SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean performing arts scene saw a sharp drop in revenues last month in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Friday. Aggregate ticket sales of musicals, plays, classical concerts and other performances reached 4.68 billion won (US$3.84 million) in April, according to the data from the [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Already hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak, the performing arts sector is facing a serious setback after a cast member in the musical “The Phantom of the Opera” tested positive for coronavirus. The Korean Performing Arts Box Office Information System reported March sales of 9.1 billion won (US$7.4 million) [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean cinemas and the performing arts have seen a sharp decline in revenues in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. Local cinema chains, including industry leader CGV, posted a combined 219.3 billion won (US$179.8 million) in sales from January to the fourth week of March, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s market for the performing arts grew 1.2 percent last year from a year earlier, registering the second annual growth in a row, data showed Monday. Total sales of the performing arts came to 823.2 billion won (US$710 million) in 2018, up 1.2 percent from 2017, according to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The aggregated revenue from South Korean performing arts soared in 2019 from a year earlier on rising demand for big-budget musicals, data showed Friday. The South Korean performance market posted a total of 226.9 billion (US$195.3 million) in sales from January to December, according to the data from the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s market for performing arts grew 23 percent last year from a year earlier driven by solid performances by musicals and K-pop concerts, data showed Monday. Interpark, an online shopping mall and leading ticket distributor, said the total 2018 ticket sales for performing arts came to 544.1 billion [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s performing arts market, which includes musicals, plays and classical music, rebounded in 2017, apparently reflecting political and social stability after the presidential election in May that year, officials said Wednesday. According to data released by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Arts Management [...]