SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Several idol stars have been injured or gotten sick and will be absent from year-end schedules for the time being, their agencies said Friday. Boy band GOT7′s Mark hurt his leg and been receiving medical treatment, JYP Entertainment said on its official website. “As his recovery takes priority over [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group GFriend will release its second full-length album next month, its agency Source Music said Monday. The new album, “Time For Us,” is the six-member act’s second work since its July EP, “Sunny Summer.” The teaser image of “Sunrise,” the main track of the new album, features [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two main airlines, Korean Air and Asiana, will be adding 200,000 won to cancellation charges for customers who cancel a flight reservation after going through the departure gate. Previously, the cancellation charges were only around 100,000 won (US$88), making it difficult to prevent cases where a customer [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The economic value generated by K-pop boy band BTS is estimated at around 4 trillion won (US$3.54 billion) annually, a local researcher said Tuesday, indicating that the global sensation plays a significant role in South Korea’s economy that stretches beyond the cultural sector. The Hyundai Research Institute (HRI) said [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The senseless behavior of a few K-pop fans in Hong Kong resulted in a significant flight delay as all passengers were forced to deplane and go through security again. A total of 360 passengers on a Korean Air flight bound for Seoul were waiting for a 3:25 p.m. departure [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Fans of the K-pop group BTS, known as ARMY, have donated winter goods to a facility that supports South Korean women forced to work in Japanese brothels during World War II. The House of Sharing, located in Gwangju, just outside of Seoul, posted on its website on Sunday that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Chang-sub, the lead vocalist of K-pop boy band BTOB, recently had his hair dye pale blonde for the first time in his life. He has a once-in-a-lifetime event ahead of him: He is set to join the military on Jan. 14. “Does it look good on me? I [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Onew, the lead vocalist and eldest member of K-pop boy band SHINee, joined the armed forces on Monday to fulfill his mandatory military service, taking a hiatus from his long K-pop career. “I come to a temporary break,” Onew, whose real name is Lee Jin-ki, said in a hand-written [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band TVXQ will release a special album next week to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their debut and will host a fan meeting event here, its management agency said Wednesday. The male duo is set to drop the special record, titled “New Chapter #2: The Truth of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 50,000 people filled up Melbourne’s Queensbridge Square for the 2018 Melbourne Korea Week Festival last Saturday. The Melbourne office of the South Korean embassy in Australia said that the festival was a great success, and served as “one of the most influential platforms to tell Australia about [...]