Bob McCooey, vice chairman and head of global capital markets at Nasdaq, visited Galaxy Corp.’s headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, Thursday to review the company’s growth strategy and assess the possibility of a US stock market listing. The visit — unusual for a senior figure from a global capital market — has raised speculation that the Korean entertainment-tech firm behind K-pop icon G-Dragon could be preparing a US debut. Yet the move has also prompted skepticism within the industry over whether

Park Jin-young, best known as a member of the K-pop boy band GOT7, and Kim Min-ju, formerly of IZ*ONE, are set to star together in a youthful melodrama that captures the beauty of growing up and finding love. The pair will lead JTBC’s new Friday-Saturday drama “Still Shining,” which follows the intertwined lives of two characters from their teenage years into their 30s. The series portrays how they become each other’s light throughout the changing seasons of life. Director Kim Yoon-jin, known for “Our Beloved Summer,” described the drama as “a story about Tae-seo (Park) and Eun-ah (Kim), who first meet at the age of 19 in the countryside and reunite years later to confront their true feelings” during a press conference in Seoul on Thursday. “The writer didn’t place the characters amid any grand events. Instead, the story captures the quiet passage of seasons and the accumulation of time, which I believe will stay with viewers in a special way. While ‘Our Beloved Summer’ evoked the warmth of spring and early summer, ‘Still Shining’ portrays love that endures t

With only 15 days remaining until their official return, BTS is set to release their fifth full-length album "Arirang" on March 20, accompanied by a large-scale live performance in central Seoul. The seven-member band will release their latest album on March 20. On the following day at 8 p.m., the group will hold a massive comeback live performance at Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Square. This historic event will be streamed globally through Netflix. This is the first time the platform will broadcast a live music performance from Korea to a global audience. The teaser video opens with the thunderous cheers from members of the group's global fandom, known as ARMY. "We promised our fans that we would be back," group leader RM says in the teaser, which features footage of the members at Gyeongbok Palace, showcasing them against the backdrop of the historic royal residence. Hamish Hamilton, the British director of the Super Bowl halftime show since 2010, the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony and the MTV and Academy Awards, will lead the production of the Gwanghwamun concert. Hamilton’s collabor

Netflix on Thursday released a trailer and poster for its upcoming comeback event, “BTS The Comeback Live Arirang,” offering fans a first glimpse of the group’s long-awaited return ahead of the release of its fifth full-length album. The teaser video opened with the roaring sound of fans cheering — echoing the atmosphere of past concerts. Reacting to the sound, the members can be heard expressing their longing for their supporters, with remarks such as “I really miss them,” conveying their antic