SEOUL, Apr. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer-actress IU plans to sue a man who has made derogatory and suggestive comments towards the star through YouTube videos, her agency said Wednesday. Fave Entertainment, IU’s agency, said in a statement that the YouTube user, referred to as “A” by the company, “habitually made comments slandering and personally [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) - Hallyu K-pop stars BigBang, IU and ParkJin-young snagged the Netizens’ Choice Awards in the 13th round of the Korean Music Awards, the awarding committee said on Monday. This year’s KMA ceremony, held in Guro Arts Valley, western Seoul, recognized a total of 27 Korean solo and group acts. In the netizens’ re-vote that ran Feb. 15-22, BigBang won the most [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The age gap is nothing: Singer IU has been dating singer-songwriter Jang Ki-ha, her management agency said Thursday. The 22-year-old beloved singer and actress, and the 33-year-old Jang “began interacting with music starting about two years ago and have been in a relationship to date,” Loen Entertainment said in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean singer IU will hold a fan meeting in Hong Kong, her official Facebook fan page showed Friday. The event will take place at Landmark North, a large office and shopping complex in the heart of the city, at 3 p.m. Saturday, the page showed. Her agency was [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — “The Producers,” a KBS drama about television producers, ended on June 20 with its 12th episode garnering viewership of 17.7 percent, setting a new record for the series, according to Nielson Korea. The series started on May 15 with its first episode marking a viewing rate of 10.1 percent. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — With four episodes left before the end of the hottest TV drama “The Producers” starring Kim Soo-hyun, the local TV industry’s attention is on how much the series will earn. The 12-episode KBS drama about television producers who make KBS TV’s popular reality shows and their stars has drawn [...]
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, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – After Korean actress Kang So-ra was recently on the news for her 39,000-won (US$35) dress she wore in the 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards on December 3 in Hong Kong, another actress and singer-songwriter “IU” (pronounced “eye-you”) was reported to have worn a 35,000-won dress in an awards ceremony. [...]
SEOUL, Oct 17 (Korea Bizwire) – SONY KOREA held a launching event on October 16 for its MDR flagship lineup — its quality high resolution audio headphones, earphones and amplifiers which will hit the local market during the next month. K-pop singers IU and Yoo Hee-yeol attended as SONY’s endorsement model at the event, held [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Minor-aged actors under the age of 15 will now be prohibited from “long night shootings,” which is filming through 10 pm to 6 am of next day and will not be able to work for more than 35 hours in a week under a newly enacted law. The “Popular Culture [...]