SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean author Baek Heena’s picture book “Magic Candies” has won the SuperPremio Anderson 2023, a top prize from Italy’s most prestigious children’s book awards. “Magic Candies” was chosen as the book of the year from the award dedicated to the memory of Gualtiero Schiaffino, the founder of the Italian [...]
VIENNA, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — In an extremely exciting ceremony, the Energy Globe Foundation announced the world winners in the five categories: Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Youth on November 8. A total of almost 3,000 implemented environmental projects from 187 countries participated in this private initiative from Austria. For the first time in the 22-year history of [...]
MONTREAL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Nick W. Verdea, a Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) and Global Leadership Professional (GLP), has been named the 2021 winner of the Bombardier Safety Standdown Award, as selected by the Safety Standdown Advisory Council members. Verdea, Director of Aviation and Corporate Travel for The Williams Company in Tulsa, OK., is [...]
TORONTO, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Sophi.io, The Globe and Mail’s artificial intelligence-based automation, optimization and prediction engine, won WAN-IFRA’s 2021 North American Digital Media Award in the category of Best Paid Content Strategy. This is Sophi’s fourth award in the last month. The North American Digital Media Awards honour news publishers that have delivered cutting-edge, [...]
GWANGJU, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A new international video press award has been created in honor of late German journalist Jurgen Hinzpeter, the first western reporter to send out footage of the bloody crackdown on the Gwangju people’s pro-democracy uprising of May 1980, its organizers said Thursday. The May 18 Memorial Foundation and the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung has been named best supporting actress by Los Angeles film critics for her performance in the drama film “Minari.” The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) announced Monday that Youn won the award in the best supporting actress category, beating Amanda Seyfried of “Mank.” [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean author and illustrator Baek Heena has won the 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book award. “With exquisite feeling for materials, looks and gestures, Baek Heena’s filmic picture books stage stories about solitude and solidarity,” a jury of the award said in a statement [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The popular K-pop group BigBang was named the best world artist at an annual music awards ceremony hosted by an Italian cable TV channel, the group’s management said Monday. The boys won “Best Artist from the World” in the Italian MTV Awards 2016, becoming the only Korean act or [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun and boy band BigBang have been name Best Actor and Best Boy Group, respectively, in a recent vote of 40 million hallyu fans around the world, an online news site said Wednesday. U.S.-based site Soompi, which covers the Korean Wave or hallyu, announced the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) - Boy bands BigBang and EXO reigned over South Korea’s digital and albums charts in 2015, respectively, while none of their female counterparts made it into the top 10 of either chart, a local music website said Tuesday. BigBang’s “Bang Bang Bang,” “Loser” and “Bae Bae” took the No. 1, 2 [...]