SEOUL,July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A new wave of AI-generated “mukbang” (eating broadcast) content is taking South Korea by storm — and splintering public sensibilities in the process. From people consuming lava and jewels to animations of dogs and cats being eaten with chopsticks, the rise of surreal, grotesque food videos is challenging both ethical [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has revealed that many social media users primarily access platforms to kill time, with TikTok showing the strongest tendency toward habitual, passive consumption. According to the “2024 Social Media User Survey” conducted by the Korea Press Foundation, 48.7% of TikTok users cited “killing time or habitual use” [...]
Meltwater joins TikTok Marketing Partners Program SAN FRANCISCO, March 03, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Meltwater, a global leader in media, social and consumer intelligence, today announced new TikTok insights in the Meltwater platform. Through TikTok’s new Mentions and Discovery API, TikTok insights and trends are now available for teams who want to tap into trending content, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean users of the popular short-video app TikTok are on the rise despite concerns over possible data leakage, an industry data tracker said Wednesday. The monthly active users (MAU) of TikTok and TikTok Lite, which are owned by China-based ByteDance, reached 4.89 million and 4.79 million, respectively, in [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) –The online video platform TikTok is currently embroiled in a licensing fee dispute with Universal Music Group (UMG), which has led to the disappearance of BTS member Jungkook’s popular track “Seven” from the platform. Users attempting to access the song on the group’s official account are met with a notification [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — TikTok, the popular short-form video platform, is making headlines again, this time in South Korea. Despite facing an exit crisis in the U.S. market due to security threats, TikTok has been chosen as the official platform for a major exhibition in Korea. According to media reports, the Korea Automobile [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ newest song “Run BTS” is creating a sensation on TikTok as a dance challenge, the group’s agency Big Hit Music said Wednesday. “Run BTS” was released in June as part of the anthology album “Proof”, which was unveiled at the septet’s Busan concert last month. BTS [...]
LOS ANGELES, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Triller calls on CFIUS, President Joe Biden, Congress the Department Of Defense to ban TikTok calling it the largest security threat to America today in open letter by CEO and Chairman of Triller Mahi De Silva. As the CEO of a global company whose mission is to help creators [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign K-pop fans are voluntarily coming up with addictive dance moves to start a series of online challenges. An Indonesian influencer came up with an easy dance move for K-pop rookie TREASURE’s song “DARARI,” which started a wave of “DARARI challenges” on TikTok worldwide. The song was used 730,000 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A fever of deleting the Chinese-owned global social media platform TikTok is sweeping across the globe amid U.S. pressure to ban the app for data privacy violations and security vulnerabilities. In contrast to such a global move, however, the number of TikTok users is actually growing in South Korea. [...]