans to produce clean hydrogen using biogas from sewage waste. The company announced on Tuesday that it had signed a business agreement with the city government of Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province and the Institute for Advanced Engineering. The agreement [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A social enterprise backed by SK Innovation Co., the energy and chemical affiliate of the South Korean conglomerate SK Group, has unveiled a lightweight safety helmet made by recycling waste helmets. Usisan said on Tuesday it had developed a lightweight safety helmet by recycling waste safety helmets and plastic [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Taeyang, a member of iconic boy group BIGBANG, has said watching sunsets was a major source of inspiration for his upcoming individual EP, “Down to Earth.” “During some of my difficult and challenging moments, I found solace in watching sunsets,” he said during a media event held in Seoul [...]