SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A new trend in K-pop is rising, as more and more Korean musicians are choosing to hold street showcases for their soon-to-be released songs. Min-ah from Girl’s Day unveiled her first solo album by performing at the center of Myeongdong on March 16, while JJCC, a boy group made by Jackie Chan, [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — What does ‘Korea’ remind global citizens of? According to a 2014 survey conducted by the Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) on 5,600 citizens from 14 countries, 17.2 percent of the respondents answered that K-pop is the first thing that came to mind when they thought of Korea. This is [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An exhibition on the everyday life of Korean children is currently being held in the U.S. From November 15, 2014, the exhibition ‘Heart and Seoul: Growing up in Korea’ has been open to the public at the Children’s Museum of Houston. The exhibition has been organized so that content [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — YG Entertainment signed a MoU with the Gyeonggi-do to develop a 100 billion won (US$ 92 million) K-pop culture and business cluster at a 49,600㎡ site in Sangok-Dong, Uijeongbu by December 2018. YG Entertainment co-CEO Yang Min-suk signed the MoU at a ceremony held on January 16. According to YG Entertainment, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Just how many Hallyu (Korean Wave) fans are out there? According to a report published on January 12 by the Korea Foundation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the number of clubs dedicated to Hallyu numbered 1,248 from 79 countries in December 2014. The number of overall club members stood [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyuna’s ‘RED’ music video ranked fifth on Rolling Stone’s list of the best music videos of 2014. The Korean singer is the only Asian artist on the list. Rolling Stone wrote that Hyuna’s RED is a K-pop hit “switching from trap and hip-hop to bubbly pop” and that the music [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Urban Works Entertainment, the talent agency representing Korea’s singer and TV personality Kim Jong-kook, said on December 12 that Kim will hold a U.S. tour concert jointly with Ha Dong-hoon, better known by his stage name “Haha.” Earlier in July, he successfully held a concert in Los Angeles in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A mobile management game dubbed Idol Dream: Girls has been launched, according to NHN Entertainment on December 4. Real images of Korean K-pop girl groups including Miss A, Girl’s Generation, Secret, Sistar, After School, f(x) and Rainbow are featured in the game. Players can become producers, sign contracts with [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A movie poster starring Sulli, a member of famous K-pop girl group f(x), has been released. Sulli or Choi Jin-ri in her real name will play Gwak Eun-jin, one of the main roles in this popular webtoon-based film “Paeshyeonwang” (Fashion King). Gwak is a bookworm or a grinder who always [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean boy band N-Sonic wowed K-pop fans in India. N-Sonic is the first ever K-pop band to visit India, where the globally popular K-pop or K-wave does not have a great hold over, compared with other markets. On last August 30, N-Sonic performed at “K-POP Festival 2014 India” in [...]