SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Yuri of Girls’ Generation and Oh Seung-hwan, a pitcher for a Japanese baseball team, are no longer together, the girl group’s management agency said Thursday. Only six months have passed since her relationship with the relief pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers, a Nippon Professional Baseball team, was exposed in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl groups are like fashion. One day you’re in, the next day you’re out. By that logic, Girls’ Generation has outlived people’s expectations, topping music charts, local or international, eight years after its debut. But even the act once considered the most invincible is being dethroned — “Party,” GG’s [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Girls’ Generation, one of the top South Korean girl groups, swept various music charts at home and other Asian countries Wednesday after making a long-awaited return to the music scene. The album’s title piece “Party” topped eight Korean music services, including Genie, Melon and Mnet, as of 9 a.m. [...]
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, 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, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Yuri, a member of K-pop group Girls’ Generation, has admitted she is in a relationship with baseball player Oh Seung-hwan, the group’s management agency said Monday. “Having met through acquaintances at the end of last year, the two are now getting to know with each other with good feelings,” [...]
SEOUL, Dec 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Jessica, the ex-member of Girls Generation, expressed her desire to succeed in China. On December 23rd, Jessica was spotted at the 2014 SOHU Fashion Awards in China. She was awarded the “Asian Fashion Icon of the Year” award, which ex-EXO member Kris and G-Dragon’s reported girlfriend Kiko Mizuhara also received. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Hyori, the South Korean female singer famous now more for supporting animal rights cause, surprised the nation by making remarks on workers fighting to get back to their workplace. She said on December 18 on her Twitter account, “I want the new car Tivoli at Ssangyong Motor to sell [...]
SEOUL, Dec 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Jessica, a former member of Korean girl group Girls’ Generation and creative director of fashion brand Blanc & Eclare, will launch the limited edition of a scarf collection under her name ahead of the end-of-the-year holiday season. The collection is available in select stores from December 3. The scarves, [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — It is reported that Jessica, a member of Girls’ Generation, has been forced out. Jessica posted a message in both English as well as Korean on her Sina Weibo on September 30, saying, “I was excited about our upcoming fan events only to shockingly be informed by my company [...]