SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young said Tuesday the government will introduce comprehensive policies to improve the concert environment in order to further promote K-pop. Chae made the remarks during a policy briefing to President Lee Jae Myung. The government aims to build a new dome stadium with a capacity of [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual K-pop concert co-hosted by an entertainment industry group and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) will be held Saturday, featuring popular idol groups, such as BTOB, ITZY and Nmixx. Launched in 1995 by the Korea Entertainment Producer’s Association, the Dream Concert has grown to be one of the [...]
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A massive K-pop concert slated for this weekend in the United States has been disrupted as multiple artists were unable to perform at the event due to visa issues. According to KAMP Global, the organizers of KAMP LA 2022, on Saturday (U.S. time), six out of the 15 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Tuesday that it will host a ‘K-pop Festival Week’ on its virtual meeting platform ifland, where it will be live broadcasting a series of K-pop performances. The festival, which runs until Friday, is comprised of performances by popular K-pop artists from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 3,000 fans gathered for an in-person K-pop concert on Sunday as the government hosted the first large indoor music event in nearly two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The one-day World K-pop Concert: B.I.T. 4U Concert took place at the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will host a K-pop concert at the Expo 2020 Dubai this week featuring popular Korean idol groups, such as Highlight, BTOB, Laboum and pop diva Punch, organizers said Monday. The concert titled “KITE: K-pop in the Emirates (KITE)” will take place at Jubilee Park in Dubai on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, an annual overseas K-pop concert series from entertainment giant CJ ENM, will hit four global cities this year including Tokyo and New York, the company said Friday. This year’s KCON, a festival of Korean music and culture, will kick off on April 3 at the Makuhari Messe convention [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the Hallyu — a wave of popular South Korean culture — sweeping through the entire Asia and now starting to invade the rest of the world, evident from K-pop YouTube videos gathering over 3 billion hits from total 225 countries, “K-pop Expo in Asia,” which will be the largest [...]