115-567: Hybe Co., Ltd. ( Korean : 하이브 , stylized as HYBE Corporation ) is a South Korean multinational entertainment company established in 2005 by Bang Si-hyuk as Big Hit Entertainment Co., Ltd. The company operates as a record label , talent agency , music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house. It has multiple subsidiaries, including Big Hit Music , Belift Lab, Source Music , Pledis Entertainment , KOZ Entertainment, and ADOR, collectively known as Hybe Labels. Big Hit Entertainment
230-624: A Red Dot Design Award in the Brands & Communication Design category at the 2021 Red Dot Design Awards for its new corporate identity (CI) design. The establishment of a new music label, ADOR, was announced on November 12. Chief Brand Officer (CBO) Min Hee-jin was appointed as its CEO and tasked with overseeing the management of the label's first girl group, later announced as NewJeans , which debuted in July 2022. In January 2022, Hybe published
345-479: A spoken language . Since the turn of the 21st century, aspects of Korean culture have spread to other countries through globalization and cultural exports . As such, interest in Korean language acquisition (as a foreign language ) is also generated by longstanding alliances, military involvement, and diplomacy, such as between South Korea–United States and China–North Korea since the end of World War II and
460-484: A Korean influence on Khitan. The hypothesis that Korean could be related to Japanese has had some supporters due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features that have been elaborated upon by such researchers as Samuel E. Martin and Roy Andrew Miller . Sergei Starostin (1991) found about 25% of potential cognates in the Japanese–Korean 100-word Swadesh list . Some linguists concerned with
575-659: A beta version in March. Clova is an AI platform integrating speech and image recognition and artificial neural network translation to provide an interactive engine. Clova is being integrated into Naver and Line services, Naver's smart speaker WAVE and Friends , smart display FACE, and other third-party devices. BAND , CAMP Mobile's first app released in August 2012, is a closed type of social network where groups can be formed according to type and purpose. The app has more than 80 million downloads with global users accounting for 30% of
690-419: A board meeting on April 30. If the board members refuse to attend, then a request would be filed in court to open a shareholders' meeting for the label. The company also refuted all of Min's claims, additionally stating that she should respond to the audit and promptly step down from her position. Following a court case held on May 30, Min's injunction to stop Hybe from exercising their voting rights to dismiss her
805-485: A combined 100 million euros (US$ 112 million) into K-Fund 1. K-Fund 1 is a European startup accelerator fund operated by Korelya Capital, which is an investment firm established by Fleur Pellerin , the Korean-born former French minister overseeing small and medium enterprises in the digital economy. In 2017, Naver established its subsidiary companies Snow, Naver Labs, and Naver Webtoon. Naver opened Space Green, which
920-480: A core vowel. The IPA symbol ⟨ ◌͈ ⟩ ( U+0348 ◌͈ COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE BELOW ) is used to denote the tensed consonants /p͈/, /t͈/, /k͈/, /t͡ɕ͈/, /s͈/ . Its official use in the extensions to the IPA is for "strong" articulation, but is used in the literature for faucalized voice . The Korean consonants also have elements of stiff voice , but it is not yet known how typical this
1035-403: A corporation with which it had grown together with as NHN Corporation for 13 years. On October 1, 2013, the company adopted its current name, Naver Corporation, in order to reflect the change, thus restoring its pre-merger name. Hangame is now overseen by NHN Entertainment Corporation . Naver's current affiliates include Snow, Naver Labs, Naver Webtoon, NAVER Cloud, and Works Mobile. The company
1150-434: A distinct infinite canvas layout as well as a weekly update system, and has gained a large amount of traction beginning from the late 2000s. The service received more than 6 million hits per day from unique visitors and had accumulated more than 29 billion total visits as of June 1, 2014. In July 2014, Naver launched a global version of the service under the name of Line Webtoon. The userbase of Line Webtoon grew rapidly after
1265-402: A full settlement of the bonds. In February 2018, Homme disbanded after member Changmin's contract ended. He left the company to start his own agency, while Lee Hyun continued on as a solo artist. In August, Big Hit and CJ ENM released information stating plans to create a joint entertainment agency, with ownership split 52% to the latter and 48% to the former. Filed under the name Belift Lab,
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#17327974248251380-402: A girl group that debuted in March 2024 under Hybe's sub-label Belift Lab. In her statement she accused Hybe and Belift of refusing to acknowledge the claims of Illit plagiarizing NewJeans' image from music to style, which caused confusion online amongst fans and is undermining the group's success. The value of Hybe's shares fell by 8.03% following the news. Hybe officially reported Min Hee-jin to
1495-494: A hub for connecting and expanding all of Hybe's contents and services. In May 2021, Weverse Company invested in US startup Fave, an F2F platform for fandoms, as part of its plans to strengthen business opportunities in that territory. Prior to the rebrand, the subsidiary was known as Big Hit America. Following the rebranding, Hybe Corporation bought over all ₩1.7 trillion ($ 1.5 billion) of Big Hit America's shares, making it
1610-726: A independent label named Big Hit Music under Hybe's new Labels division. The renaming was approved at a shareholders meeting on March 30. The company relocated to its new headquarters in the Yongsan Trade Center in Yongsan District on March 22, and the rebrand went into effect on March 31. Hybe acquired Scooter Braun 's Ithaca Holdings and all its properties, including SB Projects and Big Machine Label Group , through its subsidiary Hybe America in April. The corporation invested $ 950 million (₩1.07 trillion) into
1725-593: A large neural network technology named N2MT (Naver Neural Machine Translation). It can translate text and phrases in 15 different languages (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Spanish, French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Hindi) by analyzing context instead of statistical analysis. Papago app has so far garnered over 16 million downloads. In June 2015, Naver launched its own payment service, Naver Pay, which allows mobile payment service and online checkout. Naver TV (Previously known as Naver TV Cast)
