South Korea’s Content Industry Revenue Hits 161 Trillion Won in 2025, Up 2.6% South Korea’s content industry posted 161 trillion won in revenue last year, with growth led by music, knowledge information, comics and animation. According to the “2025 Q4 and Annual Content Industry Trends Analysis Report” published on the 30th by the Korea Creative Content Agency, 2025 annual revenue for the domestic content industry rose 2.6% from a year earlier to 161.4839 trillion won. By genre, music grew 15.8%, knowledge information 7.8%, comics 7.4% and animation 6.8%, the repo April 30, 2026

Leeum Museum Recreates Jeong Kang-ja’s Censored 1970 Immersive Work "You are now inside my work." Jeong Kang-ja’s “Non-Body Exhibition” has no solid form, yet it creates a claustrophobic tension that pushes viewers backward. White smoke seeps from the corners of a square room. A red siren blares. A flat voice repeats, “You are now inside my work,” evoking the sense of being confined in South Korea’s closed society of the 1970s. The smoke, intangible but insistent, keeps rising to knee level no matter how far one retreats. Leeum Museum of Art h April 30, 2026

Doosan Robotics shares jump 14% on expectations of Nvidia collaboration Doosan Robotics surged more than 14% in early trading on Thursday as investors bet on potential cooperation with Nvidia. According to the Korea Exchange, shares of Doosan Robotics were trading at 116,600 won as of 9:15 a.m., up 14,400 won, or 14.09%, from the previous session. The rally appeared to be driven by news that Madison Huang, senior director of product marketing for Omniverse · Robotics and the eldest daughter of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, visited Doosan Robotics April 30, 2026

Bank of Korea Warns of Rising Uncertainty in Fed Policy Path, Vows Timely Response The Bank of Korea said uncertainty over the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary policy path has increased, prompting closer monitoring of financial markets. The central bank held a “market situation review meeting” on Thursday morning chaired by Senior Deputy Gov. Yoo Sang-dae to assess the latest Federal Open Market Committee outcome and developments tied to the Middle East war. “After last night’s FOMC meeting, views within the Fed were sharply divided, and inflation driven by higher oil p April 30, 2026

Actor Kim Jeong-tae Says He Had Liver Cancer Surgery, With 30% of Liver Removed Actor Kim Jeong-tae has disclosed that he underwent surgery for liver cancer. On a TV Chosun episode of "Dad and Me" that aired on the 29th, Kim was shown visiting a university hospital. "Liver problems run in my family, so I had liver cancer surgery," Kim said. He said the illness developed around October 2018 and that he had surgery in November. He said he was filming a drama at the time but felt something was wrong and took a blood test. "Normal liver numbers are between 30 and 40, bu April 30, 2026

South Korea’s Kospi Extends Gains, Briefly Tops 6,750 Ahead of Holiday South Korea’s Kospi extended its advance on April 30, briefly topping the 6,750 level ahead of a holiday. As of 9:05 a.m., the Kospi was up 51.16 points, or 0.76%, at 6,742.06, according to the Korea Exchange. It opened up 48.49 points, or 0.72%, at 6,739.39 and climbed as high as 6,750 during early trading. Overnight, U.S. stocks finished mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.57% and the S&P 500 slipped 0.04%, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.04%. Oil prices jumped. ICE April 30, 2026

Hyundai Motor, Catch! Teenieping to Launch Youth Adventure 2026 Nexo Exhibit Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it will hold its “Youth Adventure 2026” exhibition with the children’s franchise “Catch! Teenieping” as part of its marketing program aimed at young audiences. The exhibition will run from May 1 to Aug. 2 at Hyundai Motorstudio Goyang and Hyundai Motorstudio Busan. Built around Hyundai’s Nexo hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle, the program uses a Hyundai x Teenieping storyline and hands-on activities designed to help children learn about future energy and vehicl April 30, 2026

Hyosung Heavy Industries to Showcase AI Data Center Grid Solutions at IEEE PES T&D 2026 Hyosung Heavy Industries will present what it calls a “total solution” for power grids serving artificial intelligence data centers at the largest U.S. transmission and distribution exhibition. The company said Wednesday it will take part in IEEE PES T&D 2026, to be held May 4-7 (local time) in Chicago. The event will be held under the theme “Powering Reliability, Engineering Resilience.” Hyosung Heavy said it will showcase solutions linking today’s grid needs with future demand. Pro April 30, 2026

Kiwoom Securities Q1 Net Profit Jumps 103% to 477.4 Billion Won on Trading Surge Kiwoom Securities said its first-quarter net profit more than doubled from a year earlier, helped by a sharp rise in stock market trading value. The company said Thursday that consolidated net profit for the first quarter of 2026 totaled 477.4 billion won, up 102.6% from 235.6 billion won a year earlier. Consolidated operating profit rose 90.9% to 621.2 billion won. On a separate basis, net profit came to 443.2 billion won and operating profit to 534.8 billion won, up 92.4% and 81.0%, re April 30, 2026

HD Construction Equipment to Back Suppliers With 85 Billion Won in Loan Guarantees HD Construction Equipment is launching a financial guarantee program totaling 85 billion won to help suppliers maintain stable operations. According to industry officials on Wednesday, the company signed a memorandum of understanding the previous day at Hana Bank’s headquarters in central Seoul with Hana Bank and the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund to support shared growth in the construction equipment industry. Attendees included Hana Bank CEO Lee Ho-seong, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund sta April 30, 2026