Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s creator economy is maturing into a more concentrated business, with the top 10% of companies in the YouTube and digital media sector accounting for 76% of reported corporate revenue in 2025. For U.S. digital platforms, advertising buyers and investors watching the creator economy, the shift highlights both the commercial potential of professionalized content businesses and the widening

(Photo=Yim SiWang instagram) Tom Cruise offered a lesson in filmmaking to South Korean actor Yim Si-wan, encouraging the Netflix "Squid Game" star to pursue ambitions beyond acting and approach his career with the mindset of a director. The conversation brought together one of Hollywood's most established stars and an actor who gained international recognition through Netflix's global hit. Yim, who

(Photo=National Health Insurance Service) South Korea is preparing to collect nearly $2.4 billion in additional health insurance premiums from millions of households while returning another $1.3 billion to people who paid too much. The seemingly contradictory approach is part of an effort to make the country's universal health insurance system more closely reflect what people actually earn. Unlike the U.S.,

(Photo=EJAE instagram) The global success of Netflix's animated hit KPop Demon Hunters has transformed EJAE's music career. It also disrupted her wedding plans. The singer and songwriter married her longtime partner, Samuel “Sam” Kim, in a surprise ceremony in Seoul on October 17, abandoning plans for a November wedding in California. EJAE, who provides the singing voice of the lead

(Photo=hugel) Botox has long been an established name in America's cosmetic injection market, but a South Korean competitor is trying to win over the clinics that decide which wrinkle treatments patients can receive. Hugel, a South Korean medical aesthetics company, is expanding the availability of its Botox rival Letybo at eight clinics operated by Face Forward Aesthetics in Ohio, Pennsylvania