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. [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecommunications regulator said Wednesday it fined video sharing platform TikTok Pte Ltd. 186 million won (US$155,000) for mishandling user data amid growing global privacy concerns of the social media service. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said the social media app popular among teenagers violated local telecommunication laws [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Epik High, Zico and other top South Korean hip hop stars will perform as part of an online concert hosted by video-sharing mobile platform TikTok next week, the company said Thursday. The company announced that it will hold the online concert, named TikTok Stage with Hiphopplaya, next Wednesday at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A video about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), titled ‘Heart Racing 100,’ has hit 10 million views on TikTok, the popular short-video platform. The video introduces a variety of dance moves to make CPR fun to learn. Choreographed by South Korean boy band Stray Kids, the dance has been performed by [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — In an era where everyone can become a one-man creator, K-pop star auditions through mobile applications are now possible. The short-form video sharing application TikTok introduced on Thursday that it will launch “Tik-Tok Spotlight,” a musician scout program on April 5. TikTok, which was also honored as the world’s [...]