SEOUL, Sep. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Ladies’ Code, a Korean K-pop girl group, was involved in a fatal car accident in the morning of September 3. EunB, 21, one of the five members, was killed. Other members, Rise and SoJung, suffered severe injuries, while the other members, Asheley and Zuny sustained minor injuries. It is [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyuna, a K-pop singer, becomes a new muse of Tony Moly. Tony Moly, one of the renowned Korean road shop cosmetic brands, announced that the company signed with Hyuna as its new main spokesperson. As the beauty product company opened its store in Manhattan, New York, in August, it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the Hallyu — a wave of popular South Korean culture — sweeping through the entire Asia and now starting to invade the rest of the world, evident from K-pop YouTube videos gathering over 3 billion hits from total 225 countries, “K-pop Expo in Asia,” which will be the largest [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Minor-aged actors under the age of 15 will now be prohibited from “long night shootings,” which is filming through 10 pm to 6 am of next day and will not be able to work for more than 35 hours in a week under a newly enacted law. The “Popular Culture [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — “1theK” (pronounced as “wonder kay”), the YouTube K-pop channel, said on July 8 that it broke the 1-billion viewer number and unveiled a video “Thank You for 1 Billion Views” celebrating the milestone. 1theK aims to create a wider fan base for K-pop songs and other entertainment contents among global audiences. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Coex in Seoul has announced the launch of brand-new expo ASIAMANIA! to see participation from culture, tourism, and entertainment organizations across Korea, China, Russia, and Japan. ASIAMANIA! is to take place at Coex during Japan’s Golden Week and Korea’s official Tourism Week from Thursday April 30th to Sunday May [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group f(x) has made much anticipated return to the audience with their third full-length album, Red Light, which will be unveiled on July 7th. The teaser for Red Light, which has garnered more than 2 million hits in 22 hours of its showing on the Youtube site, features [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop singer IU successfully finished her first live concert at a small theater since her debut. From May 22, her live concert themed “Just one step, just that much more” ended with the June 1 finale performance. In the video, we can appreciate her clear voice and beautiful live accompaniment [...]
SEOUL, Korea, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Visitseoul.net announced the infographics from their Hallyu Event survey which was conducted through renewal website and SNS of Visitseoul.net. This survey have taken place in March and over 230 Hallyu(Korean Pop Culture) fans from 8 countries including China, Indonesia and Japan participated. The survey reveals that top interests [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and Korea Creative Content Agency sponsored a K-pop event “Music Matters” in the night of May 23 held at Clarke Quay, Singapore, in which more than 2,000 visitors and 500 music industry people from across the world gathered. The “K-pop Night out [...]