SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – If you thought “locally produced” applied to food only, think again — S.M. Entertainment is trying to apply that idea to boy bands, its founder Lee Soo-man says. “New Culture Technology” is the term he used when he presented the idea to reporters at SM TOWN Coex Artium in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Sulli will leave South Korean girl group f(x) to focus on acting, her management agency said Friday. SM Entertainment said it has decided to “honor her wish to leave the group and concentrate on her acting” after having a discussion with the 21-year-old. The announcement put an end to rampant rumors [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO’s title song ‘Call Me Baby’ was the most viewed K-pop music video on YouTube in the first half of 2015, said SM Entertainment on July 2. The music video for Call Me Baby was released worldwide on March 31, and the number of hits on YouTube had reached [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO‘s Chinese member Ray will be fully backed by SM Entertainment for his solo career in China, as the company has established an agency solely dedicated to the artist’s work, according to an announcement on April 8. The agency, named Ray Workshop, will be operated under a contract between [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – SM Entertainment has introduced the first 3D hologram video musical in the world. ‘School OZ’ will play at the SM TOWN Coex Artium Building’s SM TOWN theater in Gangnam, Seoul on January 14. The musical will feature floating 3D holographic actors, while 40 meters of screens, 14 projectors and a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Following a scandal surrounding G-Dragon who was caught dating with a Japanese model that brought down the share price of YG Entertainment, this time it was SM Entertainment’s turn to suffer a setback owing to a legal dispute with its star singer Lu Han. On October 10, SM Entertainment stock [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – As soon as Taetiseo, or TTS, a unit group of Girls’ Generation, released the second EP, Holler, the album ranked No.1 in iTunes Charts in nine countries. SM Entertainment announced on September 17 that TTS’ new song, Holler, took the first place in iTunes total album chart in nations [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Rumor has it that Jessica, a member of K-pop girl group Girls’ Generation, and Tylor Kwon, Korean-American investment banker, will get married soon. According to a Chinese media on Sept. 10, Jessica has a boyfriend dating for a year and recently she received an engagement ring from him, Tylor [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – SM Entertainment, a huge entertainment agency that gave birth to K-pop, announced that it launched SuperStar SMTown, a mobile rhythm game on Google Play. The game is packed with songs sung by K-pop stars such as BOA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, FX and EXO. Players complete the [...]
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 [...]