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Content platforms Naver recruits 500 creators for Clip

South Korea's Naver Corp. said on Monday it will recruit 500 creators for Clip in the first half of 2025, the company's short-form platform from Dec...

Tech, Media & Telecom Influencers wield greater marketing power in S.Korea

Merch reliance on digital content creators for marketing is on the rise in South Korea, allowing some influencers to enjoy handsome earnings from em...

Korean startups Hudson AI dreams of a world without language barriers  

South Korean startup Hudson AI is striving to break language barriers with its artificial intelligence-powered voice dubbing technology, enabling gl...

Blockchain SY Lee: A Korean startup creator who fetched $80 mn for Story Protocol

Seung Yoon Lee, a South Korean startup creator, was in his early 20s when he co-founded Radish Fiction Inc., a US-based mobile fiction platform, in ...

Webtoons Google to target global webtoon sector with Korean creators

BENGALURU – Google is teaming up with South Korean creators to target the global webtoon industry, spurring expectations that global Big Tech ...

Entertainment HYBE accelerates transition into platform company

HYBE Co. is accelerating its push to transform into a platform company as it prepares to launch a new digital fan community platform. This platform ...

E-commerce YouTube, Coupang offer Shopping affiliate program in Korea

YouTube has started offering its Shopping affiliate program in South Korea in partnership with the country’s No. 1 e-commerce platform company...

Korean games Korea’s Smilegate unveils new RPG Chaos Zero Nightmare

Smilegate, the South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, on Monday unveiled a teaser for an upcoming role...

Artificial intelligence Hancom to unveil document creator like Mircrosoft's Copilot

Hancom Inc., a homegrown office suite developer in South Korea, is set to speed up its artificial intelligence business with a beta service of AI-po...

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...

Culture & Trends S.Korea’s web novel sector hits $750 mn in value: Study

South Korea's rising web novel industry, which has seen popular works like "Reborn Rich" and "The Red Sleeve" made into TV series, has exceeded 1 tr...

The KED View Why do so many S.Korean innovators bow out following success?

Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of the global luxury goods leader LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is well known for sporting a full head of...

Culture & Trends Jaeger-LeCoultre unveils project with S.Korean artist

The Swiss luxury watch and clock maker Jaeger-LeCoultre on Monday unveiled "Origin," a collaborative work with South Korean digital media artist Y...

Cryptocurrencies U.S., South Korea Vie Over Extradition of Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon

The U.S. and South Korea are both seeking to extradite captured crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon from Montenegro, authorities in the tiny European nation...

Food & Beverage Daesang F&B changes company name to Daesang Dives

A South Korean food and beverage company Daesang F&B changed its name to Daesang Dives, the company said on Monday.Daesang Dives is a combinatio...

Tech, Media & Telecom Korean kids' future career choices are athletes, teachers, YouTubers

A survey revealed that the number of middle and high school students who opted for computer engineers and software developers as their future career...

Korean startups Fintech co. Awake Corp. provides financial management tool to creators

South Korean fintech startup Awake Corporation won the hearts and wallets of judges at the D.Day X D.Camp event on Thursday, garnering 20 million wo...

Korean games Korea's top mobile game Odin creator Lionheart eyes IPO in H2

Lionheart Studio Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer behind the mobile game Odin, has begun the process to go public with its July 22 ...

Tech, Media & Telecom South Korea’s merch-producing platforms target influencers 

Digital content creators in South Korea – YouTube partners, Tiktok creators and webtoon writers – are no longer relying solely on subscr...

Entertainment Kids animation creator SAMG eyes IPO in H2

South Korea’s SAMG Entertainment Co., a media production firm well known for animation Mini Force, is aiming for listing on the secondary bour...

Korean startups Creator tech startup Awake Corp. attracts over $892,000 in seed funding 

Awake Corp., a startup that operates platforms to assist online creators, recently attracted 1.1 billion won ($892,473) in seed capital. The total a...

Entertainment CJ ENM sets up production studio focused on OTT content

South Korea’s entertainment giant CJ ENM Co. established a studio specializing in content for over-the-top (OTT) platforms at home and abroad ...

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...

Chief Executives Kurly CEO Sophie Kim

Kurly Inc. Sophie Kim...

Com2uS acquires metaverse platform to grow as digital content provider

South Korea-based Com2uS Corp., the creator of the popular game Summoners War, is ramping up its efforts to transition into a global content platfor...

Leadership & Management Kakao Group’s past, present and future as conglomerate

Kakao Corp., which a decade ago was merely a mobile messenger operator, has now grown into one of the largest business groups in South Korea. The in...

Korean startups Baby Shark creator eyes 2022 listing, begins due diligence

South Korea-based edtech startup SmartStudy, the creator of YouTube's current most-viewed video, Pinkfong Baby Shark Dance, has begun preparations f...

IPOs Krafton mega IPO on horizon: Industry game-changer

Krafton Inc. is set to become the first South Korean decacorn startup, or a company valued at over $10 billion, to make a trading debut on the count...

Startups Baby Shark creator Pinkfong emerges as S.Korea's 13th unicorn

SmartStudy, a South Korean edtech firm behind global YouTube hits Pinkfong and Baby Shark Dance, has become the country’s 13th unicorn startup...

Virtual reality Korean VR startup acquired by Fortnite creator

Hyprsense, a facial motion capture software developer, has been acquired by Epic Games, the creator of international blockbuster game Fortnite, accord...