SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea-Japan relations are deteriorating as the countries’ history-driven diplomatic row is widening to imperil their economic ties. Still, the neighbors’ cultural ties remain mostly unscathed, with K-pop artists accomplishing unprecedented feats in the Japanese pop market. On Thursday, “Lights/Boy With Luv,” the new Japanese single album by globally-loved [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — As American pop icon Lady Gaga once inspired the U.S. pop scene to follow her example and find copycats, K-pop boy band BTS stands now as a force that changes the contours of the American pop industry, an American columnist specializing in K-pop said Tuesday. “In the grand scheme [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The formerly 11-piece girl band I.O.I will be reinstated as a nine-member group to release a new album in October, a music label said Monday. The new album, set for release in October, will be the first music release by I.O.I since the project group’s official disbandment two and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — For the K-pop industry, the last six months have been a nightmare. Starting with the Burning Sun incident, a number of famous singers and celebrities have been embroiled in a series of criminal allegations. Burning Sun, the club where former BIGBANG member Seungri was a inside board director, turned [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop diva Chungha on Monday released her fourth EP, “Flourishing,” whose title track is the first song she has composed. The fourth track, “Flourishing,” is a trap soul number written in English that sends out a message of self-confidence. The fifth song on the EP, and its main track, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Putting behind his personal history of growing from a sensational K-pop idol to an entertainment guru, Yang Hyun-suk recently resigned from his posts as CEO and chief producer of YG Entertainment over festering drug issues involving its artists. YG is one of South Korea’s big three K-pop agencies along [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeon Somi, the winner of the first season of the high-profile idol audition show “Produce 101,” launched her much-anticipated solo career on Thursday, resuming her music career after nearly three years. The 19-year-old came to instant fame in 2016 after finishing first on Season 1 of “Produce 101,” debuting [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Kang Daniel, a member of the disbanded boy band Wanna One, is expected to finally return to the K-pop scene as a solo artist with the establishment of a management agency for himself. His aides said Monday the singer has recently established Konnect Entertainment, a one-person company, in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The entertainment arm of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group said Monday that it has joined hands with the global entertainment firm Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) to build an arena in Goyang, just northwest of Seoul. The 20,000-seat arena will be located inside of the complex dubbed CJ LiveCity [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Super Junior will return as a nine-piece group with its ninth EP in the second half of this year, the band’s agency said Monday. Nine of its 11 members — Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Siwon, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun — will participate in the album’s production, according to [...]