SEJONG, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tax agency has slapped a combined 1 billion won (US$833,000) in taxes on seven YouTube content creators in the first known crackdown on tax evasion by such people, a ruling party lawmaker said Thursday. Citing monthslong probes by the National Tax Service, Kim Chung-woo, a lawmaker of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As the popularity of YouTuber, or one-person content creator has increased, the demand for books related to YouTube and video production has also increased significantly. Interpark, a leading online ticket and book seller, said Monday that its analysis of sales of one-man broadcasting-related books in the computer and Internet [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Monday appointed five foreign social media influencers its new public relations ambassadors. The online stars will promote the South Korean capital overseas on their highly popular YouTube, Instagram and other social media pages for one year. The new envoys include VRZO, a Thai entertainment [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday that it is strengthening measures to cope with possible tax evasion by influencers and YouTube content creators. South Korea has been collecting tax information on influencers and YouTubers through various tax records and financial data on transactions provided by the Financial Intelligence Unit, an affiliate [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of videos are being posted on YouTube showing how Typhoon Lingling impacted South Korea. YouTuber Kim Yun-kyeom was shooting a video on the roof of a small residence in Incheon in Saturday afternoon when he was surprised by a sudden deafening noise, which turned out to be [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A video that introduces the victims of forced labor during Japanese rule is going viral on social media, moving the hearts of netizens around the world. The video begins with a famous quote from Good Will Hunting, a popular film that talks about a man who overcomes his hurtful [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A new video commercial for Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker, is gaining popularity on social media after reaching more than 4 million views just 10 days after it was posted on YouTube. In the commercial, a dog reminiscing about fun times playing ball with his [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A state copyright agency has found a total of 8,833 YouTube videos so far this year to be illegally copied contents that violate local copyright, marking a sharp rise from last year, data from the agency showed Sunday. The number of pirated videos, detected through Aug. 14, is similar [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The music label of popular K-pop girl group TWICE will team up with YouTube to produce a premium original series featuring its ascent in the global music scene, the label said Tuesday. The special YouTube Original content, accessible to subscribers to YouTube’s Premium service, will follow the group’s four-year [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has begun full-fledged discussions on levying taxes and funds for online video services, a so-called “YouTube tax.” The Ministry of Science and ICT recently asked the Korea Legislation Research Institute, a government-funded research institute, to carry out research projects on overseas trends of digital taxes, including YouTube [...]