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S. Korea to Create 26 bln-won Digital Media Fund

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Friday it will set up a fund worth 26 billion won (US$24 million) to support the country’s growing digital media industry. The fund aims to help small and midsized digital media companies and one-person media as the COVID-19 pandemic has lead to increasing consumption of new [...]

17 pct of S. Korean Teens Addicted to Internet, Smartphones

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 17 percent of young students in South Korea are addicted to the internet and smartphones, a government survey suggested Tuesday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family released the result of its survey of teenagers’ internet and smartphone usage, conducted on 1,331,441 fourth graders of elementary schools and [...]