1840-535: A parental monitoring system that blocks harmful or inappropriate information. Meanwhile, Junior Naver's "Gameland" service was officially terminated in February 2019. [1] In 2002, Naver set up one of the first Q&A webpages , Knowledge iN. The service allows users to post questions on any subject, and select from answers submitted by other users, points are awarded to users with the most helpful answers. Knowledge iN also offers an Open Dictionary function, which
1955-521: A possible relationship.) Hudson & Robbeets (2020) suggested that there are traces of a pre- Nivkh substratum in Korean. According to the hypothesis, ancestral varieties of Nivkh (also known as Amuric ) were once distributed on the Korean Peninsula before the arrival of Koreanic speakers. Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding
2070-523: A result of the document. On February 13, 2023, Hybe donated 500 million won to support recover from 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake , by donating money through Save the Children. Korean language Korean ( South Korean : 한국어 , Hanguk-eo ; North Korean : 조선어 , Chosŏnŏ ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea . Beyond Korea,
2185-438: A series of "original stories" featuring boy groups BTS, Enhypen, and Tomorrow X Together in collaboration with Webtoon and Wattpad as part of a planned IP expansion. The BTS comic alone earned over 15 million views within two days of release and was the highest-viewed title ever launched by Webtoon. In March, Fast Company named Hybe the 11th most innovative company of the year globally on its annual top-50 list—ranking first in
2300-607: A successful return in the future. It was also announced that NewJeans, who are set to release a new single in May, will carry out activities as planned. On April 25, seven hours after the report was filed, Min held an emergency press conference to deny the accusations against her. During the conference, she shared text messages exchanged between her, Bang Si-hyuk , and Hybe's CEO Park Ji-won, some of which included Bang mentioning groups outside of Hybe. She accused Hybe of fabricating her words and revealed that she had filed an internal report in
2415-412: A variety of results from a search query on a single page, organized by type (for example blogs, webpages, images, cafes, etc.). In September 2000, Naver established Hangame Japan. In 2001, NAVER Comm was renamed NHN Corporation (Next Human Network), although both divisions—Naver and Hangame—continued to operate under their original brand names. NHN also stood for (NAVER, Hangame, Network). In 2002, NHN
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#17327974248252530-504: A web-novel section specializing in online genre-novels since 2013. One of its most famous novels is Moonlight Drawn by Clouds , which was adapted into a successful television series of the same name starring Park Bo-gum and Kim Yoo-jung . In October 2017, Naver officially released the PC version of Whale, its omni-tasking web browser supporting diverse features using AI technologies. Naver had been developing Whale for 5 years and had released
2645-427: A wholly owned subsidiary under the corporation, and it became Hybe America. This was in preparation for Hybe Corporation's acquisition of Ithaca Holdings through Hybe America. BH Odyssey Merger Sub was created as a subsidiary of Hybe America to facilitate its buyout of Ithaca. Once finalized, Ithaca would become a subsidiary of Hybe America, and BH Odyssey would be dissolved. The merger is assumed to have been completed in
2760-429: A ₩4 billion ($ 3.6 million) investment in a Korea-based AI company, Supertone, that specializes in creating hyper-realistic voices using technology. Big Hit announced its rebranding into an entertainment lifestyle platform company under the name Hybe Corporation in March 2021. The company underwent a complete organizational restructuring, which also saw the recording and management arm of Big Hit Entertainment spun off into
2875-622: Is Naver's R&D subsidiary developing future technologies in areas such as autonomous driving and artificial intelligence with the goal of achieving Ambient Intelligence. It first began as an R&D division within Naver in 2013, and was officially established in Pangyo in January 2017 with CEO Song Chang-Hyeon. Naver Labs has been working in areas such as Papago (an AI-based translation app), Whale (an omni-tasking browser), and robots. Products include
2990-547: Is a children's search service that began in 1999. Junior Naver provides various services for children of each age range, such as Pororo Play Time (educational content for aged 3~5), Pany's Room (decoration simulator using Pany Pang characters), Children's song world, and Children's story world—as well as a Disney Zone for Disney Channel shows and animations. The application and the mobile version were each launched in 2011 and 2012 in order to provide contents in streaming form rather than having to download them. Junior Naver also operates
3105-674: Is a database of informative articles generated by users. Users can create an article on their own, or enable other users to collaborate by creating a thread of articles on the same subject. There is also an 'Ask an Expert' category where licensed doctors, veterinarians, pharmacists, lawyers, tax accountants, and labor attorneys answer users' questions. As of May 2016, Knowledge iN had 100 million questions, 200 million answers, and 47 million accumulated users. Naver Cafe and Blog are user-generated content (UGC) platforms where users post specialized contents on various themes. Cafe allows users to create communities on various topics, and Blog gives any user
3220-592: Is a software education platform company. Naver's annual revenue for 2016 was 4.02 trillion won. In 2016, Line Corporation was double listed on both the NYSE and the TSE . In August 2016, Naver spun off its app SNOW into a separate subsidiary company, Snow Corp. Naver also began Project Flower, a project which aims to support small businesses and creators by cooperating with them on various projects. In September 2016, Naver and its affiliate Line announced that they would invest
3335-567: Is a startup space inside Station F , a startup incubator space located in France. Naver also acquired Xerox Research Centre Europe, located in the French city Grenoble , rebranding it as Naver Labs Europe. In 2018, Naver launched Naver Z Corp, a division that focuses on the Metaverse . Naver Z also launched the online game platform Zepeto the same year. In mid-January 2021, Naver announced
