SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — During the peak of the pandemic between 2020 and 2022, South Korea grappled with a troubling reality: the number of suicides, totaling 39,267, exceeded the count of coronavirus-related deaths, which stood at 32,056. This disconcerting trend has sparked serious concerns within the country. According to a recent report from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korean broadcasters and IT firms scurry to reorganize and launch new over-the-top (OTT) services, the question of how to create bankable content is determining survival in the Netflix-led market. The country’s three terrestrial broadcasters — KBS, MBC and SBS — opened a new over-the-top (OTT) platform service, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A report on online advertising trends in 2017 published by the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) has revealed that 89 percent of 2,000 survey participants were willing to sit through advertisements if it meant they would gain access to free content. Only 11 percent responded that they would [...]