With Amazon-owned popular game livestreaming platform Twitch’s decision to withdraw from the Korean market, the competition to lure the market leader’s popular streamers and millions of users appears to be in full swing among local platform operators AfreecaTV and Naver. Until recently, Twitch occupied more than half the market 52 percent with 2.32 million active users according to the monthly avera.
Shares of local game companies soared, some by as much as over 20 percent, Tuesday, a day after the Chinese government allowed several Korean games to be sold in the country, according to industry officials. The latest decision by the Chinese government followed a similar one in December, 2022.
Kakao s rise to become SM Entertainment s second-largest shareholder will come as a boon for the nation s largest mobile platform operator, as its entertainment subsidiary is expected to generate synergy by using SM s intellectual property, analysts said Wednesday. The analysis came shortly after an overnight decision by top management of SM, which sold its 9.05 percent stake to Kakao.
Screenshot, from a campaign video produced by the health ministry, shows a family dancing at home. The video was taken down after it triggered a slate of angry comments from people who claimed it could wrongly encourage people to disturb their neighbors
SEOUL: Annoying neighbors are a universal issue.
But in South Korea, where 80 percent of all homes are apartments or villas, where several families live in individual flats in a shared building, having a noisy neighbor can be more painful than you think.
For Kim Ha-jung, things began when her new neighbors at a Seoul apartment building moved in half a year ago.
Noisy neighbors a growing headache for people who stay home amid pandemic
Posted : 2021-01-28 11:16
Annoying neighbors are a universal issue.
But in South Korea, where 80 percent of all homes are apartments or villas, where several families live in individual flats in a shared building, having a noisy neighbor can be more painful than you think.
For Kim Ha-jung, things began when her new neighbors at a Seoul apartment building moved in half a year ago. I started to hear little kids stomping and jumping or someone moving heavy objects even late at night, after around 10 p.m., she said, Sometimes they even run the vacuum. It s really annoying when I hear those sounds when I m going to bed.