YG Entertainment announced on Sept. 5 that the mobile game based on girl group BLACKPINK’s brand, “BLACKPINK The Game,” saw its OST “THE GIRLS” rise to #1 on the iTunes song chart in 30 countries.BLACKPINK released THE GIRLS on Aug. 25. The song carries a message about a courageous and independent l
GOT7 decided on Jan. 11 not to extend its contract with JYP Entertainment from Jan. 19. Then, the stock price of the entertainment company fell 4.23 percent. This year is the seventh year of the contract and GOT7, which sold more than 450,000 albums last year, has become another one of many K-pop id
Samsung Electronics is stepping up efforts to expand its blockchain business. The company has unveiled a software development kit (SDKs) which allows developers of blockchain-based decentralized applications (DApps) to create a blockchain platform for Galaxy devices.The Korean tech giant released it
Samsung Electronics have agreed with Apple to load both iTunes Movies & TV Shows and Airplay 2 onto its smart TVs, becoming the first TV producer in the world to do so.Beginning in the first half of this year, global users of Samsung smart TVs will be able to enjoy iTunes and Airplay 2 on their TVs
While Apple Inc. has recently surpassed US$1 trillion (1,128 trillion won) in terms of market capitalization for the first time in the world, South Korea's tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. is stuck at price-to-earnings ratio (PER) of 6.A low PER is often interpreted as a signal of an upswin
The partnership of Bang Jun-hyuk, the chairman of Netmarble and Bang Shi-hyuk, the CEO of Big Hit Entertainment, is drawing attention of the game and entertainment industry.Netmarble recently announced that it would invest 201.4 billion won in Big Hit Entertainment, secure 25.71% (448,882 shares), a
These days, over-the-top (OTT) content providers such as Netflix are in fierce competition with one another in the global media market while leading information and communications technology (ICT) companies like Apple, Amazon and YouTube are jumping into the broadcasting and video market. Meanwhile,
The Korea Tourism Organization has updated its mobile-based Korea tourism promotion application in foreign languages. The app is called “K-Books.”K-Books is a free app that provides Korea tourism promotional materials in foreign languages in the form of e-books on tablet PCs and smartphones, using t
Apple Pay and Apple Music have showed mixed results. Both of them are available on iOS devices, but they have different purposes. The former is based on financial technology (fintech), and the latter is a streaming music service. Analysts in the industry believe that even though they are still in th
“Exodus”, EXO's second full-length album, is hitting online music services and street record stores in South Korea and China. It was already standing out as the top-selling Korean album for the first quarter of 2015 just 2 days after its release on Monday.Both the Chinese and Korean versions of “Exo
Apple is continuing to keep its investment in Korea to a minimum, despite Korean consumers’ enthusiasm for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.Apple announced on Oct. 26 that it is going to set up 25 more Apple Stores in China within two years in addition to the 15 already open. However, the company is n
Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have near field communication (NFC) technology, but they don't work as intended in South Korea. NFC technology, which has been added to many Android smartphones including the Samsung Galaxy series a few years ago is widely used for transportation cards in Korea
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) – South Korean pop group Girls’ Generation released its long-awaited new album on online music services at home and abroad on Tuesday.“Mr.Mr.,” the fourth mini-album from the group, was put on iTunes and local music services such as Melon and Naver Music at 5 pm. The six trac
Samsung Electronics, Kakao, and other large mobile enterprises have challenged Melon, leader of the domestic online music service industry. Also, global giant Google is targeting the domestic market as well. Big competition between large businesses is anticipated for the domestic music industry.Acco
Psy’s “Gangnam Style” video has become a world-wide hit. Since its release on July 15 on YouTube, the video had been seen more than 100 million times as of September 4, and on September 15, topped the iTunes chart.As of October 8, 1 pm, the original video clocked 403.41 million views, and related v