SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Joy of girl group Red Velvet and R&B singer-songwriter Crush are officially a pair, their management agencies said Monday. “The two were colleagues but recently began dating,” Joy’s management agency, SM Entertainment, said. Crush’s agency, P Nation, made the same statement. The couple collaborated last year when the 24-year-old [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual global music fair will kick off next week in Seoul to help promote Korean pop music in overseas markets, organizers said Wednesday. K-pop, as it is known, is already becoming more popular among young people in other Asian countries, as well as in Europe and the Americas, with its influence generating interest in other facets of Korean culture. [...]
POHANG, Seoul (Korea Bizwire) – Jazz musicians from 14 different countries will take the stage at Chilpo Beach in Pohang for the 11th Chilpo Jazz Festival. Korean “jazz-punk” band jsfa and Japanese trio Fox Capture Plan will perform on September 22 to kick off the event. In addition, performances by American neo-soul artist Eric Benét [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual international music fair will kick off in Seoul this month to showcase dozens of talented artists from South Korea and abroad, organizers said Friday. The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) announced a list of 64 local and foreign musicians who will appear onstage in the Seoul International [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – YG Entertainment became a quintuple medalist at the Red Dot Design Awards, which is are one of the three most prestigious design awards in the world. The debut album of Winner, 2NE1‘s second album ‘CRUSH’, Tae-yang’s second album ‘RISE’, the live CD of YG Family’s concert in Seoul, and a [...]
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 [...]