Korean actor Lee Chae-min has been offered the leading role to star opposite K-pop idol and actress Yoona in the drama “The Tyrant’s Chef.” The 24-year-old hunk starred in Netflix’s Korean drama “Hierarchy,” which was released last year. Lee Chae-min will be replacing...
Korean actor and “Squid Game” season 2 star Park Sung-hoon will no longer star in a drama with K-pop idol and actress Yoona after he received backlash for uploading porn on his Instagram account. On Dec. 30, a day after a Jeju Air plane crash killed 179 passengers and crew in South Korea, Park...
The Korea Travel Fiesta 2023 in the Philippines, held from Sept. 2 and 3, drew hundreds of people as it offered travel deals and showcased Korean tourism and culture. Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Lee Sang-hwa opened the Korea Travel Fiesta 2023 on Sept. 2 in Glorietta in...
K-pop idol and actor Park Ji-hoon will be gracing the Korea Travel Fiesta 2023 in the country. The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) Manila office is holding back-to-back events: theKorea Travel Fiesta 2023 and Korea MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) Road Show from...
Jin, a member of K-pop boy band BTS, took first place in the brand reputation rankings for individual members of K-pop boy bands for November. The Korea Corporate Research Institute released the brand reputation index based on the analysis of 108.23 million brand big data covering 703 members of...
(Clockwise from top left) 'Backstreet Rookie,' 'Love Revolution,' 'Love is Sweet' and 'My Unicorn Girl' (iQIYI) Viewership of Asian dramas, movies and shows has surged on the online video streaming platform iQIYI amid the ongoing pandemic. Since launching in the Philippines in May 2020, iQIYI has...
(Clockwise from top left) Park Ji-sun, Go Soo-jung, Moon Ji-yoon, Park Ji-hoon, Yohan, Oh In-hye and Kim Ki-duk (Instagram, KBS News) The Korean entertainment industry mourned the death of several celebrities this year. In Google’s top trending searches in the Philippines for 2020, Korean...
K-pop boy band Monsta X, girl group Mamamoo and WINNER’s Mino grabbed the first three places on the weekly album chart in the first week of November. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the rankings for the weekly album chart covering the period Nov. 2 to 8. Monsta X’s new album “Fatal Love,”...
