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Scholastic Unveils New Cover for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Award-Winning Illustrator Kazu Kibuishi in Celebration of Harry Potter 15th Anniversary

NEW YORK, July 19, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today unveiled the new cover for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – the sixth of seven trade paperback editions with new covers illustrated by New York Times bestselling author and illustrator, Kazu Kibuishi. Kibuishi and David [...]

A Korea Government Agency to Operate Korean Pavilion at Siggraph 2013

SEOUL, South Korea, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Creative Contents Agency (KOCCA)(President Hong Sang-pyo) will present technologies of 5 domestic firms to foreign investors and also organize ‘Networking Night’ for international exchanges, at the Korean Pavilion at Siggraph 2013, the world’s largest culture technologies(CT) exhibition, held in Anaheim, California in the US, for five [...]

NEXON Announces Barbarossa Tops 1 Million Downloads on the Apple App Store and Google Play

TOKYO, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online games, has announced that Barbarossa, a mobile game serviced by Nexon’s consolidated subsidiary inBlue, Inc. (“inBlue”), has surpassed 1 million downloads on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Barbarossa is a free-to-play social card battle role play [...]

Nexon Enters into Strategic Partnership with U.S. Social Game Developer SecretNewCo

Makes Equity Investment and Agrees to Worldwide Publishing RightsExtends Nexon’s North American Gaming Presence and Mobile Content Offerings TOKYO, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online games, today announced a strategic relationship with SecretNewCo, a Maryland-based game development studio led by 22-year industry veteran Brian Reynolds, who [...]

For Tenth Time, New York Yankees are America’s Favorite Baseball Team

But it’s a love/hate relationship, as two in five baseball fans say Yankees are the team they least want to see in the World Series NEW YORK, July 15, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – So baseball has hit that time again – mid-season, which means the All Star Game is upon us. As Major League Baseball [...]