SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Since its official release about a year earlier, South Korea’s global sensation “Squid Game” has made history in the world’s entertainment industry and helped the Korean content rise in power and influence on the world stage amid Hollywood’s efforts for wider diversity and inclusion. Written and directed by Hwang [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean phenomenon survival drama “Squid Game” has become the first non-English TV series to win best actor and director in a drama series at the prestigious Primetime Emmy Awards. At the ceremony for the 74th edition at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Monday (U.S. time), [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The American city of Los Angeles designated “Squid Game Day” in recognition of the global mega-hit Korean drama’s impact on American popular culture. John Lee, a Korean American member of the Los Angeles City Council, announced that the council passed a resolution last week designated Sept. 17 as Squid [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — For many K-pop artists, Olympic Stadium, the country’s largest concert venue with a capacity to house up to 100,000 spectators, including standing seats, is considered “a stage of dreams,” because only a few big names have had their individual concerts there. Most recently, globally popular stars, such as EXO, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean legal drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” has retained the top position on Netflix’s latest weekly viewership chart of non-English TV shows for the sixth consecutive week even though it finished airing in the country, the global video streaming service said Wednesday. The TV sensation, which aired every [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The lead single of BLACKPINK’s upcoming full-length album is titled “Shut Down,” the band’s agency said Wednesday. “It’s a title that is intuitive and creates a strange tension,” YG Entertainment said in a release. “BLACKPINK will once again captivate music fans around the world with its unique charisma and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids will return with its seventh EP titled “Maxident” on Oct. 7, the band’s agency said Tuesday. It will mark the first release from the group since its sixth EP, “Oddinary,” in March. The last EP debuted atop the Billboard 200 main albums chart with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The global sensation “Squid Game” has won four prizes at this year’s Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, becoming the first Korean-made TV show to grab a trophy at the most prestigious TV event in the United States. At the award ceremony recognizing the best in artistic and technical achievement [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The venue of K-pop giant BTS’ upcoming concert in the southern port city of Busan has been changed to Asiad Main Stadium for the convenience of fans coming to see their favorite artists, the band’s agency said Friday. The septet had planned to hold a one-day concert at a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A new single by hip-hop group Balming Tiger featuring RM of BTS topped the iTunes’ global songs chart Friday, the hip-hop group said. “Sexy Nukim” debuted atop the Worldwide iTunes Song chart and top songs charts in about 50 countries around the world, a day after its release, the [...]