Metaverse Entertainment
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial Group holds investment conference via metaverse
South Korea's KB Financial Group on Tuesday presented its investment philosophy to individual and institutional customers in the metaverse, a three-...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Metaverse-based virtual offices: New breadwinner for LG CNS
LAS VEGAS – While buzzwords such as avatar and the metaverse are on everyone’s lips these days, waking up in the morning and going to a ...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea to invest $367 million to nurture AI, metaverse, digital talent
South Korea plans to spend 453.7 billion won ($367 million) this year to nurture digital talent in the fast-growing business sectors, including the ...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank Launches 3D-based metaverse pilot service
Woori Bank launched a 3D-based metaverse pilot service, the bank said on Friday.The bank will provide two services, one for interaction with small b...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
PIF, GIC to invest $964 mn in Korea's Kakao Entertainment
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have agreed to invest a combined $964 million in K...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hancom Frontis to develop AI digital human, 3D scanning project
Hancom Frontis, a Hancom Group company specializing in the metaverse, said on Tuesday that it has signed a three-way agreement with the Tech Univers...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean apparel retailer F&F to produce global K-pop stars
South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. made a foray into the entertainment sector to create a synergy of K-content and fashion, competin...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Lotte showcases metaverse shopping pavilion at CES 2023
Sitting on a chair, people with head-mounted displays enter a virtual world where they can choose their preferred avatars.Through these avatars, the...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
Samsung to launch its first robot to assist with elderly care
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker, is set to launch its first robot later this year to care for the elde...
Jan 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
LG unveils self-driving auto parts, brighter OLED panels
LG Group’s two units have showcased new automotive and display products, which would expand their presence in the autonomous driving and premi...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Redbrick, Microsoft to cooperate on university campuses in metaverse
Redbrick, the developer and operator of metaverse platforms of South Korea, signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft Korea to cooperate o...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners
Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
7-Eleven shows off first realistic metaverse store at CES 2023
Convenience store franchiser 7-Eleven said on Tuesday that it would display a new concept metaverse store for the first time in the industry toget...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company
South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said on Friday that it will develop a web3 service for children to provide an immersive ex...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Samsung to unveil C-Lab startups, projects at CES 2023
Samsung Electronics Co. will showcase four projects and eight startups developed through its venture program C-Lab at CES 2023, the world's largest ...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
CU to introduce shopping platform on metaverse
Convenience store chain CU said on Thursday that it would introduce a meta-commerce service where online business activities take place on the met...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Display to build Micro OLED line for VR, AR devices
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s largest display maker, is building a production facility for Micro OLEDs, a next-generation display technol...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Korean gaming giants racing for metaverse win
Have you ever wondered what the metaverse really is? So far, the consensus is that it's a virtual world that can accommodate pretty much every socia...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to debut university-specific metaverse platforms early next year
South Korea's mobile telecom operator LG Uplus said on Thursday that it would introduce a specialized metaverse platform for which all universities ...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus ramps up user experiences, platforms, metaverse
LG Uplus Corp., the third-largest mobile carrier in South Korea, is improving its user experiences as well as accelerating new businesses such as pl...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM to provide K-content on free platforms Tubi, Roku
South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM Co. is linking up with major free streaming services in North America to expand accessibility for global fan...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Blackpink named Entertainer of the Year by Time Magazine
Group Blackpink was selected as "2022 Entertainer of the Year" by TIME, a US weekly magazine. The magazine released a list of the most influential p...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shilla Duty Free offers metaverse Gucci Beauty class
Shilla Duty Free, Korea's leading duty-free shop chain, is opening a metaverse beauty class in collaboration with Gucci Beauty.The company will intr...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
SK Telecom to team up with Singapore's Singtel for metaverse venture
SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore's top telecom provider Singtel Group on joint business o...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Miniforce producer aims to become Asia's top children's platform with IPO
The South Korean producer of famous animated series such as Miniforce aims to become Asia’s top children's platform by way of an initial publi...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Elec to bet on healthcare, mobility, metaverse in N.America
LG Electronics Inc., the global top home appliance maker, will bet on the healthcare, mobility and metaverse sectors in North America through invest...
Nov 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Game publisher Com2uS buys $47 mn worth of SM Entertainment shares
South Korean mobile and online game developer and publisher Com2uS Corp. acquired a whopping 67 billion won ($47 million) worth of SM Entertainment ...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Vietnamese MZers ensnared by K-beauty, K-fashion, K-everything
HANOI – Vietnam’s young people are avid fans of Korean culture, collectively known as Hallyu. Trang, a 21-year-old college student, is o...
Oct 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, Qualcomm unveil industry’s fastest LPDDR5X DRAM chip
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday it has successfully proved the performance of its latest LPDDR5X DRAM on Qualcomm Te...
Oct 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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