3450-421: Is a web broadcast network which provides web dramas distributed by Naver as well as user created content with videos and live streams. Naver NOW. is a streaming service available through Naver's app, that streams music and radio shows live 24-hours a day. In 2004, Naver Corporation launched its online comic service Naver Webtoon, which is now one of the largest Korean webtoon platforms. The service promotes
3565-494: Is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hybe Corporation. The company comprises three divisions: Hybe Labels, Hybe Solutions, and Hybe Platforms. Under each division are wholly or partially owned subsidiaries of its parent corporation. This is the entertainment and music production division. Prior to the rebranding, it was known as Big Hit Labels. Subsidiaries within the division operate independently of Hybe Corporation but receive support for creative activities. The "solutions" division
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3680-656: Is an agglutinative language . The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech . Modifiers generally precede the modified words, and in the case of verb modifiers, can be serially appended. The sentence structure or basic form of a Korean sentence is subject–object–verb (SOV), but the verb is the only required and immovable element and word order is highly flexible, as in many other agglutinative languages. Question 가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON . PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to
3795-511: Is closer to a near-open central vowel ( [ɐ] ), though ⟨a⟩ is still used for tradition. Grammatical morphemes may change shape depending on the preceding sounds. Examples include -eun/-neun ( -은/-는 ) and -i/-ga ( -이/-가 ). Sometimes sounds may be inserted instead. Examples include -eul/-reul ( -을/-를 ), -euro/-ro ( -으로/-로 ), -eseo/-seo ( -에서/-서 ), -ideunji/-deunji ( -이든지/-든지 ) and -iya/-ya ( -이야/-야 ). Some verbs may also change shape morphophonemically. Korean
3910-551: Is currently cooperating with IT startups in order to evolve into a tech-based platform. Naver Corporation was first established in June 1999 under the name of Naver Comm. Along with its search engine Naver , the company also launched a service for children named Junior Naver. In July 2000, Naver merged with Hangame Communications Inc. and several other companies including Oneque and Search Solutions. In August 2000, Naver began its 'comprehensive search' service, which allows users to get
4025-513: Is made up of specialized business units for video content, IP , learning, and games. Secondary and tertiary businesses are created based on the creative output of each label. In May 2021, Hybe Edu signed a business agreement with the International Korean Language Education Foundation (IKLEF) to develop Korean-language textbooks for distribution to overseas elementary and secondary schools through
4140-399: Is mainly reserved for specific circumstances such as newspapers, scholarly papers and disambiguation. Today Hanja is largely unused in everyday life but is still important for historical and linguistic studies. The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from Goryeo , which is thought to be
4255-399: Is of faucalized consonants. They are produced with a partially constricted glottis and additional subglottal pressure in addition to tense vocal tract walls, laryngeal lowering, or other expansion of the larynx. /s/ is aspirated [sʰ] and becomes an alveolo-palatal [ɕʰ] before [j] or [i] for most speakers (but see North–South differences in the Korean language ). This occurs with
4370-747: Is well attested in Western Old Japanese and Northern Ryukyuan languages , in Eastern Old Japanese it only occurs in compounds, and it is only present in three dialects of the Southern Ryukyuan language group . Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term. (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese and Korean for further details on
4485-572: Is written in the Korean script ( 한글 ; Hangeul in South Korea, 조선글 ; Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea), a system developed during the 15th century for that purpose, although it did not become the primary script until the 20th century. The script uses 24 basic letters ( jamo ) and 27 complex letters formed from the basic ones. When first recorded in historical texts, Korean was only
4600-578: The Forbes Global 2000 list for the first time. That same year, NHN had the largest market capitalization among KOSDAQ -listed companies before being transferred to the KOSPI market in November. In 2009, Kim Sang-Hun of NHN and Jing-Wan Kim of Samsung were the only South Korean CEOs to appear on Forbes ' Asia's Fab 50 list. In 2010, NHN bought Livedoor , a Japanese ISP and blog platform. In
4715-703: The Korean War . Along with other languages such as Chinese and Arabic , Korean is ranked at the top difficulty level for English speakers by the United States Department of Defense . Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean , which in turn descends from Old Korean , which descends from the Proto-Koreanic language , which is generally suggested to have its linguistic homeland somewhere in Manchuria . Whitman (2012) suggests that
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4830-524: The Korean dialects , which are still largely mutually intelligible . The Chinese language , written with Chinese characters and read with Sino-Xenic pronunciations , was first introduced to Korea in the 1st century BC, and remained the medium of formal writing and government until the late 19th century. Korean scholars adapted Chinese characters (known in Korean as Hanja ) to write their own language, creating scripts known as idu , hyangchal , gugyeol , and gakpil. These systems were cumbersome, due to
4945-568: The Three Kingdoms of Korea (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula), while " -eo " and " -mal " mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as guk-eo , literally "national language". This name is based on the same Han characters ( 國語 "nation" + "language") that are also used in Taiwan and Japan to refer to their respective national languages. In North Korea and China ,
5060-633: The "100 Most Influential Companies of 2021", under the "Pioneers" section. Japanese streaming platform Showroom announced a business and capital partnership with Hybe in May 2021 to improve its domestic services and expand access to Japanese content in South Korea, the United States, and globally. Hybe was added to the MSCI Korea index on May 12, and the index updated on May 28. Following a second organizational restructuring, Bang resigned as CEO on July 1 to return his focus to music production. He
