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K-pop Former ADOR CEO Min unfollows NewJeans' SNS

Min Hee-jin, the former CEO of ADOR, HYBE Co. 's label behind the K-pop girl group NewJeans, announced her resignation as the label's internal direc...

Companies Naver D2SF invests in two N.American AI startups

South Korea's online giant Naver Corp.'s startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) invested in two North American AI startups founded...

Korean games NCSOFT develops new game Doguri Adventure

South Korea’s major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. has begun developing a casual game Doguri Adventure, featuring the character bra...

Content platforms Lotte Home Shopping's Bellygom debuts in Taiwan, Japan

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping announced on Wednesday that its character Bellygom will enter the Taiwanese and Japanese content market,following ...

Automobiles Innocean produces Hyundai Motor ad using GenAI

Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday that it launched three new digital campaigns...

Retail Lotte Home Shopping to unveil Bellygom game

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping announced on Monday that it will release a mobile game called Bellygom Match Land, leveraging the intellectual pro...

Retail Starfield launches 4th annual balloon festival with iconic character displays

Starfield, a chain of large shopping malls owned by Shinsegae, a South Korean retail company, announced on Friday that its 4th annual balloon festiv...

Korean games Krafton to introduce AI characters in PUBG

South Korea's game developing and publishing giant Krafton Inc. plans to introduce virtual characters using generative AI in the first-person shoote...

Retail Lotte Home Shopping showcases Bellygom in Bangkok

South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping announced on Tuesday that it has displayed Bellygom Bellygom at Siam Discovery, the largest shopping mall in Bangk...

Entertainment HYBE to showcase game voice AI tech at G-Star 2023

Supertone, HYBE Co.'s AI audio subsidiary, is set to participate in the international gaming exhibition G-Star 2023, taking place from Nov. 16 to 18...

Retail Lotte Home Shopping, Thai TACC in Bellygom character licensing deal

Lotte Home Shopping Inc. has signed a character licensing agreement with Thailand’s TAC Consumer Public Co. (TACC), a lifestyle product and be...

Entertainment Creator of Baby Shark, Pinkfong to launch music variety show

The lovable children’s characters Pinkfong and Baby Shark will soon star in a music variety show for their legions of global fans.The Pinkfong...

Entertainment Neowiz to develop mobile game of Bonobono

South Korean game developer Neowiz announced on Thursday that it has signed with Japanese anime studio Eiken for mobile game development, utilizing ...

Korean games Smilegate to launch video communication service

The face on a video call screen changes into a game character, making the conversation fun. This is the main function of P.Pool, a video communicati...

Retail KGC unifies BI of red ginseng brand as JUNG KWAN JANG

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., will unify its red ginseng brand identity (BI) as JUNG KWAN JA...

Advertising & Marketing Nongshim’s Baeksansu, Disney to collaborate character products

South Korea's instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. announced on Friday that it will release a collaborative product featuring Disney character images o...

Webtoons S.Korea's Naver Webtoon to expand IP-based operations

South Korea's Naver Webtoon is selling its online intellectual property (IP)-based webtoon products on the offline market to expand its webtoon IP o...

Entertainment Pinkfong Baby Shark console game to launch in September

South Korea's The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" character, announced on Tuesday the imminent release of a console game titl...

Entertainment Pinkfong’s Bebefinn surpasses 10 million subscribers in 14 months

The Pinkfong Company's "Bebefinn" YouTube channel has surpassed 10 million subscribers. The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" c...

Korean games Nexon's oldie but goodie MapleStory beats Diablo 4 in Korea

Gaming Giant Nexon Co.’s 20-year-old title MapleStory knocked down US Blizzard Entertainment’s global-hit Diablo 4 in South Korea, helpi...

Advertising & Marketing Innocean acquires digital marketing company D-Plan 360

Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, has acquired the Seoul-based digital marketing company D-Plan 360 to greatly rai...

Korean games Nexon celebrates 20th anniversary of MapleStory

South Korean gaming giant Nexon Co. marks the 20th anniversary of its popular online game, MapleStory, with a host of exciting ventures based on the...

Korean games South Korean game developers expand business with IPs

South Korean game developers are expanding their business portfolios through their intellectual property to boost profits with a goal to create glob...

Retail S.Korea’s Musinsa, Disney to collaborate character products

South Korea’s online fashion platform Musinsa has partnered with the Walt Disney Company Korea, a Korean unit of the global entertainment...

Entertainment S.Korea’s character Baby Shark stars with Sesame Street’s Elmo

Baby Shark, the popular children’s character from South Korea’s family entertainment company Pinkfong, and Elmo, the famous red monster ...

Retail Hyundai Dept. Store to open first Disney Store in Korea

South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Co. said on Thursday that it has acquired the operating rights of Disney Store, a retail brand of Walt Disney...

Korean games Korean game sector looks to cute girls to lure new users

South Korea’s game makers rushed to launch games with cute girl characters to allure fans of Japanese animation as cartoons for the subculture...

Food & Beverage Home appliance maker Cuchen unveils animated character Zin-z

Cuchen, a South Korean home appliance company, has introduced an original character named "Zin-z" to enhance its brand image. Zin-z is an animation ...

Artificial intelligence S.Korea's Hancom to apply ChatGPT to Hancom Docs

South Korea's office software developer Hancom Inc. will apply ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) service that allows users to reque...

Metaverse S.Korea's LG Uplus opens children-specialized metaverse Kidstopia

LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday that it will be launching an open beta service of its metaverse "Kidstopia" at the end of this month. The servi...