SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — “Super Idol,” a TV audition show jointly produced by South Korea and China to train future idols will premiere next week in South Korea, a local producer said Tuesday. The first episode of the co-production between South Korean cable channel MBC Music and Chinese media company TV Zone will be broadcast [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) — Yang Hyun-suk, the chief of YG Entertainment, topped the list of stock-rich celebrities in South Korea as his entertainment agency’s shares rose this year on upbeat business outlook, data showed Tuesday. Yang’s shares in his company listed on the secondary KOSDAQ market were estimated at 201.18 billion won (US$186.12 million) [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — “Gangnam Style,” the mega-hit single by South Korean rapper Psy, has surpassed the 2.3 billion mark in YouTube views nearly three years after it was released, his management agency said Monday. The video hit the 2.3 billion milestone Sunday afternoon, YG Entertainment said. Uploaded on July 15, 2012, “Gangnam Style” [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean rapper Psy will soon release an album containing Chinese versions of his lesser known songs to reach out to more Chinese fans, his local management agency said. Unlike his global hits “Gangnam Style” and “Gentleman,” the tracks on the new album, including “Paradise,” “The End” and “What [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean rapper Psy will join the QQ Music Awards, one of the famous music awards ceremonies held in China, where he is expected to perform a song in Chinese. According to YG Entertainment, Psy’s talent agency, he will perform two songs at the awards ceremony, which will be [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean rapper Psy‘s “Gentleman” video has been viewed more than 800 million times on YouTube, his management agency said Sunday. YG Entertainment posted the news on the singer’s Facebook Page and Twitter earlier in the day. The 2013 sequel to the viral hit “Gangnam Style,” which catapulted him [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean rapper Psy’s “Hangover” was the most-viewed K-pop music video in the United States last year, a U.S. music service said Thursday. Released in June, “Hangover” topped the ranking of the most-viewed K-pop music videos in the U.S. for 2014 recently announced by Billboard magazine based on YouTube [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Thanks to Psy‘s “Gangnam Style” and its sprawling trendy places, Gangnam is establishing itself as one of the most popular destinations in Seoul among international tourists. According to Cosmojin, a travel agency catering to foreign tourists, the number of international ‘deep pockets’ or VIP tourists who visited the trendy places [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A new girl group armed with Korean traditional music is gaining people’s attention as the next leader to boost the Korean Wave. The girl group, Sorea Band, which performed as a special guest at a K-wave conference on July 1 jointly held by KBS and the Korean Society for Journalism [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – By attracting more than 40 million viewers on YouTube as of June 12, Psy’s music video for his new song “Hangover” seems on pace to hit another “home run” following “Gangnam Style.” In the music video, Psy and rapper Snoop Dogg comically describes Korean culture of drinking and it [...]