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SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — KAIST, South Korea’s top science university, said Thursday it is teaming up with K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment Co. to conduct joint research on digital avatars for virtual concerts in an effort to boost development in metaverse technology. The metaverse — a virtual environment where users interact through digital avatars [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to invest 50 billion won (US$44 million) in a fund specializing in animation investment as part of efforts to boost the industry, the culture ministry said Thursday. The investment is part of a five-year plan aimed at increasing the local animation industry’s revenue to 1 trillion [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Lovelyz has gone into self-quarantine after one of its members tested positive for the new coronavirus, its management agency said Wednesday. The band’s vocalist Seo Ji-soo was told she tested positive Tuesday morning, a day after she voluntarily got tested for the virus upon being notified [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Cosmetics manufacturers are scrambling to study microbiomes after the recent discovery that they have outstanding anti-aging qualities. The term microbiome is a combination of the words ‘microbe’ and ‘biome’, and refers to the microorganisms living in the human body, as well as their genetic information. South Korean cosmetics maker [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — In a sign of growing demand for artworks, a major auction house based in Seoul saw sales from a recent bidding reach a fresh high since the 2008 global financial crisis. Seoul Auction sold artworks worth 24.3 billion won (US$21.4 million) in the latest bidding held Tuesday, with 87 [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Gwanghwamun Square, a landmark of Seoul, will get new historical and cultural attractions by next April, the Seoul metropolitan government said Wednesday. Construction has been under way to expand the square and turn part of it into a park as part of a controversial project launched by the administration [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Thanks to the growing global presence of South Korean content through online streaming platforms, the world’s entertainment industry is wooing Korean professionals who are behind big-name films and TV series. Not only screenwriters and directors who have come into the spotlight for their global hits like Netflix originals “Sweet [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical artificial intelligence (AI) companies are making great strides with the scope of their services being diversified from the diagnosis of hard-to-diagnose diseases to the prediction of the risk of being afflicted with specific diseases. South Korean startup VUNO Inc. published the world’s first cardiac arrest-related paper in the [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ latest megahit dance-pop song “Butter” retained the No. 1 position on the Billboard’s main albums chart for the fourth consecutive week in the group’s best record on the chart since its debut. “”Butter” is officially No. 1 on this week’s Hot 100 chart for a fourth consecutive week. [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s talented content creators are getting a love call from overseas as Korean-made content including dramas are enjoying rising popularity worldwide through global media giants such as Netflix. In particular, professionals with specialty in creation and post-production such as entertainment design, color correction and visual effects (VFX) are [...]