SEOUL, “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the latest Spider-Man series film, has become the No. 1 hit movie of the year in South Korea after surpassing the attendance record of local film “Escape from Mogadishu.”According to Sony Pictures, distributor of the A…
SEOUL– Another Netflix Korean-language original series, “The Silent Sea,” is gearing up to catch the eyes of global audiences following the sensational “Squid Game” and “Hellbound.”Set in a future Earth suffering an extreme water shortage, the upcomin…
The newly crowned Miss America has made history, becoming both the first Korean American and the first Alaskan to hold the title in the competition’s 100-year history.”I never could have imagined in a million years that I would be Miss America, let alo…
SEOUL– The director of the upcoming JTBC drama “Snowdrop” downplayed allegations of the show’s historical inaccuracies Thursday, saying everything in the drama except for its time setting is basically fictional.”The drama is set in the year 1987, but,…
The United States on Friday designated North Korea’s new Defense Minister Ri Yong-gil and a number of other entities in North Korea, China and Russia for human rights violations.The U.S. Department of Treasury also designated North Korea’s Central Publ…
SEOUL– New K-pop girl group Ive has recorded the most first-week sales of any debut album by girl groups in South Korea ever, the group’s agency said Friday.The six-piece group’s first single album “Eleven,” released on Dec. 1, sold 152,229 copies in …
SEOUL– K-pop superband BTS has won three prizes at the 2021 People’s Choice Awards, the latest in a series of honors it took home from the United States this year.The South Korean group won the group of 2021 and both the song and the music video of 20…
SEOUL– Hybe, home to famous K-pop groups such as BTS, Seventeen, Tomorrow X Together (TXT) and Enhypen, said Tuesday it will throw a joint concert of its artists to celebrate the end of the year, though BTS will be absent from the event.The concert, t…
For further development and advancement of internal auditing, the Board of Audit and Inspection evaluated the 2021 Internal Audit process and held a competition to assess the best internal audits. The winning institutions and employees were bestowed wi…
SEOUL– K-pop superstar BTS’ mega-hit single “Butter” has been selected as the Record of the Year by U.S. magazine Variety, the label behind the group said Sunday.BTS won the award for its second English-language single “Butter” during Variety’s Hitmak…
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SEOUL– South Korean superband BTS dropped a “holiday remix” of its megahit single “Butter” on Friday in time for the Christmas and New Year season, the group’s management agency announced.The new version is a carol pop genre track with a festive mood …