SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Wooyoung of boy band 2PM enlisted in the Army for his mandatory military service Monday, his management agency said. The 29-year-old singer entered a boot camp in Yanggu, Gangwon Province, at 2 p.m. for five weeks of basic training before starting his military service as an active soldier. In [...]
Seoul, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite a commonly spoken refrain that roughly translates to “the most pointless worrying in the world is worrying over celebrities”, a National Tax Service (NTS) document revealing the stark gap in earnings of the top 10 percent of entertainers compared to the rest of the field is challenging the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is mulling countermeasures in response to suspicions that China is retaliating against the decision reached with the United States to deploy an advanced anti-missile defense system on its soil, a diplomatic source said Monday. In July, South Korea and the U.S. announced a plan to station a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean cosmetics exports to China more than tripled in the first seven months of this year on rising popularity of its pop culture to rank second in the Chinese market, data showed Monday. China imported US$378.3 million worth of South Korean cosmetics in the January-July period, up a [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean members of “Running Man,” one of the most popular South Korean TV variety shows, are meeting Chinese members of “Run, Brother,” a Chinese version of Running Man, in Jeju island, creating online buzz about the episode among avid fans from Korea and China. The location for this episode, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 13, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – In a depressed economy, the art world can’t be free from slow business. Most artists complain it’s getting hard to make a living on proceeds from paintings alone. But there is one segment that’s prospering despite all that. That’s the so-called entertainer-artists who hold exhibits in top-class [...]