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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Turtleneck sweaters are ‘in’ again these days. They were once à la mode in Korea during the early years of the new millennium, and are now gaining increased popularity in fashion circles. According to fashion industry experts, several male celebrities such as Lee Jong-Suk, Lee Min-Ho and Kim Young-kwang have [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The recently signed Korea-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has finally laid a legal foundation for making a Chinese version of “My Love from the Star.” The drama, cast by Kim Soo-hyun and Jun Ji-hyun, is one of the Korean wave shows that brought the huge change in China’s fashion trend. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Mega-hit blockbuster K-drama “My Love from the Star“, which engulfed the entire China into a “Xing Ni” – a nickname for the show in Mandarin – syndrome last winter, will be re-created into a mobile game and is expected to once again fascinate the Chinese market. WeMade Entertainment, Korea’s mobile [...]
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 [...]