Seoul, once-rising art hub, feels pinch of global strains  

Seoul, once-rising art hub, feels pinch of global strains  

In Seoul’s Hannam district, the storefront that once housed Various Small Fires (VSF) now sits empty, a “For Rent” sign taped to i...

Seoul appeal: Korean art captivates Indonesia’s affluent connoisseurs

Seoul appeal: Korean art captivates Indonesia’s affluent connoisseurs

JAKARTA – Last Thursday, Baik Art gallery in Jakarta, Indonesia, was crowded with well-heeled art patrons eager to meet a revered artist from ...

South Korea’s young rich vs old rich: Coins, art outpace bonds, funds

South Korea’s young rich vs old rich: Coins, art outpace bonds, funds

Young South Korean millionaires, placing bold wagers on unconventional financial assets such as cryptocurrencies and art, are gaining ground fast, g...

LG Elec hosts OLED TV media art exhibition in Vietnam

LG Elec hosts OLED TV media art exhibition in Vietnam

LG Electronics Inc. held a media art exhibition, "The Future Becomes Now," at the heart of Vietnam's bustling metropolis Lotte Mall Westlake Hanoi.A...

Affluent Gen Xers lead e-commerce shopping in South Korea

Affluent Gen Xers lead e-commerce shopping in South Korea

Affluent Generation Xers, also pioneers in the digital landscape who navigated the early days of personal computing and witnessed the advent of the ...

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its TV The Frame was selected as the first official display for the world's largest art fair Art B...

Startups bet on affluent Gen X in Korea’s senior living market

Startups bet on affluent Gen X in Korea’s senior living market

Elder-care startups are rushing to build high-end senior homes in South Korea targeting affluent Generation Xers set to retire in five years on expe...

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung’s The Frame selected as display for Art Basel

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its TV The Frame was selected as the official display for the world's largest art exhibition Art Ba...

Samsung TV secures artful color certification from Pantone

Samsung TV secures artful color certification from Pantone

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its 2024 model "The Frame" TV became the first display to receive "Artful Color Certification" fro...

Korea’s 1st institutionalized fractional art offering a smash hit

Korea’s 1st institutionalized fractional art offering a smash hit

South Korea’s first institutionalized fractional investing in a work of art proffered by Yeolmae Company, operator of South Korea’s frac...

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

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...

Hyundai promotes Busan’s bid for 2030 Expo in New York with art cars

Hyundai promotes Busan’s bid for 2030 Expo in New York with art cars

Hyundai Motor Group supports Busan’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo with IONIQ 5, IONIQ 6, and Genesis G80 covered with graffiti reading &l...

Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire

Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire

Seoul, which took center stage on the global art scene after successfuly hosting international art fair Frieze’s second edition earlier this m...

Hyundai Card to showcase Meta's MR, AR techs at Da Vinci Motel

Hyundai Card to showcase Meta's MR, AR techs at Da Vinci Motel

Hyundai Card said on Wednesday that its annual Da Vinci Motel event will feature state-of-the-art mixed reality (MR) and augmented reality (AR) expe...

Samsung, LG Electronics gear up for IFA, IAA Mobility 2023

Samsung, LG Electronics gear up for IFA, IAA Mobility 2023

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are set to attend Europe's biggest tech trade fair and biggest motor show, IFA and IAA Mobility, res...

Hanwha to turn Seoul landmark into modern art hub

Hanwha to turn Seoul landmark into modern art hub

Standing 249 meters (817 feet) high, 63 SQUARE, well known as the 63 Building to older generations, was once the tallest building in Seoul until it ...

Art luxury hotel reopened at Paradise City in Incheon

Art luxury hotel reopened at Paradise City in Incheon

The casino complex Paradise City in Incheon on Saturday will reopen Hotel Art Paradiso at its integrated resort on Yeongjong Island. Closed in July ...

Samsung Electronics to aid foundry clients with state-of-the-art tech

Samsung Electronics to aid foundry clients with state-of-the-art tech

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will provide its foundry clients with state-of-the-art technology to support th...

BTS releases trailer video ahead of 10th anniversary event

BTS releases trailer video ahead of 10th anniversary event

BTS released a trailer video on Wednesday ahead of their 10th debut anniversary event "2023 BTS Festa".by Si-Ook Ahnsiook95@hankyung.com...

S.Korea's top tech school uses salmon DNA to block art counterfeiting

S.Korea's top tech school uses salmon DNA to block art counterfeiting

The screen of the latest Samsung Electronics smartphone series Galaxy 23 released this year has a fingerprint recognition window on the display th...

LG Electronics to participate in Frieze Art Fair in New York

LG Electronics to participate in Frieze Art Fair in New York

LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday that it will participate in Frieze New York, one of the world's three major contemporary art fairs, from May 17...

Leeum's enduring charm to foreign VIPs

Leeum's enduring charm to foreign VIPs

On a shiny Monday morning, the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art nestled on the slope of Mt. Namsan in a quiet Hannam neighborhood in Seoul was flanked b...

High- and low-income S.Koreans alike reluctant to have babies: Survey

High- and low-income S.Koreans alike reluctant to have babies: Survey

South Koreans in low- and high-income brackets alike are unwilling to have children due to either insufficient time or money, found a recent survey ...

Korean game sector looks to cute girls to lure new users

Korean game sector looks to cute girls to lure new users

South Korea’s game makers rushed to launch games with cute girl characters to allure fans of Japanese animation as cartoons for the subculture...

Super-rich Koreans eye return to stocks despite weaker economy

Super-rich Koreans eye return to stocks despite weaker economy

The super-rich in South Korea are eyeing stocks for investments despite a slowdown in Asia’s fourth-largest economy this year, expecting the l...

LG Electronics exhibits Art Lab in New York

LG Electronics exhibits Art Lab in New York

LG Electronics Inc. recently introduced "LG Art Lab," a non-fungible token art trading platform mounted on LG TVs, through a large display board in ...

Korean firms head to CES 2023 to showcase innovative technologies

Korean firms head to CES 2023 to showcase innovative technologies

LAS VEGAS, NV – A growing number of South Korea’s leading companies and startups are heading to CES 2023, the world’s largest tech...

Samsung Electronics to enhance Minute Maid Park digitally

Samsung Electronics to enhance Minute Maid Park digitally

Samsung Electronics Co. has been selected as an official partner for display solutions at Minute Maid Park, the home stadium of the 2022 Major Leagu...

Art tech platform Tessa attracts strategic investment from Kyobo Securities

Art tech platform Tessa attracts strategic investment from Kyobo Securities

The art tech platform Tessa said on Thursday that it has succeeded in attracting strategic investment from Kyobo Securities Co. The amount of invest...

Lotte Department Store hosts Alfie Caine's first solo exhibition in Asia

Lotte Department Store hosts Alfie Caine's first solo exhibition in Asia

Lotte Department Store on Wednesday said it will hold the first solo exhibition in Asia by Alfie Caine, a British artist who is emerging as a star o...

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