SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent bust of Gyeonggi Province governor Nam Gyeong Pil’s oldest son for illegal narcotics use has reintroduced the subject of such substances into everyday conversation. The case involving Nam’s son is preceded by the arrest of Choi Seung Hyeon, who was convicted for smoking marijuana with a young [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Contrary to his stage name T.O.P, Choi Seung-hyun, member of the popular K-pop boy band BIGBANG, hit the rock bottom of his successful 10-year-plus career this week. He has been indicted on charges of smoking marijuana and his military service that began in February was put on hold pending [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The family of T.O.P, a member of South Korean boy band BIGBANG who was hospitalized for an apparent drug overdose, on Wednesday disputed an earlier police account of the singer’s health, claiming he was in much worse condition. “The condition of my son is quite bad. It’s been misreported [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans have chosen boy band BigBang as the artist of 2015, a Gallup survey showed Thursday. The five-member act received 15.5 percent of the votes in interviews conducted by Gallup Korea in July, September and November. BigBang topped music charts every month from May to August, when they [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Can the sequel be better than the original? The movie trailer of “Tazza 2: Hand of God” was released. From the first stage of the film production, Tazza 2 gained people’s attention by casting Choi Seung-hyun or Top of K-pop boy group Big Bang. In addition to Top, various character actors like [...]