Music Business News: South Korea
News The inaugural edition will run for 11 days across Seoul Arena in the city's Chang-dong district and the KINTEX exhibition center in nearby Goyang.
News She will report to HYBE CEO Jason Jaesang Lee and remain based in Los Angeles.
News HYBE is reportedly in talks to transfer Supertone's voice-conversion and noise-removal tools, Shift, Clear and Air, to an outside buyer.
News Recorded music revenue grew 43.0% YoY to KRW 326.8 billion ($218m), also led by ARIRANG.
News The regulator fined Apple Distribution International KRW 252 million (about $170,000) over the collection of Siri recordings and transcripts without consent.
News The group will be produced by Han Sung Soo, the founder of PLEDIS Entertainment, who has produced groups including SEVENTEEN.
Interviews MBW's Trailblazers series meets Tommy Jinho Yoon, founder and CEO of Asia-focused music promoter International Creative Agency (ICA).
News If a track is judged harmful and its creator is under 19, the distributor must block it from release, according to The Korea Times.