SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual exodus for Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, began Friday as South Koreans head to their hometowns for family reunions and take trips during the extended holiday. This year’s three-day Chuseok holiday runs from Monday to Wednesday and it is extended by an extra two days due [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of South Korean airline pilots have joined Chinese airlines in the past five years, a ruling party lawmaker said Wednesday, amid a recent boom in the aviation industry. An Ho-young of the ruling Democratic Party said 460 pilots from eight local carriers joined foreign airlines, which usually offer [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO’s title song ‘Call Me Baby’ was the most viewed K-pop music video on YouTube in the first half of 2015, said SM Entertainment on July 2. The music video for Call Me Baby was released worldwide on March 31, and the number of hits on YouTube had reached [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy band EXO ranked 90th on the Billboard 200 albums chart with its latest album, setting a new record as the highest-charting K-pop album by a male act. Released on March 30, EXO’s second full-length album “Exodus” landed at No. 90 on the Billboard 200, selling 6,000 copies in the [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO began promoting Exodus, its second album, with a press conference at SM TOWN COEX Artium on March 30. Reporters from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other Asian countries swarmed the conference hall to cover EXO’s much anticipated new album. Their new song, ‘Call Me Baby,’ which was released [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy band EXO climbed to No. 5 on the U.S. iTunes chart this week with its new album, “Exodus,” the group’s agency said Tuesday. Released worldwide on Monday, the group’s second full-length album rose to fifth place on the U.S. iTunes general albums chart on Tuesday, S.M. Entertainment said. “Exodus” [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The popular K-pop boy band EXO will release its second full-length album “Exodus” this week, its management said Thursday. The new album, the first by the group since “Overdose” in December, is scheduled to hit the market on Friday, S.M. Entertainment said. Some of the tracks on the new album were unveiled [...]