College classes have gone virtual with a second wave of COVID-19 from last month, and with the prolonged pandemic campus life is changing fast — including the campus festivals that mark the start of fall semester. On Tuesday, Ewha Womans University in Seoul kicked off a three-day online festival, where students can engage in online...Read More
A new feature-length documentary film on K-pop group BTS will hit theaters next week in South Korea following a postponement due to a resurgence of the new coronavirus across the country, multiplex chain CGV announced Thursday. “Break The Silence: The Movie” will be released on Sept. 24 exclusively at CGV theaters in South Korea, according...Read More
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will deliver a pre-recorded video speech at the annual United Nations General Assembly session next week, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday. It is expected to be played during the virtual event at around 2 a.m. Wednesday (Seoul time), according to Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kang Min-seok. Moon plans to request...Read More
K-pop giant BTS plans to release four additional remix tracks of its smash hit single “Dynamite” on Friday, according to its label-management agency Big Hit Entertainment. BTS will drop the “Slow Jam,” “Midnight,” “Retro” and “Bedroom” remixes of the song digitally at 1 p.m. (Korea time) on major streaming services, Big Hit announced on Weverse,...Read More
South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed below 200 for the 16th straight day on Friday, but local infections remained in the triple digits on rises in sporadic cluster infections and untraceable cases. The country added 126 more COVID-19 cases, including 109 local infections, raising the total caseload to 22,783, according to the Korea Disease Control...Read More
Get ready, Carats—SEVENTEEN is gearing up to make their return next month! On September 18, Pledis Entertainment officially confirmed that SEVENTEEN was planning to make a comeback in the near future. The agency stated, “SEVENTEEN is aiming for an October comeback and is currently working hard on their preparations.” SEVENTEEN’s upcoming return will mark their...Read More
Seoul metropolitan government said Thursday it will unveil a series of YouTube videos through which global fans of Korean pop culture can experience various aspects of the culture with popular K-pop boy band Seventeen. The series, titled “Seoul Hallyu Staycation with Seventeen,” will be uploaded this Saturday and on Sept. 25, on the city’s official...Read More
K-pop girl group TWICE debuted at the top of two daily music charts in Japan with its latest compilation album “#TWICE3,” according to its agency Thursday. The record, which repackages the group’s past Korean and Japanese hits, topped Oricon’s Daily Albums chart by scoring 67,808 points, JYP Entertainment said, citing Oricon data. This image provided...Read More
With the South Korean release of Walt Disney’s live-action remake “Mulan” just a day away, refreshed calls to boycott the film have been growing here on social media due to a few controversies. The film has been under fire since its lead actress Liu Yifei posted comments supporting Hong Kong’s police in their crackdown on...Read More
The number of film productions in South Korea decreased more than 20 percent in the first eight months of this year due to the protracted novel coronavirus pandemic, a report showed Thursday. A total of 18 films were shot from January through August, down 22 percent from 23 over the same period last year, according...Read More
