Entertainment
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CJ ENM teams up with Japan's Toei Animation to produce content targeting global markets
SEOUL -- South Korea's leading entertainment group CJ ENM which created the Oscar-winning film "Parasite," teamed up with Toei Animation, a Japanese animation studio, to produce content targeting global markets by using their intellectual properties. CJ ENM thinks the strategic alliance would boost its global move. CJ ENM said Toei Animation's IP can be used to produce movies or dramas while the Japanese company can make animation by using CJ ENM's IP. The tw
12 October 2021
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K-pop girl band Aespa to hold XR performance thru LGU+'s entertainment tool app
SEOUL -- Aespa, a four-member girl band formed by SM Entertainment, will captivate global fans with a realistic online performance using cutting-edge technologies such as extended reality through an entertainment tool app run by LG Uplus, a mobile carrier in South Korea. There is no limit to the number of live visitors who can watch only on one device after buying tickets. Extended reality (XR) encompasses a wide spectrum of hardware and software that enable content creation for vir
12 October 2021
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Seoul International Drama Awards holds drama reaction contest
SEOUL -- To promote an international drama awards event, the operator of a Seoul international drama awards event invited global drama fans to participate in an online contest of video reactions. The contest is a mixture of drama content and the culture of reacting to viral videos on YouTube. The event committee will offer prize money after selecting candidates who submitted reaction videos on the trailer for the Seoul Drama Awards 2021 in November. A reaction video is content creat
8 October 2021
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SM proposes joint ventures with information technology startups
SEOUL -- SM Entertainment, an entertainment powerhouse in South Korea, proposed joint ventures or investments with information technology startups, following up on a new vision outlined by founder Lee Soo-man in June to pursue a "content universe" where original content will be infinitely expanded and recreated by individual prosumers who both consume and produce. "As a content company, I want to talk to people in startups in a variety of ways, even talking about join
7 October 2021
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[INTERVIEW] Japanese idol sees S. Korean music scene as platform of opportunity
SEOUL -- Miyu Takeuchi's endless desire to live her life doing what she wishes has captivated the Japanese singer since she participated in a child model contest at an amusement park when she was seven years old. The desire drove her to become a child actress and move on to become a member of AKB48, one of the iconic girl bands in Japan. The 25-year-old had spent nine and a half years on the stage as a member of the country's top idol band. Suddenly, an opportunity to start
1 October 2021
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BTS to hold live concert in the US for the first time in two years
SEOUL -- K-pop wonder BTS will hold offline concerts in the United States in November and December 2021. The U.S. concert will be the seven-member band's first offline concert in about two years after the band's "Love Yourself: Speak Yourself" world tour held in Seoul in October 2019. Big Hit said in a statement through Weverse, an online fan community platform, on September 28 that BTS will hold "BTS Permission to Dance on Stage - LA" at SoFi Stadium in
28 September 2021