SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, the annual overseas K-pop concert series by entertainment giant CJ ENM, attracted 140,000 attendees during its three-day stint in Los Angeles. Held from last Friday to Sunday at the LA Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena, KCON LA 2023 drew a daily crowd of at least 40,000 people, according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, an annual overseas K-pop concert series from entertainment giant CJ ENM, will meet international K-pop fans in three global cities this year, the company said Tuesday. This year’s KCON, a festival of Korean music and culture, will be held in Bangkok on March 18-19, Tokyo from May 12-14 [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, a major annual festival of K-pop and Korean culture, will return to South Korea, Japan and the United States in person this year after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers said Thursday. CJ ENM, a leading entertainment and media company in South Korea, said the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A new season of KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series, will kick off online next month amid the pandemic, its organizer said Wednesday. The fifth season of the online event titled “KCON:TACT” will be streamed from Sept. 18-26 on the YouTube channels of KCON and Mnet [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new season of KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series, will kick off online next month amid the pandemic, its organizer said Monday. The fourth season of the online event, titled “KCON:TACT 4 U,” will be streamed from June 19-27 through YouTube channels of KCON and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival that draws millions of viewers each season, will be held online again next month amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, its organizer said Tuesday. The third season of the online event, titled “KCON:TACT,” will stream from March 20-28 through YouTube and the [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s online edition of KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series held overseas every year, attracted 4 million viewers, far more than the combined number of visitors to the festival in the past eight years, according to its organizer Monday. Under this year’s banner theme “KCON:TACT [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl groups Mamamoo and ITZY and solo male artist Kang Daniel were included in the lineup for the online edition of KCON, an annual K-pop and Korean culture festival scheduled to be held later this month, its organizer announced Monday. A total of 32 artists were confirmed to appear [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series held overseas every year, will be held partly online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its organizer announced Thursday. Under this year’s banner theme “KCON:TACT 2020 Summer,” KCON will be streamed on June 20-26 through the channel “M-net K-POP” on YouTube, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, an annual overseas K-pop concert series from entertainment giant CJ ENM, will hit four global cities this year including Tokyo and New York, the company said Friday. This year’s KCON, a festival of Korean music and culture, will kick off on April 3 at the Makuhari Messe convention [...]