5175-968: The 16th century for all Korean classes, including uneducated peasants and slaves. By the 17th century, the yangban had exchanged Hangul letters with slaves, which suggests a high literacy rate of Hangul during the Joseon era. In the context of growing Korean nationalism in the 19th century, the Gabo Reform of 1894 abolished the Confucian examinations and decreed that government documents would be issued in Hangul instead of literary Chinese. Some newspapers were published entirely in Hangul, but other publications used Korean mixed script , with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues to teach them in schools. Their usage in South Korea
5290-619: The America branch to finance the buyout; $ 1.05 billion was paid to Ithaca shareholders and bondholders. BH Odyssey Merger Sub, a newly created subsidiary of Hybe America, facilitated the acquisition, and was later dissolved after the deal's finalization. The Carlyle Group, a minority shareholder and original investor, sold its stake in Ithaca as part of the deal. Braun joined Hybe's board, while Scott Borchetta retained his position as CEO of Big Machine. That same month, Time named Hybe one of
5405-717: The Communication category at the International Forum Design Awards held in Germany. Hybe signed a multi-year deal with The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific in July 2022 to provide content showcasing the Korean music and entertainment industries to a global market. Five programs will be available worldwide on Disney+ and other Disney streaming platforms—a 4K cinematic film of BTS' Permission to Dance on Stage concert in Los Angeles ; In
5520-481: The Media category—while Time included Hybe on its 100 Most Influential Companies list for a second consecutive year. The company topped the "Leaders" category and was dubbed "The Pop Powerhouse" by the outlet for its acquisitions, expansion into the digital frontier, and transformative strides in the music industry during the pandemic era. The following month, Hybe won an iF Product Design Award for "Company Branding" in
5635-527: The Ministry of Education beginning in 2022. Various other online and offline content will also be created using BTS IP in response to an increasing demand for Korean-language education in foreign countries. On July 2, 2021, it was announced that Hybe Solutions subsidiaries Hybe 360 and Hybe IP had been dissolved and merged into Hybe Corporation. This is the technology division. It manages the social networking and entertainment platform Weverse , which serves as
5750-646: The Soop: Friendcation ; and BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star , a docuseries of BTS' history from debut to present set to premiere in 2023. Additional content featuring other Hybe artists will also be released. Hybe became the largest shareholder of SM Entertainment in February 2023, after it acquired founder Lee Soo-man 's 14.8% stake in the company for approximately ₩422.8 billion. The company subsequently acquired Galaxia SM 's 1% stake on March 3. On March 12, Hybe announced that they no longer planned to own
5865-414: The US music industry" and "cementing [the company's] competitiveness in the stateside market." Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Jaesang Lee, who led the Ithaca acquisition, was made Chief Operations Officer (COO). Plans for the launch of a new global girl group in collaboration with Geffen were announced on November 4; auditions closed on November 28. Braun became the sole CEO in January 2023, subsequently leading
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#17327974248255980-679: The acquisition in October. Big Hit acquired KOZ Entertainment, a record label founded by rapper Zico , the following month. In January 2021, news media reported that Big Hit and beNX had invested a combined ₩70 billion (US$ 63 million) in YG Plus , acquiring a 17.9% stake in the company in a merchandising and distribution deal that would see the aforementioned's artists join Weverse's social media and shop platforms. Naver Corporation later invested ₩354.8 billion ($ 321 million) in beNX, acquiring 49% of
6095-463: The acquisition of Wattpad for US$ 600 million. In March 2021 Line Corporation merged with Yahoo Japan , which has been operated by Z Holdings , a SoftBank Group subsidiary. Under the new structure, Naver and SoftBank Corp., which is the wireless carrier unit of SoftBank Group, each hold 50 percent stakes in a new company named A Holdings Corp., which holds a majority stake in Z Holdings, which will operate Line and Yahoo Japan. Upon integrating
6210-609: The acquisition of the American entertainment company QC Media Holdings in February. Following Hybe's second leadership restructuring in July 2021, its Japanese subsidiaries, Hybe Solutions Japan and Hybe T&D Japan, were integrated to form a regional headquarters, Hybe Japan. The Japanese branch operates as an independent entity under CEO and former Hybe Solutions Japan CEO Han Hyun-rock. It oversees music production, music publishing, music copyright management, artist management, and talent scouting and development, as well as facilitates
6325-541: The agency debuted its first boy group Enhypen in November 2020. In October, BTS renewed and extended their contract with the agency for seven more years. Big Hit was voted Best Investment Company of the Year at the 2018 Korea VC Awards in December. Big Hit debuted its second male group, Tomorrow X Together (TXT), in March 2019. Also that month, former CBO Lenzo Yoon was appointed co-CEO alongside Bang. Yoon would focus on
6440-635: The appointment of Kah Jong-Hyun, former vice president of YG Entertainment, as the CEO of this division and the acquisition of the studio Exile Content. In March 2024, Kah Jong-Hyun appointed former EMI and Universal Music México executive Fernando Grediaga as general manager of the Mexico City-based Docemil Music. In June, it was announced that Exile Music would be changing its name to Zarpazo and would be based in Miami, in addition to
6555-526: The autonomous robot Around, the in-vehicle information and entertainment platform Away, as well as an autonomous vehicle project. In August 2017, Naver Labs acquired Xerox Research Center Europe (XRCE) for an undisclosed amount and renamed it. Naver Labs Europe is the biggest industrial research center in Artificial Intelligence in France. NAVER Cloud Corporation provides services for Naver and its subsidiaries. NAVER Cloud has launched
