SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of Korean students at Harvard Law School has decried a professor’s recent controversial claims that victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery were willing prostitutes as “factually incorrect and misleading.” On Thursday, the Korean Association of Harvard Law School issued a statement criticizing a recent article by J. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE will hold a digital concert that will be broadcast live in Japan next month, the act’s management agency said Friday. “TWICE in Wonderland” will air at 7 p.m. on March 6 in collaboration with Japan’s biggest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo, according to JYP Entertainment. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Seventeen will be releasing its third single album in Japan in April, the band’s management said Wednesday. The new album, titled “Hitorijianai” in Japanese, meaning “you’re not alone,” will be released on April 21, according to Pledis Entertainment. It comes a year after the act dropped [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese food franchise in London sparked controversy when its company logo included a rendering of Japan’s imperial-era flag. Facebook communities of Koreans residing in Britain were infuriated by Sugoi JPN, a Japanese and South American food franchise, for using the symbol of Japanese imperialism often viewed in the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s imports of Japanese beer plunged nearly 86 percent in 2020 due to a local boycott of goods from the neighboring country, data showed Thursday. Seoul brought in US$5.67 million worth of Japanese beer last year, down 85.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Veteran K-pop boy band Super Junior has dropped its first new Japanese album in eight years, the act’s agency said Wednesday. The second-generation boy band released “Star,” a 30-track album whose namesake title track features an energetic dance beat, according to Label SJ. The band’s previous Japanese album was [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — NCT 127, a sub-unit of the popular K-pop boy band NCT, is set to release a new EP in Japan next month, its agency said Tuesday. The band will be releasing the Japanese EP “Loveholic,” its first new Japanese album in two years, on Feb. 17, according to SM [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry urged Japan to show sincere efforts to heal the wounds of its wartime sexual slavery victims after Tokyo’s top diplomat railed against a recent Seoul court ruling on the issue that was finalized Saturday. Earlier this month, the Seoul Central District Court ordered Tokyo to make [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie K-pop act TREASURE is set to release its first full album in Japan in March, officially debuting in the Asian country, its agency said Thursday. “The First Step: TREASURE Effect,” set to drop on March 31, is a Japanese version of the band’s debut full album and carries [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Baekhyun, the lead singer of K-pop boy group EXO, will release his first solo album in Japan this week, his agency said Tuesday. His first Japanese EP, titled “BAEKHYUN,” is set to hit Japan on Wednesday, according to SM Entertainment. It is his first time to release a Japanese [...]