SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular TV series “Kill Me, Heal Me” from 2015 has been sold to a European distributor for a remake, the drama’s production company said Wednesday. Pan Entertainment said it sealed a memorandum of understanding for the remake and overseas distribution with Scandinavian distributor Eccho Rights. The romantic drama, starring [...]
HANOI, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Thang Long University in Hanoi said Thursday it will offer an undergraduate course in Korean cuisine in cooperation with South Korea as part of its efforts to develop Korean dish experts, starting from this year’s autumn semester. It marks the first time for a Vietnamese university to open such [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Gong Yoo has had his first-ever fan meeting in Taiwan backed by the international popularity of hit local TV series “Guardian: The Lonely and Great God,” his agency said Monday. Management Soop said some 5,500 fans attended the actor’s meet-and-greet event in Taiwan on Saturday. Gong [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pop culture businesses have been seriously hurt by China’s retaliation against South Korea’s deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system, with more than 30 such cases reported over the past month alone, the culture ministry said Sunday. “A total of 31 damage cases were reported between March 16, [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The global popularity of hallyu (the Korean Wave) content is gradually waning. Based on an online survey of 7,200 consumers from 15 countries in six continents (from October to December 2016), Monday’s report by the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange showed that only 31 percent of the respondents had [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ E&M, South Korea’s leading entertainment and media content company, said Monday it will open new channels exclusively for airing “hallyu” content in Malaysia, Vietnam and Hong Kong. The company said it will launch a Korean movie channel “tvN Movies” in Malaysia and “TV Blue,” a channel for providing [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – With China’s ban on Korean products intensifying over the THAAD conflict, plagiarism and unlicensed distribution of Korean television programs are becoming more common than usual. According to local sources, three of China’s major video streaming websites – Tencent, Youku, and iQiyi – deleted all 2017 episodes of South Korean [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Lee Min-ho, actress Song Hye-kyo and boy band EXO have been chosen as the most popular “hallyu” stars of 2016, a survey showed Thursday. Soompi, a U.S.-based online news provider specializing in Korean pop culture, announced the winners of the 12th annual Soompi Awards elected in a vote [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Make-up products accounted for more than half of the annual sales at duty-free shops in South Korea last year, fueled by brisk demand from foreign tourists immersed in Korean entertainment culture, data showed Thursday. The combined cosmetics revenue from duty-free chains, including top players Lotte Duty Free and Shilla [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of South Korea’s broadcasting watchdog body vowed to help expand exports of local TV dramas to Islamic countries to make up for restrictions imposed by China on entertainment content. “China accounts for a third of South Korea’s exports of broadcasting content, but this sectors is currently not [...]