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 [...]
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, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korea opened a Korean food information center to showcase Korean cuisine and food culture and promote culinary tourism among foreign travelers, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday. The “K-Style Hub” opened in the previous headquarters of the state-run Korea Tourism Organization in downtown Seoul. The KTO relocated to Wonju, [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) - Not only does actor Song Joong-ki have acting down, he seems to have mastered the art of modesty, too. Rather than basking in his renewed stardom, Song on Wednesday attributed his popularity to the novelty of the soldier-doctor couple in the TV series “Descendants of the Sun.” “I think people like [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) - A new drama series, titled “Descendants of the Sun,” will be aired in South Korea and China in February, featuring top Korean actors and actresses, a local broadcaster said Tuesday. Featuring South Korean actor Song Joong-ki and actress Song Hye-kyo, the show will be based on a fictional country and [...]