SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – YouTube’s decision to extend the maximum length of its short-form video service, Shorts, from 60 seconds to 3 minutes is set to reshape the competitive landscape of video platforms in South Korea. The change, effective October 15, was announced on YouTube Korea’s blog, operated by Google Korea. Todd Sherman, YouTube’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Koreans increasingly prefer comfortable clothes during the monsoon season and this year’s unprecedented heat wave, the young generation is leading the trend of wearing shorts to work. Musinsa Co., a South Korean fashion platform, analyzed its search data for June and July, revealing that users searched for [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Korean men are buying shorts to help cope with the summer heat, as they are both staying at home and working long hours there following the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Samsung C&T Corp.’s contemporary fashion brand ‘Theory’ reported an 86 percent increase in [...]
SUWON, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The lobby on the first floor of Suwon City Hall in Gyeonggi Province has turned into a fashion show for shorts. About 300 city hall officials gathered in the lobby as models dressed in shorts walked out on a runway set up in the middle of the lobby with [...]