After enduring difficulties in the first quarter, major Korean entertainment companies have been aggressively marketing themselves. They are also changing their consumer bases, shifting from a profit structure that relies on core fans to target light fans, those who consume music lightly.According t
TRUSTRUST Corporation has been selected for the Invest Korea Marketplace (IKMP) project by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), embarking on a journey to attract foreign investments.In the 2024 IKMP project competition, TRUSTRUST Corporation was highly evaluated for its potential to
Thanks to the booming export of Hallyu content such as dramas, movies, and webtoons, South Korea’s trade balance in intellectual property rights achieved its largest annual surplus in history last year.According to statistics released by the Bank of Korea (BOK) on March 20, the provisional trade bal
K-pop powerhouse ENHYPEN has just dropped their Spotify K-Pop ON! (온) Single featuring their soul-stirring rendition of “I NEED U” by BTS. Produced and released as part of Spotify’s K-Pop ON! (온) First Crush campaign, the track is the first of three Spotify-exclusive covers by a stellar line-up of K
Com2us will launch three new games for the global game market in different genres in the first half of the year. “Our goal is to see all three new games reach top 10 in sales in the global market,” said Han Ji-hoon, head of the game industry division at Com2us.Com2us revealed the details of the thre
CJ ENM announced on Jan. 11 that it will host the K-Culture Festival KCON Hong Kong 2024 at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong on March 30 and 31.KCON is a festival that combines a K-Pop show with a convention where attendees can directly experience the Korean lifestyle. Since its inception in the Unit
ULTRA Korea will return in 2024 to celebrate its 10th anniversary, taking place at Paradise City in Incheon, South Korea on Friday, June 7 - Sunday, June 9, 2024.The announcement comes on the heels of news of the festival’s new 3-year home at Paradise City - the expansive entertainment concept venue
Thanks to the success of K-pop artists like BTS and Blackpink, as well as the booming export of K-dramas and other Korean content, the first half of this year witnessed a record-breaking trade surplus in copyright exports, marking an all-time high.According to the “2023 First-Half Intellectual Prope
YG Entertainment’s stock price is plummeting amid a rumor that the company will fail to re-sign Blackpink member Lisa.At 10:57 a.m. on Sept. 15, YG Entertainment was trading at 73,700 won per share, down 8,000 won (9.79 percent) from the previous day. Foreigners and institutions were selling.Earlier
Authorities of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) will crack down on fake Blackpink merchandise for fans present at the local Blackpink concert.KIPO said it will crack down on counterfeit merchandise related to the girl group at the “Blackpink World Tour Finale Concert,” which will be he
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
Korean Actress Hyeri, who is also a former member of Korean girl group “Girl’s Day,” revealed that she did not receive a refund after having her airplane seat unilaterally downgraded. Therefore, Delta Air Lines offered an apology in a statement.According to Delta Air Lines, some first-class passenge
Korean entertainment agency Attract has succeeded in securing investment from Singapore’s Evergreen Group Holdings.The company announced on Aug. 31 that it has received a major investment from Evergreen Group Holdings. The exact amount of the investment has been kept under wraps.Evergreen Group Hold