6670-455: The beginnings of words. /l/ becomes alveolar flap [ɾ] between vowels, and [l] or [ɭ] at the end of a syllable or next to another /l/ . A written syllable-final ' ㄹ ', when followed by a vowel or a glide ( i.e. , when the next character starts with ' ㅇ '), migrates to the next syllable and thus becomes [ɾ] . Traditionally, /l/ was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before [j] , and otherwise became /n/ . However,
6785-408: The board's directors, Kim Ju-young, will take over as the new CEO of ADOR. Min opposes the decision, stating that the dismissal is a "grave violation of the shareholders' agreement". Big Hit Entertainment initially operated as a private company with Bang Si-hyuk as the largest shareholder of its stock. In March 2017, the Korean mobile gaming company Netmarble acquired the second largest percentage of
6900-676: The business components of the company. while Bang's focus would be on creative production. In July 2019, the company acquired Source Music , and in August, the video game firm Superb. Thanks to the Weverse and Weverse Shop apps developed by its subsidiary beNX, Big Hit was named the fourth most innovative company of 2020 worldwide by Fast Company . In May 2020, Big Hit became the majority shareholder of Pledis Entertainment . The label would retain its independence; however, its artists would now receive greater financial support and global promotions. The Fair Trade Commission (hereinafter KFTC) approved
7015-668: The chance to manage their own personal blog. There were 10.5 million Naver Cafes running in May 2017, making Naver the most visited Cafe platform in the country. 800,000 new contents are generated every day in 23 million Blogs and 10 million Cafes. Naver Dictionary supports 34 categories, including English, Korean, Chinese, Chinese characters, Japanese, Global Communication, Vietnamese, Uzbek, Indonesian, Thai, Arabic, Khmer, Tamil, Mongolian, Hindi, Persian, Nepali, Swahili, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Turkish, Georgian, Albanian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Hungarian, Polish, and Czech as of May 30, 2017. It has
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#17327974248257130-414: The compact Koreanic language family . Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible . The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in contemporary Manchuria . The hierarchy of the society from which the language originates deeply influences the language, leading to a system of speech levels and honorifics indicative of the formality of any given situation. Modern Korean
7245-534: The company before BTS members announced they were taking a break on June 14, 2022. Prosecutors stated that the employees acted with prior knowledge of the announcement, enabling them to avoid losses ranging from $ 24,000 to more than $ 108,000. On October 24, 2024, Hybe came under scrutiny during a National Assembly audit when Representative Min Hyung-bae of the Korea Democratic Party questioned
7360-593: The company experiencing its best quarterly performance yet in the fourth quarter of 2020. Though concert revenue decreased in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic , merchandise, fan-club, and online-content revenue increased 53%, 71%, and 66%, respectively. In 2021, Big Hit became the first South Korean music agency to surpass the ₩1 trillion ($ 838 million) benchmark. It recorded annual revenue of ₩1.2 trillion, operating profit of ₩190.3 billion, and net income of ₩141 billion ($ 118 million). Hybe HQ
7475-507: The company was valued between ₩1.28–2.22 trillion. As of March 2020, its total value was roughly ₩6 trillion ($ 5 billion). Big Hit commenced plans to go public on May 21, and applied for a pre-IPO consultation with the Korea Exchange . This is required under South Korean law before a company can file paperwork for an IPO. One week later, the company filed for a preliminary review of their planned IPO. On October 15, Big Hit
7590-430: The company's COO, Kim Tae-ho, about controversial internal practices. Min revealed an internal Hybe document titled "Weekly Music Industry Report," reportedly spanning around 18,000 pages, which contained derogatory remarks about K-pop idols, unverified rumors, and harsh commentary, with parts of it being leaked online after the hearing. In response, Hybe CEO Lee Jae-sang issued a public apology on October 29, explaining that
7705-421: The company, paying a reported ₩201.4 billion ($ 191.8 million) for 25.71%—its CEO Bang Joon-hyuk, and Bang Si-hyuk are relatives. In October 2018, private investment firm STIC Investments received an undisclosed share of Big Hit for an investment of roughly ₩104 billion ($ 93 million). In 2007, Big Hit had four employees and was near bankruptcy, but Bang was able to keep the company afloat after
7820-427: The document was "a compilation of public opinions and reactions related to K-pop trends and issues," shared with a limited number of executives to analyze market and fan sentiment. He acknowledged that the content was highly inappropriate and unacceptable, adding that Hybe was "reaching out to each agency individually to offer our apologies directly." Lee also apologized to the artists under Hybe who had been criticized as
7935-469: The duo Homme . 8Eight disbanded later that year, after Baek Chan and Joo Hee's contracts with Big Hit ended. In May 2015, Lim parted ways with the agency, following the expiration of her three-year contract, and Signal Entertainment Group , a KOSDAQ -listed company specializing in artist management and television production, acquired Big Hit through a KR₩ 6 billion convertible bond . In early 2016, Big Hit ended their stake relationship with Signal and made
8050-642: The entry of other Hybe artists into the Japanese market. Hybe Labels Japan debuted its first boy group, &Team , in December 2022. A collaboration with Hiroomi Tosaka of J Soul Brothers , announced in 2021, resulted in the creation of the girl group Moonchild , which debuted in 2023; Hybe Labels Japan co-produces the group with LDH Japan . In November, Hybe confirmed the establishment of its Latin music division, Hybe Latin America, based in Mexico City , Los Angeles, and Miami. Concurrently, they announced
8165-399: The first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the former USSR refer to themselves as Koryo-saram or Koryo-in (literally, " Koryo/Goryeo persons"), and call the language Koryo-mal' . Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in
