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Video Game Competition to Heat Up with New Launches

SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Competition in South Korea’s mobile video game market is set to intensify in the coming months with the launches of new titles, analysts said Friday. Video game giant NCSOFT Corp. is set to release “Blade & Soul 2,” the sequel to its popular massively multiplayer online role playing game [...]

With Star-studded Release Calendar, August Poised to be Colossal Month for K-pop

SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the strength and popularity of K-pop, a bedrock pillar of South Korean soft power, has proven to be as unrelenting and far-reaching as the virus itself. According to the Korea Music Content Association-operated Gaon chart, the number of top 100 albums sold [...]