SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s drug safety ministry said Thursday it has brought charges against a butterbeer maker and sellers, claiming that the beer does not contain any butter. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety issued an advance notice to Brewguru, the maker of the butterbeer Beurre Biere, saying that the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for BTS’ 2021 megahit single “Butter” surpassed 700 million YouTube views Wednesday, becoming the 10th video from the K-pop group to hit the milestone. The video passed the 700 million threshold at 9:31 a.m., about nine months after it was uploaded online on May 21 last [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — “Butter,” a megahit single by K-pop superstars BTS, has earned double platinum certification in the United States. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) revealed the certification on its website Thursday (U.S. time), adding in a tweet, “Congratulations to @bts_bighit! #Butter is DOUBLE PLATINUM!!” The certification recognizes 2 million [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Supergroup BTS rewrote its chart record on Wednesday as its upbeat summer number “Butter” retained the top spot on Billboard’s main singles chart for the sixth consecutive week. “”Butter” is officially No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100 chart for a sixth consecutive week,” Billboard said Tuesday (U.S. time) on [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — “Butter,” the latest hit by boy band BTS, again ranked No. 1 on the Billboard’s main singles chart in its second week after debuting. “BTS’ ‘Butter’ adds a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, a week after it soared in at the summit, [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop supergroup BTS’ new single “Butter” has stormed major music charts in the United States and Japan following its release last week, the band’s agency said Wednesday. The English-language single debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard’s pop airplay chart, which measures airplay of pop songs at some 160 [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Consumption of cheese and butter has increased steadily in South Korea in recent years as a growing number of people consume Western food, data showed Wednesday. Consumption of cheese rose to 140,769 tons last year from 132,593 tons in 2015, 117,827 tons in 2014 and 107,558 in 2013, according [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of high-fat products are soaring with Korea’s recent frenzy over low-carb high-fat (LCHF) diets. In a nutshell, these types of diets cut down on carbohydrate consumption while replacing it with high-fat food, allowing the body to burn fat, both stored and consumed, as a principal fuel source. According [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of dairy products have risen at an annual average rate of 14.9 percent over the last three years, fueled by local demand, government data showed Friday. According to the data by the Korea Customs Service (KCS), imports of such products as cheese, powdered milk, cream and [...]