8280-427: The first quarter of 2021 per quarterly earning reports published on May 14. In July 2021, Yoon and Braun were appointed co-CEOs of Hybe America, and jointly managed US operations. Yoon was responsible for "the localization of Hybe's K-pop business model in the US" and "oversee[ing] the training, production and marketing process through which new talent is discovered" while Braun focused "on solidifying Hybe's presence in
8395-582: The forefront of the partnership was a joint venture between Big Hit and Geffen Records , a UMG flagship label, that will debut a global boy group through a new, Los Angeles -based label following a global audition program set to air in 2022. Big Hit would be responsible for selecting and training the artists, while UMG would be in charge of music production, global distribution, and marketing. Additionally, other UMG artists, including Yungblud , were set to join Weverse, already home to Gracie Abrams , New Hope Club , and Alexander 23. On February 25, Big Hit announced
8510-456: The fundamental disparities between the Korean and Chinese languages, and accessible only to those educated in classical Chinese. Most of the population was illiterate. In the 15th century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system , known today as Hangul , to promote literacy among the common people. Introduced in the document Hunminjeongeum , it
8625-473: The girl group Glam as a collaboration with Source Music. The group was active until 2014, when it was disbanded due to a controversy involving one of its members Kim Da-hee. Kim was sentenced to prison after being found guilty of blackmailing actor Lee Byung-hun . Following the end of the joint contract between Big Hit and JYP in April 2014, three members of 2AM returned to JYP. Lee Chang-min remained with Big Hit to continue with his solo career and as part of
8740-532: The global visual communication market. SNOW allows users to take pictures or videos (of a maximum duration of 10 seconds) and choose from 1,300 stickers and 50 filters. They can also send them as messages that destroy themselves in 48 hours. The application has over 200 million users, mainly consisting of teenagers in Asian countries. The firm is led by CEO Kim Chang-wook and its office is located in Pangyo, South Korea with approximately 200 employees. NAVER LABS Corp.
8855-479: The inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial /l/ (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either [ɾ] or [l] . All obstruents (plosives, affricates, fricatives) at the end of a word are pronounced with no audible release , [p̚, t̚, k̚] . Plosive sounds /p, t, k/ become nasals [m, n, ŋ] before nasal sounds. Hangul spelling does not reflect these assimilatory pronunciation rules, but rather maintains
8970-408: The issue between Japanese and Korean, including Alexander Vovin, have argued that the indicated similarities are not due to any genetic relationship , but rather to a sprachbund effect and heavy borrowing, especially from Ancient Korean into Western Old Japanese . A good example might be Middle Korean sàm and Japanese asá , meaning " hemp ". This word seems to be a cognate, but although it
9085-639: The language is most often called Joseon-mal , or more formally, Joseon-o . This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the Joseon dynasty until the proclamation of the Korean Empire , which in turn was annexed by the Empire of Japan . In mainland China , following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term Cháoxiǎnyǔ or
9200-659: The language is recognized as a minority language in parts of China , namely Jilin , and specifically Yanbian Prefecture , and Changbai County . It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin , the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the Koryo-saram in parts of Central Asia . The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form
9315-455: The late 1800s. In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including hanguk-eo ("Korean language"), hanguk-mal ("Korean speech") and uri-mal ("our language"); " hanguk " is taken from the name of the Korean Empire ( 대한제국 ; 大韓帝國 ; Daehan Jeguk ). The " han " ( 韓 ) in Hanguk and Daehan Jeguk is derived from Samhan , in reference to
9430-515: The local success of 8Eight 's Without a Heart in 2009. Over the years, its value rose in tandem with the increasing global popularity of its first boy group BTS. In March 2018, Big Hit's earnings were publicized for the first time. The company reported revenue of ₩92.4 billion ($ 82 million) and operating profit of ₩32.5 billion ($ 29 million) for 2017. Initial estimates valued Big Hit at up to ₩700 billion ($ 624 million) if entered into an IPO that very month, making CEO Bang
9545-622: The majority stakes of SM Entertainment, said that the bidding war with Kakao could "damage shareholder value." On March 24, Hybe announced that it will sell its entire stake in SM Entertainment to Kakao by accepting its tender offer launched by Kakao. However, on March 28, Hybe instead sold half of its stakes in SM to Kakao, leaving it only for 8.81%. On May 23, Hybe signed a music distribution deal with Chinese streaming platform, Tencent Music . On August 10, Hybe announced its acquisition of
9660-549: The most languages among Korean dictionaries. Handwriting recognition is supported in Japanese and Chinese characters. Naver is also investing 10 billion won for the development of language dictionaries for five years beginning from 2016. Naver Encyclopedia functions consist of a professional database with over 3 million entries from many different encyclopedias. V Live was a global live streaming platform with videos and contents ranging from concert broadcasts to V originals (for example, real-time private shows for celebrities). There
9775-466: The name change of its service from Exile Podcasts to Ajá Podcats. On April 22, 2024, Hybe requested for Min Hee-jin , the CEO of their sub-label ADOR, to step down from her position following an audit of the label amidst accusations of Min attempting to make ADOR independent. Min released a statement dismissing those claims and also accused Hybe of overlooking the similarities between NewJeans and Illit ,
9890-610: The new standard in the K-pop industry; it includes a wide usage of social media to capture people's interest and transform it into sales, the creation of artist-related multimedia content, and the full use of fandom energy. Financials published in March 2019 for 2018, showed a 132% increase in sales compared to 2017, with Big Hit making approximately ₩214.2 billion ($ 189.38 million). Operating profit rose 97% to ₩64.1 billion ($ 56.72 million), while net profit rose 105% to ₩50.2 billion ($ 44.41 million). By June 2019,
