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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...
Apr 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Dec 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Nov 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 ...
Oct 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Oct 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 ...
Oct 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Oct 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Sep 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 ...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 ...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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 ...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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,...
Feb 19, 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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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...
Aug 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jul 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Apr 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Dec 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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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...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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