K-content

Toss Bank in September will enter the race of internet-only banks in South Korea as the third player, competing against K Bank and Kakao Bank. Toss ...

South Korea’s exports surged to the highest level in over 32 years in May on the back of strong demand for semiconductors and automobiles, rei...

Platform operators targeting global K-pop fans are mired in fierce competition as companies team up to vie for the lead in the fan community platfor...

BTS is unstoppable. The K-pop boy band continues to set fresh records -- becoming the first Korean band to scoop up four awards at the 2021 Billboar...

South Korea’s first internet-only bank, K Bank, will be raising 1.2 trillion won ($1.05 billion) from existing and new investors for business ...

The Netherlands-based ASML Holding N.V., the world’s leading supplier of semiconductor equipment, will be joining the South Korean government-...

Cosmetics industry sees continued export growth for two straight decades K-beauty has emerged as a global trend, thanks to the development of innov...

South Korean entertainment labels are expected to see their earnings momentum back in full swing in the second quarter as popular K-pop groups such ...

Shares of Korean content providers are flying high as platform operators such as Kakao Entertainment Corp. are looking to expand overseas to bask in...

Does the adoption of augmented reality (AR) technology in e-commerce platforms drive sales? The answer is yes, as the purchase conversion rate for p...

South Korea’s online content platform KidariStudio Inc. announced on Mar. 31 that its France-based webtoon arm, Delitoon SAS, logged around 10...

South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) service Wavve will invest a total of 1 trillion won ($885 million) to produce original content by 2025 to gain more...

South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. plans to expand its content business with an investment of 400 billion won ($353 million) by 2023. The co...

In the South Korean music industry, the emergence of Soribada, the country’s first peer-to-peer file-sharing service, in 2000 heralded the beg...

Spotify Technology S.A., the world's largest music streaming service, has reached a licensing agreement with Kakao Entertainment Corp., to make musi...

In the US and European film markets, where movies directed by Westerners or non-Asian filmmakers have long dominated the industry, Asians are finall...

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is entering the TV content platform market by offering its web-based software to TV makers through a partner...

Last month, South Korea-based Big Hit Entertainment Co. announced plans to team up with Universal Music Group to debut a K-pop boy band in the US. T...

Amorepacific Corp., the South Korean beauty giant, has signed a partnership agreement with Shopee, a Singaporean e-commerce platform, to expand it...

Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind K-pop sensation BTS, and portal giant Naver Corp. are set to team up with Universal Music Group, the wor...

South Korean entertainment companies are expanding their scope beyond the music scene and shifting to platform services, ushering in new valuations ...

Google Inc., the operator of the world’s largest streaming platform YouTube, has entered the growing local online concert scene, heralding fie...

The K-pop fan community scene is set to heat up even further as South Korea platform giant Naver Corp. joins forces with BTS label Big Hit Entertain...

Korean content providers' shares are emerging as some of the best to buy as competition heats up among global over-the-top (OTT) services such as Ne...

Global streaming giant Netflix Inc. has become a leading platform in South Korea, boasting around 4.1 million paid subscribers and earning over 500 ...

South Korean game publisher NCSoft Corp. is fueling competition in the online entertainment platform market with the planned launch of its own app, ...

A number of products and technologies of Korean startups have received Innovation Awards honors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021, the wor...

South Korean artists were clearly on the rise last year, with the top 10 most-streamed Korean artists pulling in over a combined 10.6 billion stream...

Once considered just one of many Asian entertainment products, Korean dramas, games, music and webtoons – collectively known as K-content &nda...

South Korea’s biotechnology firm Biocorp Co. has produced krill oil containing 61% phospholipids, the highest level in the world, and has begu...