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Blockchain Nexon opens blockchain game corporations in UAE

South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. opened its corporations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the end of last year to str...

Fintech Line Next attracts $140 mn to globally expand NFT platform

Line Next Corp., a digital asset affiliate of South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp., has attracted $140 million in a funding round led by Cre...

Artificial intelligence Innocean forms GenAI team

Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it formed a new task force team...

Metaverse SK Telecom introduces paid currency to metaverse ifland

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has introduced an economic system to its metaverse service "ifland." With this, users can now purchase items with the c...

Fashion CJ ENM launches domestic fashion brand of Barneys New York

CJ ENM Co., South Korea’s entertainment and e-commerce giant, has launched the domestic fashion brand Barneys New York, a luxury department st...

Blockchain BC Card to develop NFT as used luxury item receipt

South Korea’s BC Card on Sunday said it has applied for two domestic patents for payment receipt-based non-fungible token (NFT) technology to ...

Tech, Media & Telecom LG Labs opens door to unconventional idea seekers

South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. has launched LG Labs, a playground for those wanting to test unconventional ideas that ...

Electronics LG Electronics to participate in Frieze Art Fair in New York

LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it will participate in Frieze New York, one of the world's three major contemporary art fairs, from May 17...

Pension funds S.Korea’s NPS taps investment strategy head as NY office chief

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is slated to undergo a management reshuffle for the first time since Chief Investment Officer Seo...

Blockchain BC Card applies for patent for offline asset authentication via NFT

South Korea's BC Card on Sunday said it applied for a domestic patent for a non-fungible token (NFT) that can verify a user's asset details using bl...

Korean startups Binance’s new NFT platform accused of copying Korean startup’s Chatcasso

Binance has been accused of copying a South Korean startup’s ideas and design of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered non-fungible token (...

Electronics LG Electronics exhibits Art Lab in New York

LG Electronics Inc. recently introduced "LG Art Lab," a non-fungible token art trading platform mounted on LG TVs, through a large display board in ...

Cryptocurrencies WeMade signs partnership with Chinese digital asset exchange

WeMade said on Wednesday that it would sign a non-fungible token (NFT) partnership with Zhongchuanyuezhong Cultural Development Co. which operates a...

Asset management NFT to become game changer in new era: KED Conference in New York

NEW YORK – Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will significantly influence a wide range of industries as millions of global investors flock to th...

Cryptocurrencies LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery

LG Electronics Inc. announced Monday it has launched its very own non-fungible token (NFT) platform, LG Art Lab. Now available in the United St...

Arts Seoul outshines NY, LA to emerge as Frieze Art's No.2 market

The Frieze Art Fair’s first Asia exhibition in Seoul attracted big crowds of VIP collectors and general art lovers from across South Korea thi...

Korean games DeFi platform Neopin unveils plan for Web 3.0, NFT, multichain services

Blockchain firm Neopin announced its strategy to strengthen its foothold in the global DeFi Market on Thursday with four keywords: Web 3.0, multicha...

Blockchain SK Telecom launches NFT marketplace open beta service

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. launched an open beta service of its non-fungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace TopPort as the com...

Metaverse CJ ENM buys stake in US metaverse firm Hyperreal

South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. has acquired a minority stake in US metaverse entertainment and media firm Hyperreal Digital Inc., ...

Metaverse Hyundai Motor enters metaverse sphere in tie-up with Meta Kongz

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has announced its foray into the non-fungible token market in partnership with Meta Kongz, an NF...

Artificial intelligence LG's AI designer debuts at New York Fashion Week

South Korean fashion label Greedilous showcased its 2022 Fall-Winter collection on the main stage of the New York Fashion Week on Monday local time....

NFTs Gallery Hyundai paints new chapter with NFT

South Korea’s Gallery Hyundai paints a new future by incorporating NFT (non-fungible token.)  The country’s first commercial art g...

Conglomerates fight to keep their contents from 'NFT hunters'

South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Inc. was recently tipped off that its marketing character JRilla is available for trade on New York-based...

Tech, Media & Telecom Megazone Cloud to attract up to $336 mn for 2023 IPO

Megazone Cloud Corp., a leading cloud service provider and the first Korean business partner of Amazon Web Service (AWS), plans to attract 300 billi...

Korean games Microsoft $69 bn bet spurs Korea game makers' search for metaverse deals

South Korea’s game developers are expected to seek more acquisitions of the metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) companies for new profit so...

Blockchain NAVER revs up its NFT arm

South Korea’s internet juggernaut NAVER Corp. is gearing up to enter the NFT business – through its affiliate LINE Corp.LINE NEXT, a ven...

Digital assets Korea's Mirae Asset to launch digital asset business

Mirae Asset Financial Group, South Korea’s capital market giant, is set to enter the digital asset business, starting with a digital asset cus...

BTS’ NFT venture hits sour note with fans

SEOUL—When BTS unveiled plans last month to break into the NFT business, the South Korean boy band’s supporters revolted online, threate...

Blockchain Korea's gaming industry turns to blockchain, unwavered by Seoul’s policy

Come next year, Korea’s online game developers are poised to release a number of games on blockchain platforms.The companies have lined up the...

Cryptocurrencies Domestic NFT art sale surpasses 3.5 bitcoin; concerns of market turbulence

Last week, a piece of non-fungible token art by digital artist Jang Koal was sold for more than 3.5 bitcoin or around 200 million won ($168,314) on ...