SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — V, a member of K-pop juggernaut BTS, has fully recovered from COVID-19 and been released from isolation, his agency said Tuesday. The 26-year-old singer, whose real name is Kim Tae-hyung, tested positive a week ago after experiencing a mild sore throat. “V was released from isolation today as he [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – V, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, is about to make it onto the Billboard main singles chart for this week with his individual single “Christmas Tree.” The song will debut at No. 79 on the Hot 100 for this week, Billboard said on its Twitter on Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of some 170 fans of BTS member V, together with an environmental group, on Wednesday dedicated a grove they built alongside Seoul’s Han River to the K-pop star. The Korean Federation for Environmental Movement said the grove of four zelkova and some 1,200 bridal-wreath trees, named Forest [...]
HAENAM, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Haenam Country in South Jeolla Province will carry out a project to create new forest and mountain areas to promote the economic and public value of woodlands and build a foundation for sustainable forest management. The initiative includes eight hectares of bio-circulated afforestation that supplies biomass raw materials such [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of imported cars in South Korea fell 3.1 percent in January from a year earlier due to lower demand for Japanese brands amid trade tensions between Seoul and Tokyo, an industry association said Wednesday. The number of newly registered foreign vehicles fell to 17,640 units last month from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — V, a member of the globally celebrated K-pop boy band BTS, released his English solo song “Winter Bear” on Saturday. The new song was put up on BTS’ official social media for free download, along with a music video. V, whose real name is Kim Tae-hyung, composed the song [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — V, a member of globally celebrated K-pop boy band BTS, has released a self-created song, “Scenery,” joining other group members in releasing self-composed songs. The new song was put up on BTS’ Korean blog Wednesday night for free download. V, whose real name is Kim Tae-hyung, composed and wrote [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — As Koreans increasingly use their cell phones for data rather than making phone calls and texting, KT launched a new service that provides LTE data at price points from 20,000 won to 50,000 won, including unlimited talking and texting. Mobile phone rates in Korea are usually proportional to voice minutes [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Planet, South Korea’s leading e-commerce platform operator, said Sunday it has launched its flagship online shopping site in Malaysia as part of its overseas expansion. 11street, the online open-market site run by SK Planet, began its service there Friday, under the Internet domain www.11street.my and via its mobile [...]