SEOUL, Nov.27 (Korea Bizwire) – A mobile phone manufacturer is preparing to launch a Kim Soo-hyun smartphone in the Chinese market. According to industry watchers, ZUK mobile, an affiliate of Lenovo, will manufacture smartphones loaded with content related to the Korean Hallyu star Kim Soo-hyun, and sell them across the nation. The ‘ZUK Kim Soo-hyun [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The filming set of the hit Korean drama “My Love from the Stars” will be replicated in Beijing for an exhibition, organizers said Friday. The show’s producer SBS said it has joined forces with a Chinese entertainment company to put on display a large-size filming set from the TV [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean singer IU will hold a fan meeting in Hong Kong, her official Facebook fan page showed Friday. The event will take place at Landmark North, a large office and shopping complex in the heart of the city, at 3 p.m. Saturday, the page showed. Her agency was [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Want a selfie with actor Kim Soo-hyun but not sure how to get one? Not to worry, the French wax museum Musee Grevin has come up with a solution. Kim’s wax figure is among dozens that will be displayed at the first Asian branch of the museum opening in Seoul next [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Star of “My Love from the Stars” Kim Soo-hyun will take part in an annual K-pop festival set to open in Los Angeles late this month, organizers said Friday. Kim will be among Korean television stars such as actors Son Ho-jun and Daniel Henney attending KCON 2015 USA [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — “The Producers,” a KBS drama about television producers, ended on June 20 with its 12th episode garnering viewership of 17.7 percent, setting a new record for the series, according to Nielson Korea. The series started on May 15 with its first episode marking a viewing rate of 10.1 percent. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — With four episodes left before the end of the hottest TV drama “The Producers” starring Kim Soo-hyun, the local TV industry’s attention is on how much the series will earn. The 12-episode KBS drama about television producers who make KBS TV’s popular reality shows and their stars has drawn [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A forthcoming South Korean TV soap starring heartthrob Kim Soo-hyun will go into service on the Chinese portal website Sohu.com later this week, according to sources familiar with the show Monday. “As Sohu.com, the operator of the popular Chinese Internet portal, took part in the project as an investor, it has [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actress Jun Ji-hyun is on the cover of the forthcoming issue of Elle magazine to be published in six Asian countries, the fashion magazine’s Korean office said Wednesday. Elle Korea released the cover photos of the 34-year-old actress, which will become available in the April issue of the magazine’s [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Caffe Bene, the top Korean coffee shop franchise, has chosen actor Kim Soo-Hyun as its global face, said the company on March 8. The company currently operates 1,500 shops in 12 countries. Kim Soo-Hyun has been chosen for his pan-Asian popularity, which will help Caffe Bene to make inroads in [...]