10005-438: The past because the company failed to address her concerns over their treatment of NewJeans and her as a producer, however, this was ignored by the management. Issues regarding Hybe's leadership also came to light as Min accused Bang of trying to control all of Hybe's sub-labels and removing their uniqueness. Min also stated that she's willing to talk to either Bang or Park but they never agreed. Hybe requested for ADOR to organize
10120-448: The police for "breach of trust" on April 24 following evidence retrieved from the audit that she is attempting to gain management of the label. Hybe later released text messages between Min and ADOR's vice CEO listing a series of methods to take control of the label. Hybe has also stated that they plan to meet with the legal representatives of NewJeans' members to discuss providing them with psychological and emotional care to support them for
10235-546: The process of being made." Well-known works include The Sound of Your Heart , which was developed into a web series of the same name , Noblesse , and Tower of God . Fashion King and Cheese in the Trap were also each adapted into a film and television series respectively. In 2017, Naver split off its webtoon business into the subsidiary Naver Webtoon, which is also known by its alternative name Line Webtoon in foreign markets. In addition, Naver Webtoon also manages
10350-638: The proto-Koreans, already present in northern Korea, expanded into the southern part of the Korean Peninsula at around 300 BC and coexisted with the descendants of the Japonic Mumun cultivators (or assimilated them). Both had influence on each other and a later founder effect diminished the internal variety of both language families. Since the establishment of two independent governments, North–South differences have developed in standard Korean, including variations in pronunciation and vocabulary chosen. However, these minor differences can be found in any of
10465-484: The remaining 51.5% stake from CJ ENM in Belift Lab, making it as a wholly-owned subsidiary. In November, Hybe confirmed the establishment of its Latin music division, Hybe Latin America, based in Mexico City , Los Angeles, and Miami. On August 27, 2024, Min was dismissed as the CEO of ADOR, although she still retains her position in the company's board of directors and would continue producing for NewJeans. One of
10580-470: The richest in the South Korean entertainment business due to his large shareholding position, and leaving him with personal ownership value of roughly ₩350 billion ($ 314 million). By October 2018, the company was valued at more than ₩1 trillion. Big Hit's success has been attributed to its innovative management style, more like an IT company than an entertainment company, which has become
10695-502: The same year, the company moved into its new headquarters now known as the Green Factory . In June 2011, NHN Japan launched Line , a messaging application that quickly soared in usage. In the same year, NHN Japan, Naver Japan and Livedoor were all merged into one company: NHN Japan. In August, NHN also established its Singapore branch NHN Singapore. In 2013, NHN launched its subsidiary companies Camp Mobile and Line Plus. NHN
10810-509: The service was released globally, with 65 million users per month, 18 million among them being foreign users. Line Webtoon showcases approximately 870 works in seven languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese Indonesian, Thai, Spanish and French. Various movies , Korean dramas , animated series , and video games have been produced based on Naver webtoons. According to JunKoo Kim in 2014, "a total of 189 books, videos and games based on [Naver] webtoons ha[d] either been produced or [were] in
10925-669: The short form Cháoyǔ has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and Yanbian , whereas Hánguóyǔ or the short form Hányǔ is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea. Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language . Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its prior support. The Khitan language has several vocabulary items similar to Korean that are not found in other Mongolian or Tungusic languages, suggesting
11040-517: The store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF Naver Corporation The Naver Corporation ( Korean : 네이버 주식회사 ) is a South Korean internet conglomerate headquartered in Seongnam that operates the search engine Naver . Naver established itself as an early pioneer in the use of user-generated content through the creation of the online Q&A platform Knowledge iN . On August 1, 2013, Naver decided to split with Hangame,
11155-523: The subsidiary. In return, it transferred its V Live video streaming service to the latter for the development of a new integrated fan community platform. BeNX was eventually renamed Weverse Company Inc. as a result of the deal with Naver. The merger was approved by the KFTC in May. On February 17, Big Hit and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a strategic partnership between the two companies to collaborate on various music and technology-related endeavors. At
11270-441: The tense fricative and all the affricates as well. At the end of a syllable, /s/ changes to /t/ (example: beoseot ( 버섯 ) 'mushroom'). /h/ may become a bilabial [ɸ] before [o] or [u] , a palatal [ç] before [j] or [i] , a velar [x] before [ɯ] , a voiced [ɦ] between voiced sounds, and a [h] elsewhere. /p, t, t͡ɕ, k/ become voiced [b, d, d͡ʑ, ɡ] between voiced sounds. /m, n/ frequently denasalize at
11385-465: The third largest web-novel platform in Korea. In October 2022, Naver agreed to buy social commerce marketplace Poshmark for a total enterprise value of US$ 1.2 billion, which finalized in January 2023. Based on the influence of its core search engine service, Naver has also developed new business models in online advertisement, content, and deep-tech through research and development. Naver
11500-529: The two businesses and creating further platforms, the merged company aims to compete with the U.S. tech giants Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple and the Chinese tech giants Baidu , Alibaba , and Tencent , as well as the Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten . The merger also gives Z Holdings three additional Asian markets where Line is popular: Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. In May 2021, Naver partnered with CJ Group’s CJ ENM to acquire Munpia Inc,
11615-464: The underlying, partly historical morphology . Given this, it is sometimes hard to tell which actual phonemes are present in a certain word. The traditional prohibition of word-initial /ɾ/ became a morphological rule called "initial law" ( 두음법칙 ) in the pronunciation standards of South Korea, which pertains to Sino-Korean vocabulary. Such words retain their word-initial /ɾ/ in the pronunciation standards of North Korea. For example, ^NOTE ㅏ
