SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Homegrown films dominated the South Korean box office in August while audience amount saw a slight on-year drop, data showed Tuesday. The number of moviegoers last month was 29.88 million, down 0.2 percent from the same month last year, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). The August tally [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite an unofficial ban of Korean cultural content, the principal Chinese state television broadcaster CCTV has praised “The Battleship Island”, a Korean film that deals with the forced labor during the Japanese occupation, as an anti-Japanese blockbuster and devoted significant airtime to coverage of the film. A CCTV account of [...]
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, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Star actors Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo, who appeared as a fictional couple in the hit TV series “Descendants of the Sun,” announced Wednesday they are getting married in October. “Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo plan to marry on Oct. 31,” said Blossom Entertainment and UAA, the companies representing [...]
TAEBAEK, South Korea, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Taebaek city has seen a dramatic increase in tourists since the official opening of a filming site of “Descendants of the Sun,” city officials said Monday. Tourists have visited the remote city in Gangwon Province to check out the filming site of KBS 2TV’s sensationally popular series [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The two-day long Sinchon Beer Festival took off on Thursday with hundreds, if not thousands, of beer enthusiasts crowding one of Seoul’s most vibrant and youth-driven alleys. The festival was first organized in October 2015 to revitalize the neighborhood’s stagnating businesses. Last year’s festival also set a record with [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The second Sinchon Beer Festival will be held on Yonsei-ro, Sinchon this Thursday and Friday, July 14 and 15. The beer festival, which was first held last October to boost the economy in the Sinchon area, will feature a sandy ‘beach’ and pubs keen to evoke the feeling of enjoying [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Liquor companies, barred from public spaces and airtime, are resorting to top celebrities for maximized advertisement effect, according to industry officials Tuesday. The government has been tightening regulations on liquor ads, revising the law on national health improvement. Recent changes include barring liquor ads on TV from 7 a.m. [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Fans of Song Joong-ki, one of Korea’s top actors, went ballistic when Hite Jinro – a major Korean distiller – held a charity golf event in which a billboard of the actor’s real-life image was installed in the middle of the fairway. Hite Jinro held a fundraiser golf competition [...]