SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As fear of recent stabbing rampages spreads throughout South Korea, the debate surrounding gaming and its potential impact on violence resurfaces. Just last week, the prosecution apprehended Cho Seon, a 33-year-old individual responsible for the deadly stabbing rampage near Sillim Station in southern Seoul that occurred last month. The [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Intellectual property (IP)-related goods that fans can purchase and own are becoming an increasingly important marketing strategy in the South Korean gaming industry. Gaming giant Nexon Co. conducted a strategic investment in local merchandise manufacturer Marppel Corp. to open an official merchandise shopping mall this year. Nexon will utilize [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co., a major display panel maker, said Thursday that it had released the results of a study reaffirming that OLED displays are the optimal choice for gaming during the Display Week 2022, organized by Society for Information Display (SID). A research team from LG Display called on [...]
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A Parent Media Co. Inc. (APMC) is excited to share that its flagship product, Kidoodle.TV®, has bolstered its library of gaming content in a major way during the global pandemic to keep up with viewer demand. “It’s no secret the global gaming market is growing with more and more [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The ‘well-being’ index and satisfaction levels for ‘social support’ of the older generation are higher among those who play digital games. Doh Young-yim, an invited professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, conducted a survey of 190 people between the ages of 50 and 60, which [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 4 out of 10 South Koreans who enjoy digital games have increased their time spent playing games substantially since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, a survey showed Friday. In a recent survey conducted on 3,084 people aged from 10 to 65 by the state-run Korea Creative [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to set up a body to address the World Health Organization’s decision to classify excessive gaming as an illness, while balancing the interests of the country’s high-profile gaming sector and growing concerns over gaming addiction, the government said Monday. The WHO last week defined problems caused [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Video games, which were previously considered the sole domain of children and teenagers, have recently become sensational among people in their 30s and 40s due to the influence of the “retro trend boom.” According to an analysis of customer data conducted by E-Mart Inc. for three years from 2017 [...]
BUSAN, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An e-sports stadium with 400 seats will open next year in Seomyeon, Busan. Busan Metropolitan City announced on Monday that it had been selected for a project to support the establishment of a stadium for e-sports organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — According to legal circle insiders, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office issued 10 guidelines to prosecutor’s offices nationwide on December 3 of last year to determine whether the claims of conscientious objectors are true. Conscientious objectors are individuals who refuse to serve in the military for religious reasons. Thus, the objectors [...]