SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group Girl’s Day, in celebration of its eighth year, came out with its fifth EP album on Monday, promising to remain together for the time being. “We renewed our contracts with about a year left for each of us. We had a lot of internal discussion,” [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) - The South Korean girl group industry is undergoing a generational shift, with new girl groups expanding their presence in the K-pop power structure. Almost 20 years has passed since the debut of the “first generational” girl groups — SES of S.M. Entertainment, Babyvox of DR Music and Fin.K.L. of DSP Entertainment – in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean girl group Girl’s Day has volunteered at a school in Cambodia to empower impoverished children, its agency said Wednesday. The four-member act recently visited a school in Siem Reap of northwestern Cambodia as an honorary ambassador of Plan Korea, the South Korean branch of the international children’s [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The entertainment industry is setting an aggressive approach to new media, such as internet broadcasting and mobile apps. While national television and cable channels used to be the key points of promotion, as the media environment changed, advertising is expanding into the territory of the Internet and mobile media [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Convenience store operator 7-Eleven has opened a “smart” convenience store where customers can enjoy virtual reality based on IT technologies. On the second floor of its Chinese Embassy store in Seoul’s Myeongdong, 7-Eleven placed six smart tables where customers can enjoy web surfing, gaming and watching Youtube videos in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Girl’s Day presented its second album, ‘LOVE’, five years after their debut, on July 7. The group held a showcase on July 6 at KBS Sports World, and showed their pride in the new album. The title song, ‘Ring My Bell,’ is a catchy song with a strong beat [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The ‘Hyeri Lunchbox,’ a convenience store lunch box line that features the likeness of Girl’s Day’s Hyeri, has seen sales of 500,000 units since it was first launched three weeks ago. Convenience store chain Seven Eleven released two lunch boxes on March 12, both featuring Hyeri, and they have topped [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A new trend in K-pop is rising, as more and more Korean musicians are choosing to hold street showcases for their soon-to-be released songs. Min-ah from Girl’s Day unveiled her first solo album by performing at the center of Myeongdong on March 16, while JJCC, a boy group made by Jackie Chan, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – “Sajangmon,” a tit-for-tat site against the Albamon commercial that upset small business owners as it describes them as mean employers, will be closed after strong public opposition. The manager of the Internet community for employers protesting against the Albamon commercial announced on February 11 that the Sajangmon site will [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An ad supporting part-time workers’ labor rights is being involved in an unexpected controversy, and is at the forefront of a showdown between the nation’s employers and job seekers. The commercial, which was created by AlbaMon, a job information site, features Hyeri, a member of the popular K-pop girl [...]