Baby Shark video creator files for Kosdaq IPO

Baby Shark video creator files for Kosdaq IPO

The Pinkfong Company Inc., the creator of the billion-view video Baby Shark, has launched the process of an initial public offering on South Korea&r...

Naver D2SF invests in N.American AI startup

Naver D2SF invests in N.American AI startup

South Korea's online giant Naver Corp.'s startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) invested in North American AI ad tech startup Remb...

SK Telecom invests $3 mn in AI-powered video analysis startup Twelve Labs

SK Telecom invests $3 mn in AI-powered video analysis startup Twelve Labs

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said on Friday it will invest $3 million in Twelve Labs Inc., a Korean AI-powered video analys...

Rose’s music video ‘APT.’ surpasses 300 mn views on YouTube

 Rose’s music video ‘APT.’ surpasses 300 mn views on YouTube

The music video for “APT.”, featuring girl group Blackpink's Rose in a duet with pop star Bruno Mars, has surpassed 300 million views on...

LG Electronics releases World Food Day campaign

LG Electronics releases World Food Day campaign

LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday that it will display World Food Day on outdoor billboards in Times Square, New York, and Piccadilly Circus, Lond...

S.Korean livestreaming platform SOOP eyes global market

S.Korean livestreaming platform SOOP eyes global market

AfreecaTV, South Korea’s first-generation interactive livestreaming service with a nearly two-decade history, has started a new chapter under ...

Kia releases 2025 model year of Carnival

Kia releases 2025 model year of Carnival

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said on Monday it will release The 2025 Carnival, a model year of its large recreational ve...

Netmarble unveils teaser video for its new game ‘The King of Fighters’

Netmarble unveils teaser video for its new game ‘The King of Fighters’

Netmarble Corp. announced on Thursday that it premiered a teaser video for its new game “The King of Fighters (KOF) AFK” at the SNK boot...

LG releases sea lion-themed animal conservation video in Times Square

LG releases sea lion-themed animal conservation video in Times Square

LG Electronics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has unveiled a sea lion-themed video for its “The LG Endangered Species Series” campaig...

Blackpink’s dance performance video surpasses 1.7 billion views

Blackpink’s dance performance video surpasses 1.7 billion views

K-pop girl group Blackpink's “How You Like That” dance performance video has garnered more than 1.7 billion YouTube views, the group's a...

KT unveils photos of Canadian fall destinations using GenAI

KT unveils photos of Canadian fall destinations using GenAI

KT Corp. unveiled on Monday the Canadian edition of Genie TV's AI Travel View, which was created using generative artificial intelligence technology...

Krafton diversifies its business by investing in Spoon Labs

Krafton diversifies its business by investing in Spoon Labs

South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. said on Wednesday that it invested in SpoonLabs, a domestic short-form drama platform companySpoonLabs is th...

KT applies AIoT video surveillance to EV charging stations

KT applies AIoT video surveillance to EV charging stations

South Korea's KT Corp. said on Monday that it will expand its Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things (AIoT) video surveillance business to elect...

LG Uplus, SM Entertainment to launch AI Idols

LG Uplus, SM Entertainment to launch AI Idols

South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Sunday that it will team up with SM Entertainment Co. to develop content using generative artificial intellig...

Hanwha’s heir apparent to unearth new drivers, tighten grip

Hanwha’s heir apparent to unearth new drivers, tighten grip

Hanwha Group has appointed the eldest son of Chairman Kim Seung-youn to lead the investment division of the group’s eco-friendly energy unit i...

4by4, SGO to cooperate on video solution development

4by4, SGO to cooperate on video solution development

4by4 Inc., a South Korean content AI solution company, said on Wednesday that t it signed a basic agreement with the global video solution company S...

SK Telecom releases Liberation Day remastering video

SK Telecom releases Liberation Day remastering video

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. restored footage and audio from around the time of the country's liberation in 1945, allowing modern audiences to share...

Hyundai E&C unveils new Hillstate brand video

Hyundai E&C unveils new Hillstate brand video

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Friday the release of a new Hillstate brand film titled "Wha...

Kia reveals teaser of Tasman development process

Kia reveals teaser of Tasman development process

Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, released One More Round, a teaser video series of its first pickup truck The Kia Tasman.&nb...

Korea’s food prices highest among OECD nations; utility bills at bottom

 Korea’s food prices highest among OECD nations; utility bills at bottom

South Korea’s food prices were found to be the highest among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries last y...

Nvidia co-leads Series A round for AI startup Twelve Labs

Nvidia co-leads Series A round for AI startup Twelve Labs

Global chip giant Nvidia Corp. has co-led a $50 million Series A funding round for Twelve Labs, a South Korean artificial intelligence company speci...

HS Ad unveils LG Uplus ad created by 100% AI

HS Ad unveils LG Uplus ad created by 100% AI

South Korea's HS Ad Inc., an advertising agency affiliated with LG Group, announced on Monday that it launched LG Uplus Corp. 's brand advertising...

In Korean food prices, everything’s up: Now it’s dried seaweed's turn

In Korean food prices, everything’s up: Now it’s dried seaweed's turn

First, it was groceries. Then came fried chicken and hamburgers. Now, it’s seasoned seaweed products, chocolate and ice creams.As in other cou...

Burger, chicken franchises raise prices after elections

Burger, chicken franchises raise prices after elections

Fried chicken and hamburger franchises in South Korea have sharply bumped up their food prices following the parliamentary elections last week as th...

Hanwha Vision unveils cloud, AI security techs in US

Hanwha Vision unveils cloud, AI security techs in US

South Korea's Hanwha Vision Co. announced on Friday that it participated in the International Security Conference & Exposition (ISC) 2024, the l...

Coupang Play to livestream 2024 Masters Tournament

Coupang Play to livestream 2024 Masters Tournament

Coupang Play, a video streaming service provided by South Korea's largest e-commerce company Coupang Inc., will broadcast the first major golf tourn...

Samsung Elec triples new TV preorders powered by AI

Samsung Elec triples new TV preorders powered by AI

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top TV manufacturer, said on Sunday it is enjoying strong demand for new TVs, especially premium ultra-la...

POSCO Int’l wins Mercury Awards for video ad

POSCO Int’l wins Mercury Awards for video ad

POSCO International Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has received the Honors Award in the Corporate Identity Video category at the prestigious Mer...

Samsung to release pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s 8K video

Samsung to release pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s 8K video

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release the worldwide famous pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s live performance video in 8K...

Samsung’s Lee cleared of charges over Samsung C&T merger

Samsung’s Lee cleared of charges over Samsung C&T merger

The Seoul Central District Court on Monday acquitted Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee of charges of being involved in illegal activities ...

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