SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Ahn Bo-hyun and Claudia Kim have been cast in JTBC’s upcoming period action romance drama, the cable network said Friday. Set during the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), the drama — tentatively titled “Marble of God” — follows Baek-gyeol (Ahn), the commander of an elite escort unit. Kim will play Wang-hee, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – It was reported on Wednesday that the script for episode 17 of the JTBC’s drama “SKY Castle” was leaked. The document was spread around the stock market as a PDF file that contained the name of the actor who was assigned the script. In response, the production team decided [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean TV networks showcased their programs during this year’s NATPE Miami trade fair, the government agency that organized the event said Thursday. Considered one of the three largest broadcasting content trade fairs along with France’s MIPTV and MIPCOM, NAPTE Miami is the largest fair of its kind in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A record number of TV series will compete in the annual Seoul International Drama Awards (SDA), the organizer said Thursday, despite a drop in participation from Chinese TV shows as Seoul and Beijing are locked in a diplomatic feud over an American missile defense system. At a press briefing [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A new report says nearly 60 percent of South Koreans discover new music while watching TV. According to a 2016 white paper on the music industry released by the Korea Creative Content Agency, when asked what type of music they enjoyed listening to (multiple responses permitted), 58.5 percent of [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Sexual minority groups in Korea denounced a communication watchdog’s crackdown on a drama depicting an intimate scene between two high school girls. Rainbow Action, an umbrella group of Korean lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movements, held a rally in front of the Korea Communications Standard Commission (KCSC) and [...]
“Turkish men are good to their women. There is no such thing as two timing. There is no concept of cheating in Turkey.” (Remarks in Non-Summit aired in July this year) “I am well aware why people are so angry about me. Quite contrary to my usual conservative remarks on TV, people may feel betrayed [...]