SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report by the Korea Creative Content Agency has revealed that minors are less likely to overindulge in gaming when their parents have a higher understanding of games and set clear usage guidelines. The findings, detailed in the “2023 Comprehensive Survey on Children and Adolescents’ Gaming Behavior,” were based [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Tuesday to improve services in the digital government, online gaming and telemedicine sectors, saying digital technologies should be a tool to promote people’s freedom and welfare. Yoon made the remark during a government-public debate on people’s livelihood issues, the seventh in a series, which [...]
Amsterdam, 1st November 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – Azerion, a leading provider of digital advertising solutions, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Huawei, the leading global tech company. This partnership marks the beginning of an ambitious collaboration between the two companies in various business sectors, including advertising, ad tech, and gaming. As the initial focus [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As fear of recent stabbing rampages spreads throughout South Korea, the debate surrounding gaming and its potential impact on violence resurfaces. Just last week, the prosecution apprehended Cho Seon, a 33-year-old individual responsible for the deadly stabbing rampage near Sillim Station in southern Seoul that occurred last month. The [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Intellectual property (IP)-related goods that fans can purchase and own are becoming an increasingly important marketing strategy in the South Korean gaming industry. Gaming giant Nexon Co. conducted a strategic investment in local merchandise manufacturer Marppel Corp. to open an official merchandise shopping mall this year. Nexon will utilize [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co., a major display panel maker, said Thursday that it had released the results of a study reaffirming that OLED displays are the optimal choice for gaming during the Display Week 2022, organized by Society for Information Display (SID). A research team from LG Display called on [...]
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A Parent Media Co. Inc. (APMC) is excited to share that its flagship product, Kidoodle.TV®, has bolstered its library of gaming content in a major way during the global pandemic to keep up with viewer demand. “It’s no secret the global gaming market is growing with more and more [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The ‘well-being’ index and satisfaction levels for ‘social support’ of the older generation are higher among those who play digital games. Doh Young-yim, an invited professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, conducted a survey of 190 people between the ages of 50 and 60, which [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 4 out of 10 South Koreans who enjoy digital games have increased their time spent playing games substantially since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, a survey showed Friday. In a recent survey conducted on 3,084 people aged from 10 to 65 by the state-run Korea Creative [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to set up a body to address the World Health Organization’s decision to classify excessive gaming as an illness, while balancing the interests of the country’s high-profile gaming sector and growing concerns over gaming addiction, the government said Monday. The WHO last week defined problems caused [...]