SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Following an enormous fire engulfing South Korea’s eastern coastal region, sensational K-pop girl band BLACKPINK called off its press conference set for Friday morning to announce the release of a new album, “Kill This Love.” YG Entertainment, the management agency for the girl band, made the decision, formally citing [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of boy band BIGBANG ended sales of merchandise related to the disgraced former band member Seungri, while major broadcasters stopped servicing VOD contents featuring the singer and another scandal-ridden artist, Jung Joon-young, in the aftermath of the broadening sex and corruption scandal centering on the two [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — In an era where everyone can become a one-man creator, K-pop star auditions through mobile applications are now possible. The short-form video sharing application TikTok introduced on Thursday that it will launch “Tik-Tok Spotlight,” a musician scout program on April 5. TikTok, which was also honored as the world’s [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The combined market capitalization of major listed entertainment agencies sharply lost ground since a sex scandal surrounding K-pop stars rose to the surface last month, market data showed Sunday. The combined market capitalization of the top five listed entertainment agencies plunged around 600 billion won (US$527 million) on Friday [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A snowballing sex and corruption scandal involving K-pop stars has brought to light the hidden dark side of the K-pop industry, and dealt the most devastating blow yet to K-pop’s breakneck growth into a lucrative, roaring international business. Seungri, of boy band BIGBANG, and singer-songwriter and TV personality Jung [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Yong Jun-hyung of boy group Highlight announced Thursday that he will leave the team over a widening sex video scandal that has rattled the K-pop industry. Reversing his earlier stance, Yong admitted to having watched an illegal sex video that his singer friend Jung Joon-young uploaded in a chat [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The winner of “Putri Indonesia 2019,” the most prestigious beauty contest in Indonesia, drew attention to “Korea-made mask packs” as she mentioned them as a secret to her beauty. According to CNN Indonesia on Monday, the winner, Frederika Alexis Cull, explained how much she loves the mask packs and [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The global photo- and video-sharing platform Instagram aims to help South Korean culture, noticeably K-pop and esports, expand globally, the company’s new chief said Monday. “K-pop is much more than just music,” CEO Adam Mosseri told reporters in Seoul, emphasizing the significance of the local market as an innovation [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM has teamed up with Big Hit Entertainment, the management agency of the sensational K-pop boy band BTS, to launch an idol band on the global music scene, according to CJ on Monday. The two firms established a joint venture named Belif Lab, aiming [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A pink-hued photo image of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK hit the cover of the Billboard magazine’s March edition, making the quartet the first Korean female music group representing the American pop magazine. The cover image of Billboard’s March edition was released on its official website on Thursday (U.S. time), [...]