11730-477: The user base, and currently supports 10 languages in over 168 countries. Band Game was also released in May 2014 to provide a competitive platform for both users and game companies. According to a survey conducted by the app data analysis firm Wiseapp in September 2017, Naver BAND is the second most-used social media service app for South Korean users, after Facebook. Its total usage time was 29 million hours, which
11845-464: Was a 32 percent increase from the previous year. Naver Café came in third place, outperforming Instagram, Daum Café, Twitter, and Kakao Story. Grafolio is a creative community space where artists can share their artworks. Me2day was a microblog platform that allowed users to share messages of 150 characters in length. However, it shut down in June 2014, due to poor performance against global competitors such as Twitter and Facebook . CAMP Mobile
11960-407: Was accepted. If Hybe were to violate this and fire her, they would have to pay a compensation of ₩ 20 billion ( US$ 17.48 million). On November 20, 2024, Min resigned from all her positions (including the board internal director) at both Ador and Hybe. In June 2024, South Korean prosecutors charged three employees of Hybe subsidiaries with insider trading . They were accused of selling shares in
12075-434: Was also a subtitle service called V FANSUB which allows users to insert their own foreign-language subtitles to the videos. The subtitle feature had attracted a large number of foreign viewers, as K-pop is gaining popularity in other countries. V Live had 35 million total downloads and 19 million monthly users. According to Alexa , as of May 2018 it is one of the 1000 most visited webpages globally. On January 27, 2021, it
12190-515: Was announced that Camp Mobile would be merged back into Naver Corporation in February 2018. SNOW Corporation develops a photo and video application called SNOW, which is considered somewhat similar to Snapchat , since both apps suggest video as an alternative communication tool rather than text. SNOW first began in September 2015 as a guerrilla project in CAMP Mobile, but has spun off into its own company as of 2016 in order to give more focus to
12305-468: Was announced that they would invest ₩354.8 billion ($ 321 million) in Hybe's technology subsidiary, Weverse Company Inc., acquiring 49% of the company. In return, the corporation would transfer its V Live streaming service to Weverse Company on March 2, 2022. It was shut down after merging with Weverse on December 31, 2022. In July 2017, Naver launched Papago, which is an AI-based mobile translator that uses
12420-533: Was called eonmun ('colloquial script') and quickly spread nationwide to increase literacy in Korea. The Korean alphabet was denounced by the yangban aristocracy, who looked down upon it too easy to learn. However, it gained widespread use among the common class and was widely used to print popular novels which were enjoyed by the common class. Since few people could understand official documents written in classical Chinese, Korean kings sometimes released public notices entirely written in Hangul as early as
12535-500: Was established in March 2013 and focuses on developing mobile services. While it originally began as a small venture project, Camp Mobile launched over 10 different apps in areas such as utilities, social networking, and e-commerce within four months of its establishment. In 2012, the company launched its first app, Band, a social network application. In 2015, the company also presented Watchmaster, an app that allows users to select their own smart watch home screen. In November 2017, it
12650-429: Was founded on February 1, 2005, and signed the vocal trio 8Eight in 2007. In 2010, the company signed a contract with JYP Entertainment to jointly manage the boy group 2AM . That year, Bang Si-hyuk signed RM as the first member of BTS and launched nationwide auditions to recruit other members for the group. BTS made their debut under Big Hit on June 13, 2013. In 2012, the company signed Lim Jeong-hee , and formed
12765-414: Was listed in the KOSPI index and began trading stocks. Per the company's 2020 annual report, its first since going public, Big Hit recorded net income of ₩86.2 billion ($ 77.6 million), a 19.1% increase compared to 2019's ₩72.4 billion. Operating profit rose 44.3% to ₩142.4 billion, while sales increased 35.6% to ₩796.3 billion—bolstered in part by album revenue and various acquisitions—with
12880-642: Was registered on the KOSDAQ stock exchange, and launched the online Q&A service Naver Knowledge iN. In 2003, NHN merged all Japanese subsidiaries into NHN Japan. In 2005, Naver began the online donation service: Happy Bean. It also established its US branch under the name NHN USA. In 2007, it launched Naver Japan in order to pursue its search engine business in Japan. Meanwhile, NHN USA officially opened its American game service, ijji . However, it later sold away its 100% stake to Aeria Games . In 2008, NHN appeared on
12995-513: Was replaced by Park Ji-won but retained his position as chairman of the board of directors. In November, Hybe entered into an equity-based partnership with Korean fintech company Dunamu to develop a joint venture NFT business for the creation of digital assets. It acquired a 2.6% stake in the company for ₩500 billion ($ 423.8 million), while Dunamu received a 5.6% stake in Hybe for ₩700 billion ($ 590 million). On November 11, Hybe won
13110-539: Was split into Naver Corporation and NHN Entertainment , the latter being formerly known as Hangame. Similarly, NHN Japan separated into Line Corporation (web services) and Hangame Japan (game services). In June, Naver became the first web company in Korea to build and operate its own data center, Data Center GAK, which was built in Chuncheon , Gangwon Province. In 2015, Naver launched Works Mobile for B2B collaboration businesses and merged with Entry Education Labs, which
13225-483: Was the first Korean web provider to develop its own search engine. It was also the first operator to introduce the comprehensive search service (which refers to optimized search results from various categories such as news, maps, images and so on, presented on a single page). The search engine has since grown to offer a variety of related services including e-mail, mapping, e-commerce, social media, wireless payments, and online streaming. Junior Naver, also known as Juniver,
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