SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The global popularity of hallyu (the Korean Wave) content is gradually waning. Based on an online survey of 7,200 consumers from 15 countries in six continents (from October to December 2016), Monday’s report by the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange showed that only 31 percent of the respondents had [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ E&M, South Korea’s leading entertainment and media content company, said Monday it will open new channels exclusively for airing “hallyu” content in Malaysia, Vietnam and Hong Kong. The company said it will launch a Korean movie channel “tvN Movies” in Malaysia and “TV Blue,” a channel for providing [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of South Korea’s broadcasting watchdog body vowed to help expand exports of local TV dramas to Islamic countries to make up for restrictions imposed by China on entertainment content. “China accounts for a third of South Korea’s exports of broadcasting content, but this sectors is currently not [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s cultural and entertainment industries have been walking on thin ice for the past few months, as signs have continued to emerge that Beijing is going after Korea’s entertainers in protest of Seoul’s decision to bring in an American missile shield. On Tuesday, soprano Sumi Jo confirmed what [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Kicking off Monday is an exhibition of works that portray Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, from the eyes of foreigners. According to the Korean Culture and Information Service, the exhibit is a collection of 300 prize-winning works from Talk Talk Korea 2016, a contest that was held this year [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean pop culture has expanded in size and market from Asia to the North American continent, a state-run media research institution said on Thursday. Citing its analysis of 24,208 news articles on Korean pop the culture published here from January 2001 to June 2016, Seoul-based Korea Press [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Hulunbuir in Nei Menggu, China, is distinguished by what is the largest grassland in the country. The region is also known for having the fourth highest level of income nationally. With the latest Korean enterprise in the region, Hulunbuir will soon be marked by its Paradise Department Store, presenting products [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Outbound shipments of food, beauty, fashion and personal care products soared in the first half of the year on the back of the growing popularity of the Korean wave, or hallyu, industry data showed on Monday. According to the data compiled by the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), exports [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Michelin Guide, an international benchmark of good food, said Thursday it will publish a guide of restaurants and hotels in Seoul later this year to introduce the dynamic Korean culinary scene and talented chefs. The guidebook for Seoul 2017 will be Michelin’s 27th edition globally and the fourth in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Thursday it will launch a task force with civilian experts to devise better strategies to help promote the Asianwide boom of South Korean pop culture. The “hallyu planning body” will be composed of officials from six relevant government agencies, three major TV networks — KBS, MBC [...]