SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The wedding of the “Song-Song Couple” was an international event, with Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi attending and French luxury brand Dior designing the bride’s wedding gown. Through its official Instagram account, Dior showed behind-the-scenes photos of how the white dress composed of satin silk was put together. After sewing [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean actor Song Joong-ki on Wednesday applauded his fiance and fellow actress Song Hye-kyo’s decision to decline an ad sponsorship offer from Mitsubishi Motors over the company’s association with forced mobilization of Korean laborers during the second World War. “I first learned that Hye-kyo declined the offer from the news. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Life imitates art as Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki of “Descendants of the Sun” fame have not only stepped out as a couple but also announced that they will tie the knot this coming October. “Descendants of the Sun” centers on the characters of Yoo Shi-jin (Song Joong-ki), a captain [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Lee Min-ho, actress Song Hye-kyo and boy band EXO have been chosen as the most popular “hallyu” stars of 2016, a survey showed Thursday. Soompi, a U.S.-based online news provider specializing in Korean pop culture, announced the winners of the 12th annual Soompi Awards elected in a vote [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top actress Song Hye-kyo has donated the compensation money she won from a recent publicity rights case to help aspiring jewelry designers, a local charity said Thursday. The heroine of a number of hit television series including most recently “Descendants of the Sun,” delivered a total of [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – “Descendants of the Sun” has concluded what will go down in South Korean history as one of the brightest moments in TV with another renewed viewership record, data showed Monday. The KBS 2TV series garnered a 36.8 percent viewership on average over last week’s Wednesday-Thursday night broadcasts, data by [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – State broadcaster KBS said Tuesday it will air a marathon of three “Descendants of the Sun” episodes on election day this week. Episodes 12 to 14 of the KBS 2TV series will air from 3:05 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, which is when the country’s 20th general elections will [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Major South Korean TV network KBS said Tuesday it has made three special broadcast programs for devoted fans of its sensational drama series “Descendants of the Sun” as the show’s finale draws near. The programs will air at 10 p.m. for three days from April 20 for the drama’s devoted [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean TV drama “Descendants of the Sun” is expected to bring in massive revenue for a streaming website that holds its broadcasting rights in China, Chinese media reported Friday. Paid membership on iQiyi grew 50 percent in the past three months to about 15 million people because of the [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean drama “Descendants of the Sun” will come to Japan in June, its production company said Thursday. The KBS 2TV series, which has been broadcast simultaneously in China on the local video platform iQiyi, will start airing on the Japanese cable channel Eisei Gekijou, NEW said. Media reports have [...]