SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean entertainment giant CJ E&M said Thursday it will produce a Web drama starring two K-pop artists managed by YG Entertainment – girl group 2NE1‘s Sandara Park and boy group Winner‘s Kang Seung-yoon. Based on a Webtoon of the same title, the drama, “We’re Separated,” will portray the country’s younger generation [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s big-three talent agencies–SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment–are competing hard in launching new idol groups. Of these, however, only YG Entertainment has seen its share price soar recently while others are languishing in the market. According to financial investment sources on August 13, the top-three entertainment agencies have debuted [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Two sisters famous for being members of K-pop girl groups, Jessica of Girl’s Generation and Krystal of f(x), showed their tears in a reality TV show in which they are starring. In a surprise party for Jessica’s birthday secretly prepared by her younger sister Krystal during their trip to Los Angeles [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Jiyeon’s solo debut title “1MIN 1SEC” has become the talk of the town in China just after the release of its music video on May 20. In Yinyuetai, Chinese version of YouTube, her music video holds No. 1 rank since its release. The top rank for two consecutive weeks [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop fans used to give their beloved stars fan letters and stuffed toys, but nowadays they give “the woods.” On May 6, Tree Planet, a social enterprise which plants trees, announced that a forest has been created in Gangnam to be named after Baekhyun, a member of K-pop boy [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – “Crush,” the second album of Korea’s quartet girl group 2NE1 ranked 61st on Billboard album chart, the highest ever score in the K-Pop history. 2NE1 also secured 22 percent of popularity rating in the “most popular K-Pop Girl Group” survey conducted by the “Girl Group Week” magazine. Billboard introduced “Come Back [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 14, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A survey found that nine out of ten foreigner respondents said they wanted to date with Korean men and women. This is a sign that the Korean Wave in K-Pop, TV dramas, and computer games is gaining the hearts and minds of foreign audiences. Korea’s major matchmaking [...]
K-pop phenoms 2NE1 have made their long-awaited comeback with new single “Falling in Love.” The group also gets points for incorporating a rarely-heard reggae genre to K-pop. In addition to dropping “Falling in Love,” YG Entertainment has announced that 2NE1 will be releasing a new single every month from July to October, when its new [...]