SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A behind-the-scenes documentary about the creation of BTS star J-Hope’s solo debut album, “Jack in the Box,” will be released on Feb. 17, his agency said Friday. According to Big Hit Music, the documentary film produced by Hybe follows about 200 days spent by the rapper-dancer to make the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Iconic South Korean actress Yun Jung-hee, who had long suffered Alzheimer’s disease, has died in France at the age of 79. She died in Paris on Thursday (local time), a movie industry official said. Her family did not release an official statement. Born in 1944 in the southeastern port [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE released a new English-language single titled “Moonlight Sunrise” on Friday, the group’s agency, JYP Entertainment, said. The tune marks the band’s first English song in about one year and three months since “The Feels,” which made it to the Billboard Hot 100 main singles chart [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam’s state airline has gifted Park Hang-seo, the South Korean head coach of the Vietnamese men’s national football team, with a ticket that provides permanent access to any of its flights. Vietnamese state-run media VTC reported that Vietnam Airlines presented park and his wife tickets that provide permanent business [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin, a member of the K-pop superband BTS, has shared his first photos taken after joining the military as he completed five weeks of basic training at a front-line boot camp. Jin entered the army recruit training center of the 5th Infantry Division in Yeoncheon, 60 kilometers north of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group aespa will perform at The Governors Ball Music Festival 2023, a major annual outdoor music festival in New York City, the group’s agency said Wednesday. It will become the first K-pop act to perform at the festival, according to SM Entertainment. This year’s event will [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Mountaineer Kim Young-mi said Tuesday she has reached the South Pole alone and unassisted, becoming the first South Korean to achieve the feat. The 42-year-old climber of North Face Athletes & Team departed from the Hercules Inlet in South Pole on Nov. 27 and traveled 1,186.5 kilometers over 51 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Choi Yena, a K-pop soloist who was a member of the now-disbanded project girl group IZ*ONE, freed herself of the bubbly and bright image from her previous albums with the release of her first single, “Love War,” on Monday. She made a 180-degree turn to appear as a dark [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — GOT the beat, SM Entertainment’s project girl group, returned with a new album Monday, the group’s agency said. The septet’s first EP, “Stamp On It,” consists of six tracks, including the title track of the same name, “Goddess Level” and “Alter Ego,” according to SM. The song “Stamp On [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together will launch its second world tour in March, the group’s management agency said Monday. The “Act: Sweet Mirage” world tour will begin at KSPO Dome in southern Seoul on March 25-26 and continue in a dozen more cities in Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and [...]