Mike Song

K-pop KAIST launches Korean rapper G-Dragon’s music into space

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has launched the music and iris image of G-Dragon, a Korean rapper and singer-songw...

Energy Alaska governor seeks Korean partners for $44 bn LNG project

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy arrived in South Korea on Monday to hold a series of one-on-one meetings with top executives from Korean energy and st...

Culture & Trends Baby Shark receives three Emmy nominations

South Korea's The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" character, said on Friday that "Baby Shark’s Big Movie" received thre...

Korean startups PEN Ventures: A skilled startup accelerator for entrepreneurs going global

For startup accelerators that nurture promising young entrepreneurs, identifying a soon-to-be-unicorn, or a company valued at over $1 billion, in ...

K-pop BTS Jin previews new song ‘I’ll Be There' ahead of release of his solo album

BTS Jin released “I'll Be There,” a preview track from his first solo album, on Friday, his agency Big Hit Music announced.“I'll B...

K-pop Blackpink’s Rose releases new song in collaboration with Bruno Mars

Girl group Blackpink's Rose released her single “APT.” in collaboration with global pop star Bruno Mars on Friday, her agency The Black ...

K-pop BTS Jin reveals track list of 6 songs for solo album 'Happy'

The title track of the first solo album to be released by BTS member Jin is “Running Wild,” his agency Big Hit Music announced on Thursd...

K-pop BTS Jungkook receives platinum certification from RIAJ

Boy band BTS' Jungkook's solo song “Seven - Explicit Ver.” has been certified “Platinum” in the streaming category by the Re...

K-pop NewJeans surpasses 5 billion cumulative Spotify streams

K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed five billion combined streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, its agency, Adore, announced o...

North Korea This Song Is Catchy and Going Viral. It’s Also North Korean Propaganda.

SEOUL—Jordan Daniels, a 31-year-old pianist and software engineer in California, posted a cover of a catchy new tune on TikTok. One asp...

K-pop NewJeans' Ditto hits 600 mn streams on Spotify

Ditto by K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed 600 million streams on Spotify.Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, announced on ...

Corporate governance Hanmi to fire founder's wife, entering new round of family feud

South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group is set to enter a new chapter of an ongoing family feud less than two months after the founding famil...

K-pop NewJeans’ Spotify streaming total exceeds 2 billion

K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed 2 billion cumulative streams of their songs on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, their ...

K-pop Fifty Fifty sets new record for K-pop girl group with Spotify listeners

K-pop rookie Fifty Fifty has surpassed 34.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming site, its agency Attrakt said ...

K-pop BTS' Suga releases his first solo album D-DAY

Suga of K-pop sensation BTS released his first solo album, “D-DAY”, on Friday, Bit Hit Music announced.This album is Suga’s first ...

Investment banking BofA names Korean American Mike Joo as head of North America GCIB

Bank of America Corp. has appointed Korean American Mike Joo as its new head of North America global corporate and investment banking (GCIB), accord...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor to redirect its TaaS, AI functions to self-driving arm 42dot 

Hyundai Motor Group will redirect the core functions of its Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) division and AIRS Company to its recently acquired se...

Future mobility Hyundai Motor to buy Korean self-driving startup 42dot

South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is set to purchase autonomous driving startup 42dot, intensifying the automaker’s competi...

Korean startups Hanwha, Musicow to launch JV in US for copyright trading abroad

Musicow Inc., a music copyright trading platform and one of the hottest startups in South Korea, will set up a joint venture in the US with Korean c...

Chief Executives Com2uS, Gamevil Chairman Song Byung-joon: Mobile game pioneer, sports enthusiast

About eight years ago on Oct. 5, 2013, Song Byung-joon, the then-chief executive of South Korean mobile game developer Gamevil Inc., visited the off...

K-pop BTS smooths Butter at Billboard Music Awards; scoops up 4 awards

BTS is unstoppable. The K-pop boy band continues to set fresh records -- becoming the first Korean band to scoop up four awards at the 2021 Billboar...

Wealth management Songs and art: Fractional investing bedazzles millennial investors

Meet Mr. A, born in the '80s and a self-proclaimed "analog person" who enjoys collecting CDs and artbooks of his favorite painters. But recently, Mr...