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Watcha enters court receivership following major investor's legal filing

Watcha, Korea’s homegrown streaming platform, has entered court receivership after the Seoul Bankruptcy Court approved a corporate rehabilitation filing led by one of its major investors.

2025.8.6

From left, singer and actor Son Dong-pyo, actors Choi Keon, Kim Na-eon, Kim Woo-seok and Han Chae-lin pose for a photo during a press conference for web series ″Social Savvy Class 101″ held at Ilchi Art Hall in southern Seoul on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Upcoming series 'Social Savvy Class 101' sparks strong chemistry and real-life romance

The cast and director of the upcoming teen romance series “Social Savvy Class 101” are confident in their chemistry — with some of it even sparking real-life romance. The show promises viewers a lighthearted, friend-like drama experience.

2024.10.30

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Executives of local streaming services pose for photos after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca) on Wednesday at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) Seoul in central Seoul. [MINISTRY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM]

Korea gears up to take on Netflix by growing local streaming services

Korean streaming platforms, backed by the government, aim to challenge Netflix globally by funding original content, expanding overseas and supporting barrier-free services.

2024.2.28

Watcha files complaint accusing LG Uplus of theft

Watcha, a Seoul-based streaming service provider, has filed a complaint accusing LG Uplus of stealing its technology, including content recommendation algorithms and platform service management data.

2023.10.11

noonoo TV's notice announcing the end of services, posted to Telegram on Thursday evening. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Illegal streaming site noonoo TV to end its service

Illegal streaming site noonoo TV will end its services. noonoo TV announced through a notice Thursday evening that due to “all-around pressure,” the site will stop operations on Friday. “Based on the problem of uncontrollable traffic charges...

2023.4.14

A notice titled “Information on deleting all materials of domestic television and original series” (translated) released by illegal streaming service noonoo TV on Thursday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Illegal streaming site noonoo TV to delete all Korean content

Illegal video streaming site noonoo TV announced Thursday that it would delete all Korean content from its site, following a police investigation launched by the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency on March 16. Through a notice on its site titled...

2023.3.23

A scene from 'J-Hope In The Box,' a Disney+ documentary on BTS's J-Hope [DISNEY+]

Streaming services resort to K-pop documentaries to reel in subscribers

With competition intensifying among online streaming services in Korea, many of these services are falling back to K-pop to guarantee them success and more paid subscribers. In order to differentiate themselves from other services, each ...

2023.3.6

Can the success of K-content also lead to the downfall of K-content?

Can a work be too successful? It’s been four years since the release of “Parasite” (2019) and a year and a half since “Squid Game” (2021), but audiences and the Korean government alike continue to search for “the next ‘Squid Game,’” while reports...

2023.2.28

Main poster for ″Wandering″ [SPECIAL MOVIE CITY]

Vision of 'Wandering' gets praise from on high

The collaboration between director Lee Sang-il and cinematographer Hong Kyung-po, “Wandering,” was so perfect that it provoked envy in “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho. Based on a best-selling Japanese novel “Rurou no Tsuki” (2022), “Wandering” is...

2023.1.15

High-flying world of start-ups sees turbulence, crashes

Start-ups, which Korea hoped would show the way to a prosperous future, are in a slump. Direct investments by venture capital firms and so-called angel investors are down, and so are IPOs.

2022.10.8