SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Media outlets of the United Arab Emirates have offered extensive coverage of a recent K-pop gala concert thrown by SM Entertainment, South Korea’s largest entertainment agency, last week in Dubai. The concert, “SM Town Live World Tour VI in Dubai,” was held at the Autism Rocks Arena in Dubai [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment, South Korea’s leading music label-entertainment agency, said Monday some 15,000 K-pop fans gathered at the company’s first joint Arab-region concert held in Dubai last week. The concert, “SM Town Live World Tour VI in Dubai,” was held at the Autism Rocks Arena in Dubai on Friday. A [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Project K-pop band Wanna One will launch its envisioned 13-city world tour on June 1, the group’s production company said Friday, announcing a detailed schedule for the tour. On Tuesday, CJ E&M announced the group’s plan to hold the world tour titled “Wanna One World Tour – One: The World” but said it will unveil the exact dates and venues later. [...]
PYONGYANG-SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – While a South Korean art troupe composed of artists including Red Velvet and Seohyun was in North Korea to take part in a North-South Korean concert, accompanying South Korean journalists were granted internet access by their hosts. Staying at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, ten internet connections were provided [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Joy, a member of K-pop act Red Velvet, will not perform at upcoming concerts in Pyongyang featuring South Korean artists due to scheduling conflicts with her TV show, the singer’s agency said Friday. “Due to Joy’s filming of the MBC TV drama ‘The Great Seducer,’ four members — Wendy, [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) — Red Velvet will sing two of its latest hits, “Red Flavor” and “Bad Boy,” during two rare performances by a South Korean troupe in Pyongyang next week, sources well informed of the shows said Monday. They said the girl group submitted a list of five or more songs to a [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group TWICE aims to extend its nonstop winning streak by releasing its fifth EP album next month, its management agency said Monday. The nine-member idol band will drop “What is Love?” on April 9, JYP Entertainment announced. The company launched a comeback teaser promotion that will continue until [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Songs from idol group Wanna One’s unreleased album have been leaked online, the group’s management agency said Thursday. “We’ve learned that music files were leaked Wednesday and are currently looking into the matter,” a representative from YMC Entertainment, the group’s management agency, said. The representative added, “We’re disappointed and [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A new report has revealed that both positive and negative global consumer sentiment is growing towards South Korean pop culture, signaling signs of a love and hate relationship. The 2017 report from the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) released on Wednesday looked into the international domination of South [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – NCT, S.M. Entertainment’s international boy band project, said Wednesday they want to expand their following beyond their dedicated fan base with their latest album, “NCT 2018 Empathy.” NCT, an acronym for “Neo Culture Technology,” is S.M. Entertainment’s idol band project housing multiple groups under the single NCT brand. Currently, three Korean bands – NCT U, NCT 127 and NCT Dream — have [...]