Author: Samar Khouri

VICTON is scheduled to perform and hold a fan sign event in Dubai this weekend. The K-Pop boy group will take the stage at Dubai Festival City Mall (DFC) on March 26, starting at 4 pm in Festival Square. They’ll also set to hold a fan signing event the following day at the same time and same place. This part of the Korean Brand Expo that introduces products of Korea’s small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs), ranging from beauty to lifestyle brands. It is set to launch on March 25. The event has taken in other countries, including Australia, Bangkok, US…

BTS wrapped up the three-day in-person concert in Seoul have attracted 2.46 million fans both on and offline, the group’s agency said. The ‘BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – SEOUL’ at Seoul Olympic Stadium from March 10 – March 13 was attended by 45,000 fans in accordance with the COVID-19 protocols. The first and third-night shows were streamed live online, garnering up to 1.02 million in online viewers from 191 countries/regions. The second-night was shown at 3,711 movie theaters in 75 countries, including the UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia, with approximately 1.4 million viewers in total with…

Brave Girls will not be taking the stage at Expo 2020 Dubai tonight due to “unforseen circumstances.” While the world fair didn’t reveal anything further, it however said that Indian singer AP Dhillon will take the K-pop girl group’s place. It’s his second show at the Expo 2020 Dubai. K-pop acts Megamax and Hi-L are still scheduled to perform in front of concertgoers ahead of AP Dhillon at the DEC arena.

Veteran actress Youn Yuh-jung is set to present at the 94th Academy Awards. The 94th Academy Awards revealed, in its first lineup of presenters for this year’s awards, that South Korean actress will join the likes of Lady Gaga, Kevin Costner, Zoe Kravitz, Rosie Perez and Chris Rock on stage. Youn made history as the first Korean actor to win an Oscar last year for her role in the American immigration film ‘Minari.’ “Youn is scheduled to leave for the United States to attend the Oscars ceremony,” her talent agency Hook Entertainment said according to Yonhap News Agency. “We haven’t…

Three Korean dramas made its debut globally on Netflix’s top 10 weekly viewership list. ‘Juvenile Justice,’ ‘Twenty Five Twenty One’, and ‘Forecasting Love and Weather’ made its entry on the non-english TV list for the February 21 – February 27 week, with 17.41 million, 11.85 million and 11.02 million hours viewed, respectively. Starring seasoned actress Kim Hye-soo, legal drama ‘Juvenile Justice’ is ranked in the top 10 in TV in 9 countries on Netflix. Coming-of-age romance drama ‘Twenty Five Twenty One,’ starring Kim Tae-ri, Nam Joo-hyuk and Bona, was in the top 10 in countries, such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. ‘Forecasting…

BTS has been announced the winners of 2021’s IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award, making them the first act to win the award for two consecutive years. Members Jimin, RM, Jin, V, Suga, J-Hope and Jung Kook became familiar faces in the IFPI Global Artist Chart since 2018 when they landed second on the global recording industry trade organization’s annual chart. The 2020 chart saw them become the first Korean act to win the accolade and the first to perform primarily in a foreign language. The South Korean septet’s fourth studio album ‘Map Of The Soul: 7’ topped…

‘Love and Leashes’ made it to the top 10 in movie list in Morocco, Netfix revealed, during the February 14 – February 20 week. The Korean rom-com climbed a spot to land in at fourth on the non-English film list, with 7.42 million hours viewed, from last week. The streaming giant revealed it was in the top 10 in films in 17 countries on Netflix, includingHong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, and Mauritius . Netflix’s S&M-themed original Korean film is based on a popular webtoon about two ordinary office workers, played by Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun and U-KISS’s Lee Jun-young, who both enter…

‘Netflix’s All of Us Are Dead’ held onto the lead spot for the fourth week globally, with 62.13 million hours viewed and appeared in the top 10 in 89 countries. For the February 14 – February 20, 2022 week, it’s the only Korean series to make it on Netflix’s weekly viewership chart. The South Korean breakout zombie thriller dominated in India, South Korea, Vietnam, Peru, Bolivia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. Within the region, ‘All of Us Are Dead’ is in the top 10 in Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, Qatar, Oman, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon and the UAE over…