SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Rebellious haute couture maestro Jean Paul Gaultier struck Korean fashion lovers with awe when his variation of women’s hanbok, a traditional Korean outfit, was unveiled in the media event of his latest exhibition here on Friday. The 64-year-old “enfant terrible” considered the upcoming exhibition at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza as a creation [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band BigBang has won four awards at China’s 2016 QQ Music Awards, the group’s management said Thursday. The band received the best music video, most popular foreign group and best-selling foreign digital album awards for “Bang Bang Bang,” with its leader G-Dragon being picked as the male artist [...]
“Korean culture has been extremely influential all over the world, gaining fans not just in Europe but also in South America, the Middle East and even parts of Africa. I think its influence will continue to grow.” “While music videos have been vanishing in Europe due to their low return on investment, K-pop has persistently [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Want a selfie with actor Kim Soo-hyun but not sure how to get one? Not to worry, the French wax museum Musee Grevin has come up with a solution. Kim’s wax figure is among dozens that will be displayed at the first Asian branch of the museum opening in Seoul next [...]
Seoul, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A theme park where Hallyu tourists can enjoy K-pop at a hologram concert hall will be established on Jeju Island. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced that they would be opening a digital theme park called ‘Play K-pop’ with NIK, a company that invests in content and [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Who is the hottest South Korean pop star on Instagram, an online mobile photo-sharing and video-sharing service? The answer is popular idol group EXO‘s Chanyeol, according to data released by Instagram Thursday. The data showed that Chanyeol received 97 million replies and “likes” during a year from May 25, last [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The much-awaited exhibition of artwork visualized by a young icon of Korean pop music has kicked off at a Seoul gallery. The “PEACEMINUSONE: Beyond the Stage” exhibition began receiving visitors at the Seoul Museum of Art in downtown Seoul on June 9. The exhibition, a co-production of YG Entertainment and [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A K-pop festival hosted by South Korea’s leading content and media company CJ E&M will expand to the east coast of the U.S. from the west coast this summer, the company said Tuesday. KCON launched in 2012 and has quickly developed to be North America’s largest annual Korean cultural festival that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Big Bang rapper G-Dragon attended Chanel’s 2015 S/S Haute Couture Collection at the Grand Palais, Paris on January 27. He also attended Chanel’s 2015 S/S Collection last fall, and his presence at these shows has cemented his ‘fashionista’ place in the world. G-Dragon wore a tweed jacket from Chanel’s 2014/2015 Cruise [...]
SEOUL, Dec 25 (Korea Bizwire) – New York Magazine named Korean boy band Big Bang’s Taeyang and G-Dragon as some of the best-dressed street-style stars of 2014, YG entertainment said on December 24. In an article about 45 of the most fashionable street-style stars, Taeyang and G-Dragon ranked 42nd. New York Magazine commented on them [...]