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Mexico vs. 4.78 Million Watchers Draws In… Naver Chzzk Hails a Streak of World Cup Broadcast Hits

Mexico vs. 4.78 Million Watchers Draws In… Naver Chzzk Hails a Streak of World Cup Broadcast Hits

After the Czech Republic match, it sets a second-highest-ever mark for concurrent viewers… 953 people, including Lee Kyung-kyu and PoongWolRyang, spark a ‘watch together’ craze
Naver’s technical prowess that holds up even under a traffic surge, reshaping the playbook for sports broadcasting Naver’s game streaming platform, Chzzk, is absorbing massive daily traffic with its North and Central American World Cup coverage, setting off a shift in South Korea’s media platform...
Even a U.S. Pop Star Cancels Shows—But BTS’s World Tour Returns After 7 Years With Every Ticket Sold Out in a Frenzy

Even a U.S. Pop Star Cancels Shows—But BTS’s World Tour Returns After 7 Years With Every Ticket Sold Out in a Frenzy

As the U.S. live-music industry grapples with a shortage of remaining seats driven by high inflation, BTS’s first tour in seven years sells out every show and turns the entire city into a festival
The U.S. live music industry—the heart of the global concert business—has hit an unprecedented deep freeze. Amid the fallout from punishing inflation and ticket-price hikes that have derailed major pop stars’ tours one after another, “BTS”’s North American and European tour has been delivering...
Sung Si-kyung Unveils Surprise Global Duet With Raisa of Indonesia

Sung Si-kyung Unveils Surprise Global Duet With Raisa of Indonesia

A YouTube cover connection led to a global collaboration, and the new song “Heaven Knows,” which trades lines between Korean and English, is now out
A Once-in-a-Generation Duet That Breaks Borders and Language, A New Milestone for Asian Pop The emperor of Korean ballads has teamed up with a national idol in Indonesia. South Korea’s leading vocalist “Sung Si-kyung” and Indonesia’s top star “Raisa” prove a sweeping musical unity that spans Asia’s...
Controversial “Reassignment Education,” Yet My Favorite Episode Is…

Controversial “Reassignment Education,” Yet My Favorite Episode Is…

Even in its second week after release, the Netflix series 〈Reassignment Education〉 topped the No. 1 spot among non-English TV shows in the global TOP 10 rankings. Cine Play reporters picked their favorite episodes.
Once again, a high-impact K-content title has burst onto Netflix. The Netflix series 〈Reassignment Education〉, which depicts the relentless efforts of the authority group for protecting teachers’ rights as it takes the side of victims and puts schools back in order, kept its No.
[Weekend Publications] Song Hee-gu on the bestseller run — “My Boss Kim’s Story About a Samsung Exec at Home in Seoul” Tops the Charts Immediately With New Real Estate Novel

[Weekend Publications] Song Hee-gu on the bestseller run — “My Boss Kim’s Story About a Samsung Exec at Home in Seoul” Tops the Charts Immediately With New Real Estate Novel

With an established fandom front and center, Song Hee-gu’s real estate fiction pushes aside other top contenders and takes the No. 1 spot on Kyobo Bookstore’s general bestseller list.
The publishing industry’s landscape is in flux. The seemingly impenetrable bastion of previously solid bestsellers is crumbling under a barrage from authors armed with massive fandom followings. At the center of this shift is Song Hee-gu, the writer who previously sparked a sensation by depicting...
Cortis’ “REDRED” Hits Spotify’s 100 Million Mark in Just 57 Days

Cortis’ “REDRED” Hits Spotify’s 100 Million Mark in Just 57 Days

The track sets the fastest record in the past five years for a debuting boy group, and Cortis keeps the momentum going with sold-out shows on its first tour after a massive singalong in Seoul
“REDRED ,” a mega hit by the group Cortis, topped 100 million cumulative streams on Spotify, the world’s largest music platform, proving its global breakout status. On the 18th, the agency BigHitMusic said that as of the 16th, the song reached the 100 million mark.
Loccаrno Competition Invitation, Director Park Se-young’s “The Fin” to Open in July Confirmed & Three-Poster Set Released!

Loccаrno Competition Invitation, Director Park Se-young’s “The Fin” to Open in July Confirmed & Three-Poster Set Released!

A dystopian SF art cinema depicting a near-future unified South Korea where a genetic mutation called “Omega” and humans coexist.
Director Park Se-young’s dystopian SF art cinema 〈 The Fin 〉—invited to the 78th Locarno Film Festival’s New Directors competition section “Filmmakers of the Present,” unveiled as a world premiere and drawing attention from film festivals worldwide—has released three teaser world-setting posters...
Netflix Variety Show ‘Better Late Than Single Season 2’ Reveals Differentiators to Deliver Unpredictable Thrills

Netflix Variety Show ‘Better Late Than Single Season 2’ Reveals Differentiators to Deliver Unpredictable Thrills

Director Kim No-eun said the show’s edge lies in “laughter at awkward moves, alongside ‘real-life empathy’ that doesn’t feel like it happened to someone else.”
Netflix variety show 〈Better Late Than Single〉 Season 2 (hereafter, “Better Late Than Single Season 2”) unveiled differentiators set to deliver unpredictable excitement. # Here comes the “national matchmaker”? A viewer-overwhelming, hype-inducing relationship reality that turns “advice mode” into...
Japan’s Ultra-Top-Tier Hit ‘Samurai Timeslipper’: Director Yasuda Junichi Makes a Surprise Visit to Korea on June 22

Japan’s Ultra-Top-Tier Hit ‘Samurai Timeslipper’: Director Yasuda Junichi Makes a Surprise Visit to Korea on June 22

A crew of 10 and a total budget of 26 million yen—so low it’s almost unprecedented—has pushed box-office revenue past 1 billion yen.
〈Samurai Timeslipper〉 depicts the journey of an Edo-era samurai who is ‘time-slipped’ into a movie set and ends up working as a beheading specialist actor As the film was released in Japan, starting out in just one theater, word of mouth spread and showings expanded to about 380 theaters across the...
‘Grammy nominee’ rapper Mystikal sentenced to 20 years in prison over 2022 sexual assault allegations… past convictions revisited

‘Grammy nominee’ rapper Mystikal sentenced to 20 years in prison over 2022 sexual assault allegations… past convictions revisited

Allegations of assault and rape of a woman at his Louisiana home… final sentencing confirmed in the first trial Guilty plea agreement for second-degree rape to avoid a life sentence… just before sentencing, asked to withdraw the plea saying he “couldn’t consider the outcome,” but the request was denied Convicted of sexual misconduct in 2003 and served 6 years… the tragic fall of a star who dominated the hip-hop scene in the 1990s and early 2000s
Rapper Mystikal (Mystikal·55), who rose to Grammy Awards contention in the early 2000s and helped shape the U. S. hip-hop scene, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the alleged sexual assault of a woman at his home.