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[Dispatch] In an Onsen Village Gymnasium, a Table Tennis Club Stages Three Days of Korea–Japan Trust
Listed Japanese table tennis club Ryukyu Asteeda hosted its first ASTEEDA Executive Salon Global Track in Nozawa Onsen , where Lotte Holdings CEO Genichi Tamatsuka, Professor Samseog Ko, and ESTsoft CEO Jung Sang-won headlined Session 2 to turn Korea–Japan "co-evolution" into concrete EnterTech PoCs
An Octagon on the South Lawn for Trump's 80th Birthday — and UFC, Not the White House, Hands Out the Press Passes
The UFC Freedom 250 event shows how sportainment logic—where exclusive broadcast rights and event control move together—can now override traditional White House press access, sidelining political media in favor of entertainment outlets.
Hasbro Launches AI Character Studio ‘Sixth Wall’ — Licensing ‘Authorized Originals’ Instead of Chasing Knockoffs
Hasbro has launched “Sixth Wall,” an AI studio introducing “Behavioral Licensing” that lets partners deploy officially authorized, voice-actor-backed interactive characters governed by strict personality and dialogue rules, aiming to replace unauthorized AI imitations
Plenty of Jobs, Too Few Workers — Nevada's Skills Mismatch and the Opening It Leaves for Korea
Nevada’s labor market has plenty of jobs but too few workers with the right skills — a gap in healthcare, tech, advanced manufacturing and education that opens a timely entry space for Korean and Asian AI, media and deep-tech startups through K-Nevada Gateway 2026 in Reno.
CableTV Just Bought Into Vertical Shorts: Where LA's Media Money Went
A cable spin-off media group invested in a vertical microdrama platform, while capital flowed into women’s sports media, fandom-driven platforms, and AI-powered creation tools. At the same time, significantly larger investments continued to concentrate in physical deep tech
Snap Buys Spatial-AR Startup Illumix to Push ‘Specs’ Toward Launch as Glasses Race Intensifies
Snapchat parent absorbs mapping and spatial-computing tech, targeting a roughly $2,500 consumer AR launch this fall
Nevada Activates Global Outreach: Volker Huber Named DACH Special Envoy
K-EnterTechHub and UNR’s Ozmen Center are launching K-Nevada Gateway 2026 to help Korean startups enter Nevada and the wider U.S. market, alongside Nevada’s new Special Envoy role to deepen economic ties with Europe’s DACH region.
FAST Reinvents Itself: Free Streaming Reaches Past Film and TV to Absorb Video Podcasts
Tubi–SiriusXM’s non‑exclusive, ad‑revenue‑sharing deal shows how free streaming (FAST/AVOD) is turning into a multi‑format, creator‑ and podcast‑driven CTV platform, with Korea now facing both a new export route for K‑creators and fresh measurement and policy challenges.
Paramount Swallows Warner: The Three Executive Showdowns Ellison Must Resolve
As Paramount's purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery nears, U.S. media power consolidates into fewer hands — narrowing the global buyer pool Korean content must negotiate with.
U.S. Lawmakers Take Aim at ‘AI Style Theft’: Bipartisan CREATOR Act Introduced, With Adobe Out Front
A bipartisan U.S. House bill (CREATOR Act), backed by Adobe, would create a new federal right letting visual artists sue when generative AI is used to commercially impersonate their signature style — while carving out parody, fan art, and AI research — with major implications for K-content
Fairground’s Carousel Proves the Economics of AI-Produced Programming
AI-hosted programming platform Carousel shows that AI can economically turn streaming libraries into engaging, host-led shows, solving FAST’s cost and discovery problems as proven by Love TV Channels’ 148% engagement lift.
Google, Picsart and Beehiiv reshape the 2026 creator tools stack
According to TechCrunch, AI creator platforms are converging around design, monetization, agents, and owned-audience infrastructure.