SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Kwon Min-ah, the 26-year-old former member of a K-pop girl group AOA, revealed last week that she has been harassed by former AOA leader Jimin for the last 10 years. Jimin, the 29-year-old rapper and singer whose real name is Shin Ji-min, was subject to massive criticism after threatening [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s two hottest idols, Zico and Seolhyun, confirmed to be an item, their management agencies said Wednesday. According to Seven Seasons and FNC Entertainment, the management agencies for Zico of boy band Block B and Seolhyun from girl group AOA, respectively, the two idols “became attached to and relied [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Liquor companies, barred from public spaces and airtime, are resorting to top celebrities for maximized advertisement effect, according to industry officials Tuesday. The government has been tightening regulations on liquor ads, revising the law on national health improvement. Recent changes include barring liquor ads on TV from 7 a.m. [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean bands AOA, TWICE and 2PM will headline KCON Japan, that country’s edition of the world’s largest convention on all things “hallyu,” or the worldwide popularity of Korean culture, organizers said Friday. This year’s KCON Japan will consist of a convention displaying merchandise related to Korean culture, a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Suning Universal has decided to invest US$209 million in FNC Entertainment, the South Korean entertainment agency said Monday. FNC Entertainment said it will issue about 1.7 million new shares to Suning Universal Media Co. to raise 336.9 billion won (US$290.8 million) in capital. “Through [...]
CHANGWON, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) – Dozens of young people from 14 countries will compete in their ability to reproduce or reinvent K-pop acts in later Friday, organizers said. Only 57 out of some 12,000 contestants made it to the K-pop World Festival finals set to start at 7 p.m. at the Changwon Sports Park in [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver, South Korea’s top Internet portal operator, rolled out a real-time video streaming app on Friday that features behind-the-scenes stories of popular K-pop artists, as it seeks to expand its global presence with the new mobile media platform. Dubbed V, the app is designed to provide footage of top Korean singers [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group AOA was scheduled to release its third Japanese EP on Wednesday, its management agency said. “Mune Kyun,” the Japanese version of the latest EP, “Heart Attack,” contains the title track of the same name along with “Confused” and “Joa Yo!” in Japanese translation, FNC Entertainment said. The [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The entertainment industry is setting an aggressive approach to new media, such as internet broadcasting and mobile apps. While national television and cable channels used to be the key points of promotion, as the media environment changed, advertising is expanding into the territory of the Internet and mobile media [...]
Seoul, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Billboard is taking notice of song-writer Brave Brothers’ (Kang Dong-chul, 36) entrance into the American market. In an article posted on June 11, titled ‘YG & Krazie Bone Break International Borders With Brave Brothers Produced ‘Cash Money”, Billboard speaks highly of Brave Brothers as ‘one of the best K-pop producers’. They [...]