SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — An abandoned dog had not forgotten about South Korean singer Lee Hyo-ri, who temporarily took care of the dog in the past. The recently aired first episode of tvN’s reality show “Canada Check-in” introduced the former member of K-pop girl group Fin.K.L going on a 12-day trip to Canada [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese netizens have been posting a string of offensive messages on the Instagram account of K-pop diva Lee Hyo-ri. On MBC TV’s weekend variety show “Hang Out With Yoo” that aired last Saturday, Lee proposed to use ‘Mao’ in the process of picking her nickname. Thereafter Chinese netizens started [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — From its inception, SSAK3, a one-off K-pop team created for MBC TV’s weekend variety show “Hang Out With Yoo,” was intended to be a silly tongue-in-cheek project, riding on the coattails of the retro boom in today’s pop culture landscape. At best, the co-ed trio, formed of two late [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The second season of JTBC’s popular reality TV show “Hyori’s Home Stay” will premiere Feb. 4, the network said Tuesday. For the show, the celebrity couple — singer Lee Hyo-ri and singer-songwriter Lee Sang-soon — turn their home on the southern resort island of Jeju into a bed and [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Today’s K-pop has a plethora of talented, self-producing idol artists, such as Highlight, WINNER and EXID, just to name a few. But the supposed first-generation bands back in the ’90s were almost exclusively manufactured and tailored — from songs, to style and even public behavior — as are still [...]