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 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s big-three talent agencies–SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment–are competing hard in launching new idol groups. Of these, however, only YG Entertainment has seen its share price soar recently while others are languishing in the market. According to financial investment sources on August 13, the top-three entertainment agencies have debuted [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – EXO, an internationally loved K-pop boy band with a huge fan base all across Asia, will launch its official global fan club, EXO-L, which will be the first fan club to have its own mobile application. EXO’s talent agency, SM Entertainment, announced on August 5, “We are officially launching [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Sulli, a member of one of the most popular K-pop girl groups “f(x),” announced that she will take a rest from the entertainment business. What made her to decide to do so? One of the most liked girl group members in Korea and the outside world has lately been [...]
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Kris was so popular among Korean fans that he starred in “Running Man,” one of South Korea’s most popular variety show programs last year. SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Since Kris, member of EXO-M, the Chinese unit of EXO, staged a legal action against SM Entertainment last week, an endless stream of rumors and speculations have [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Controversy surrounding Kris, leader of EXO M and who filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment on Thursday, is apparently causing an escalating stir, as another member from the famous K pop boy group, is criticizing his behavior, arguing Kris’ legal action is “irresponsible.” Exo, formed in 2011 by SM [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – In an unusual move for a K-pop idol star, Kris, who is a Chinese member of boy band EXO-M, filed a lawsuit today against SM Entertainment — none other than the firm he belongs to. Kris reportedly sued SM Entertainment, demanding a cancellation of their exclusive contract that is [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Jan 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s major talent management companies are transforming themselves into full-fledged entertainment groups. The pioneer in this move was SM Entertainment. In May 2012, the company changed its corporate name to SM C&C after acquiring a travel agency. In November in the same year, the newly named company took over [...]