SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Eight Korean retail giants have thrown their hats into the ring in a bid to secure the rights to operate two new duty-free shops in Seoul. Duty-free businesses are considered to be geese that lay golden eggs. According to the Korea Customs Office, as of June 1, the closing [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Fans are wondering how Park Soo-Jin and Bae Yong-Joon could have announced their engagement after only three months of dating, and how they could have kept their upcoming nuptials a secret. KeyEast published a notice about their engagement on its web site on May 14, without any prior mention [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Bae Yong-Joon, the first big Korean wave star, will marry Park Soo-Jin, an actress who started her career as a singer in girl group Sugar in 2002. Park started acting after moving to the Sidus HQ agency in 2006, following Hwang Jung-Eum’s departure from Sugar in 2004. The [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) — Yang Hyun-suk, the chief of YG Entertainment, topped the list of stock-rich celebrities in South Korea as his entertainment agency’s shares rose this year on upbeat business outlook, data showed Tuesday. Yang’s shares in his company listed on the secondary KOSDAQ market were estimated at 201.18 billion won (US$186.12 million) [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Bae Yong-joon, also known as “Yon-sama” to his Japanese fans, has ended his romantic relationship with his lover from a chaebol family, his management agency said Tuesday. The 42-year-old actor has been dating Koo So-hee, second daughter of Koo Ja-kyun, CEO of LS Industrial Systems affiliated with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean management agency KeyEast and Pandakorea.com, which sells Korean products to foreigners, have joined hand in hand to expand their business in the Chinese market. The star agency for many Korean actors and actresses including Kim Su-hyun, Bae Yong-jun and Han Ye-seul decided to invest 3.3 billion won, equivalent to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Driven by the Korean Wave, Keyeast, a star-studded management agency, is flying high with its announcement of a big investment from China’s major portal Sohu.com. Well known for its founder Bae Yong-jun, who has a controlling stake in the entertainment company, Keyeast has put on impressive performances in the [...]