Korea Creative Content Agency announced that its annual, open seminar Content Insight will be held at the Content Human Resource Campus, in Hongreung, Dongdaemun-gu, central Seoul, on March 30. Content Insight invites popular creative content experts to share their thoughts on the current and future trends of the Korean content business. Director Kang Yun-sung, who helmed the hit crime films “T...

Public broadcaster KBS announced that Jimin of K-pop superstar group BTS is scheduled to star in its Thursday night variety show, “Beat Coin,” in an episode set to air on March 30. “Jimin said he liked to watch ‘Beat Coin’ even before starring in our show. The cast were surprised to see Jimin at the shooting site as well. Everyone always gives everything to entertain the viewers, but I think the...

Wavve and local production company Film Benedict confirmed the production of the upcoming series. Additional collaboration with overseas content studios are under discussion, Wavve said. The local streaming service added that “Combat Correspondent” will cost 140 billion won ($107 million) to produce -- the highest budget for a Korean drama production to date. While Beck has been confirmed as th...

Terrestrial broadcaster MBC announced that its upcoming audition program “Fantasy Boys,” set to premiere on March 30, will also be available in 12 different Asian countries via video streaming platforms. While the platform Abema will stream “Fantasy Boys” in Japan, viewers in many Southeast Asian countries, including Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam will be abl...

Pop legend Cho Yong-pil, who is widely known as “Gawang” -- the king of singing or pop music in Korean -- will hold a solo concert in Seoul on May 13, the concert’s organizer announced Tuesday. Titled “2023 Cho Yong-pil & the Great Birth Concert,” the concert is set to be held at the Seoul Olympic Stadium inside the Olympics sports complex in Jamsil, southern Seoul. The Great Birth is a band th...

Content production company Studio LuluLala (SLL) confirmed that its whodunnit variety series, “Crime Scene,” will be making a return after six years. SLL, a subsidiary of cable channel JTBC formerly known as JTBC Studios, announced Monday that it is in talks with Tving -- an online streaming service provider run by entertainment giant CJ ENM -- to produce a fourth season, titled “Crime Scene Ret...

P.Cok, established in 2021, filed a criminal complaint against local pirate webtoon sites as its first task. The team continues to take strict measures against content piracy in the English and Chinese webtoon industries. “Since the team began monitoring copyright infringement cases in all language services offered by Kakao Entertainment in 2021, it has found almost 9.2 million pieces of illegal...

“Dong-eun called me (Yeon-jin) out in almost every episode. Maybe that’s why the name got stuck in viewers’ heads and led the drama's fans to have interest in my character,” Lim said, sharing her thoughts on why her character, Yeon-jin, garnered so much interest to the point where the character became a popular meme in South Korea. The actress added that Yeon-jin was a multi-dimensional characte...

Though they are not pro basketball players, Sun members clearly love the sport. “I think I know most of the players of the Korean Basketball League and Women’s Korea Basketball League. I actually held a part time job at a basketball stadium, recording simple data and stats,” Sun guard Kim said. “Rae-eun (the captain) and I will be going to Jamsil Arena this weekend to watch a match between Seou...

Pinnacle Land Spring Flower Festival The Pinnacle Land Spring Flower Festival is scheduled to take place at Pinnacle Land, a botanical garden in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, starting March 24. The event runs through May 30. The botanical garden will present some 50,000 tulips and narcissus plants, allowing visitors to enjoy a fragrant spring atmosphere. The second edition of Pinnacle Lan...

Tving, the South Korean online streaming service provider run by entertainment giant CJ ENM, on Wednesday announced that Vietnamese content production company Red Carpet and TV channel HTV7 acquired the Vietnamese rights for its variety show “Zero Sum Game,” which marks the beginning of their partnership with the streamer. The 12-part unscripted show presents 10 participants who seek the highest...

The series, the second part of which was released March 10, topped Netflix’s weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows as of Wednesday, according to the global streamer. While the eight-part revenge thriller became the most watched series in 23 countries -- including South Korea, Brazil, Hong Kong, New Zealand and more -- and recorded a total of 124.46 million hours of viewing for the wee...

Local religious cult Baby Garden has filed for an injunction against the streaming of two episodes of Netflix’s documentary series “In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal,” featuring its leader Kim Ki-soon. The eight-part documentary series presents four Korean religious cult leaders -- Jeong Myeong-seok of Christian Gospel Mission, better known as Jesus Morning Star (JMS); Park Soon-ja of Odaeyang...

Meanwhile, global streamer Disney+ is celebrating the upcoming baseball season with another sports documentary, “Full Count,” which features a total of 10 professional baseball teams in the KBO league. Produced by terrestrial broadcaster MBC and content production company Merry Christmas, the 10-episode show presents not only the competive world of Korean baseball, but also the love and support ...

A majority of Koreans and foreigners believe that Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, is likely to continue riding the tide of globalization for a long time to come, according to a recent Corea Image Communication Institute survey aimed at probing people's views on popular topics. The CICI’s multiple-choice survey, titled “AI, ChatGPT and Hallyu,” involved 471 participants -- 257 Koreans and 214 foreign...