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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...

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...

Entertainment Korean choreography copyrights to be protected by Naver Z deal

South Korean dance choreography copyrights will be protected through an agreement between Naver Z Corp., the operator of Asia’s largest metave...

Korean startups Jay-Z’s Roc Nation to invest $5 mn in S.Korea’s Musicow  

US entertainment tycoon Jay-Z’s Roc Nation is expected to invest about $5 million in Musicow Inc., South Korea’s music copyright trading...

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...

Economy Korea logs surplus in IP trade in H1 on surge of culture, art

South Korea posted a surplus in its intellectual property (IP) rights trade in the first half of this year, thanks to profits on culture, art and so...

Tech, Media & Telecom Krafton, Naver eye Overdare as S.Korea's answer to Roblox

South Korea's game company Krafton Inc. and Naver Z, a metaverse unit of the country’s portal giant Naver Corp. on Thursday said they will u...

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 ...

Korean startups Music copyright trading platform Musicow attracts $46 mn from STIC

Musicow Inc. has garnered an additional 60 billion won ($45.8 million) from Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm STIC Investments Inc...

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 ...

Webtoons Piracy of S.Korean webtoon surges amid content boom

The South Korean industry of webtoons, or digital comics, has seen its original content illegally posted on foreign websites over the past few years...

Culture & Trends Korea's Musicow to lead fractional IP ownership globally

Musicow Inc., South Korea’s first music copyright trading platform, is set to gain momentum as fractional ownership in copyright claims has be...

Artificial intelligence Korea’s first ChatGPT-authored, AI-proofread book due this week

ChatGPT has been around for nearly three months and is causing untold chaos across industries and academia.Now, the artificial intelligence chatbot,...

Metaverse Caliverse, KT Alpha join hands to add K-pop to metaverse

Caliverse, a subsidiary of Lotte Data Communication, said on Thursday that it has signed an agreement to expand the range of immersive metaverse con...

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 Fractional copyright ownerships are securities: Seoul

Musicow Inc., South Korea's first music copyright trading platform, will come under regulatory scrutiny, after the country's top financial regulator...

Korean Startups STIC injects $168 mn in pre-unicorn Musicow

Music copyright trading platform Musicow Inc. has attracted a 200 billion won ($167.9 million) investment from Korea’s private equity firm STI...

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...

Korean startups Music copyright trading platform Musicow revitalizes Korea’s startup scene

“Music becomes Cashcow” is the slogan for Korea’s hottest startup of the year, Musicow, Inc., and cash cow it has been. Indus...

Venture capital Fractional investing platforms for art to Rolex lure VCs

The growing popularity of fractional investment in celebrated artworks, music copyrights and luxury items has spurred a flurry of venture capital in...