SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean rapper Psy will soon release an album containing Chinese versions of his lesser known songs to reach out to more Chinese fans, his local management agency said. Unlike his global hits “Gangnam Style” and “Gentleman,” the tracks on the new album, including “Paradise,” “The End” and “What [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy band Big Bang will go on a world concert tour starting in Seoul this month, its management agency said Thursday. The band will put on some 70 concerts in 15 countries around the world, including the Americas, through next year before some 1.4 million fans, YG Entertainment [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean rapper Psy will join the QQ Music Awards, one of the famous music awards ceremonies held in China, where he is expected to perform a song in Chinese. According to YG Entertainment, Psy’s talent agency, he will perform two songs at the awards ceremony, which will be [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean rapper Psy‘s “Gentleman” video has been viewed more than 800 million times on YouTube, his management agency said Sunday. YG Entertainment posted the news on the singer’s Facebook Page and Twitter earlier in the day. The 2013 sequel to the viral hit “Gangnam Style,” which catapulted him [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — YG Entertainment signed a MoU with the Gyeonggi-do to develop a 100 billion won (US$ 92 million) K-pop culture and business cluster at a 49,600㎡ site in Sangok-Dong, Uijeongbu by December 2018. YG Entertainment co-CEO Yang Min-suk signed the MoU at a ceremony held on January 16. According to YG Entertainment, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – YG Entertainment, one of Korea’s top three talent agencies, signed an agreement with Tencent, China’s leading IT firm, to jointly produce and expand the distribution of K-wave content in China. On December 2, the two companies sealed the MOU for their strategic partnership in Hong Kong. According to the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – YG Entertainment, one of Korea’s top three talent agencies, is expanding its business portfolio into cosmetics just after a month of its launch of a fashion brand. On October 22, YG Entertainment opened its flagship store of cosmetics brand “Moonshot” in Samcheong-dong in northern Seoul, which is famous for numerous [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Following a scandal surrounding G-Dragon who was caught dating with a Japanese model that brought down the share price of YG Entertainment, this time it was SM Entertainment’s turn to suffer a setback owing to a legal dispute with its star singer Lu Han. On October 10, SM Entertainment stock [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been years since rumors that G-Dragon, member of K-pop idol group Big Bang, is dating Japanese model-actress Kiko Mizuhara have been around. Now a Korean entertainment news outlet revealed on October 8 they are really in love, which led to a plunge in the share price of YG [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – YG Entertainment rookie boy group WINNER has been enjoying the No. 1 places in Korean music charts for 15 consecutive days after its release on Aug. 12. Besides, the five-member group also gains exceptional popularity by winning the first places in three music programs: Mnet’s “M Countdown,” KBS2’s “Music Bank” and [...]