SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean TV series “Signal” has done just as well in China as it did on its home turf, South Korea’s content agency said Friday. The time-travel crime series was viewed more than 100 million times cumulatively on the Chinese video website Tencent since April 18, when it was [...]
JAKARTA, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – There’s a new hallyu (Korean wave) trend surging in Indonesia. Locals are using Korean elements to produce their own versions of cultural content. It’s a new step forward from the existing hallyu phenomenon in which the public consumes pure content exported from Korea. According to the Korean Cultural Center in [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Fans of Song Joong-ki, one of Korea’s top actors, went ballistic when Hite Jinro – a major Korean distiller – held a charity golf event in which a billboard of the actor’s real-life image was installed in the middle of the fairway. Hite Jinro held a fundraiser golf competition [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – S.M. Entertainment, the country’s largest talent agency, and a private institute will found an alternative international school for teenagers dreaming of becoming K-pop stars, the companies said Friday. S.M. signed a memorandum of understanding with Haneul Education Co. to open what is tentatively called the “K-pop international school” in [...]
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SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangnam Style, Psy’s worldwide sensation powered by an iconic horse dance, set numerous world records. The song’s music video is still the most liked and viewed video on YouTube. But most of all, Gangnam Style was the first K-pop song, ever, to attract global attention. Ironically, however, 38-year-old Psy is [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Friday said it has started the construction of a “hallyu” park in line with its move to establish sustainable attractions to lure Asian tourists. K-Culture Valley, a cluster of various cultural facilities to be located in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, aims to promote the hallyu wave, which [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean movie “Chalet” has won Best Foreign Feature at the Arizona International Film Festival, according to event organizers on Wednesday. Directed by Park So-jin, “Chalet” depicts Koreans’ dream for national unification through inter-Korean understanding and communication. It was invited to the 25th Arizona International Film Festival held [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ E&M, South Korea’s leading entertainment and media company, said Sunday it will start a joint venture with a Thai cable channel operator to further capitalize on the global popularity of Korean pop culture, known here as “hallyu.” The entertainment arm of the South Korean conglomerate CJ Group said [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean bands AOA, TWICE and 2PM will headline KCON Japan, that country’s edition of the world’s largest convention on all things “hallyu,” or the worldwide popularity of Korean culture, organizers said Friday. This year’s KCON Japan will consist of a convention displaying merchandise related to Korean culture, a [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Ahn Jae-wook has it all — a successful career, a beautiful wife and now, a new-born daughter whose mere thought brings a smile to his face. Ahn is part of the first generation of South Korean actors who started “hallyu,” or the Asia-wide popularity of Korean culture, in the [...]