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Douglas Kim

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In this insight, we provide 8 examples of how metaverse is revolutionizing numerous businesses in Korea. We also provide a list of Korean companies that are actively trying to expand their metaverse businesses. Because metaverse is in the initial stages of growth for many of these businesses, their contributions to their companies' sales and profits may not be meaningful right now. However, they are experiencing a significant popularity. Metaverse is certainly one of the key industry trends that is likely to have a multi-years impact on the companies mentioned in this insight.
The term "metaverse" was first coined by the writer Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science fiction novel <a href="https://digiday.com/marketing/wtf-is-the-metaverse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Snow Crash </a>where metaverse refers to a popular virtual world where the main characters are equipped with augmented technologies. 
Metaverse refers to a computerized domain where the users can share their virtual encounters. Still in the beginning phases of advancement, metaverse has become more important in key industries industries including technology, media, and telecom. In addition, metaverse is also impacting other major industries such as retail, gaming, and fashion. 
Metaverse will empower its users to be more engaged in online shopping, web-based media, entertainment, and share virtual encounters. Metaverse is often considered as a "coming together" of numerous technologies including augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), 5G, smartphones, and distributed computing. Up until recently, the gaming industry has been driving the demand for metaverse. However, greater improvements in technologies have allowed metaverse to flourish in other industries as well. 
South Korea is one of the key countries driving the metaverse industry globally. This is one of the leaders in this area and there will be numerous, interesting opportunities involving metaverse in Korea. 
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In this insight, we provide 8 examples of how metaverse is revolutionizing numerous businesses in Korea. We also provide a list of Korean companies that are actively trying to expand their metaverse businesses. Because metaverse is in the initial stages of growth for many of these businesses, their contributions to their companies' sales and profits may not be meaningful right now. However, they are experiencing a significant popularity. Metaverse is certainly one of the key industry trends that is likely to have a multi-years impact on the companies mentioned in this insight.
The term "metaverse" was first coined by the writer Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash where metaverse refers to a popular virtual world where the main characters are equipped with augmented technologies. 
Metaverse refers to a computerized domain where the users can share their virtual encounters. Still in the beginning phases of advancement, metaverse has become more important in key industries industries including technology, media, and telecom. In addition, metaverse is also impacting other major industries such as retail, gaming, and fashion. 
Metaverse will empower its users to be more engaged in online shopping, web-based media, entertainment, and share virtual encounters. Metaverse is often considered as a "coming together" of numerous technologies including augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), 5G, smartphones, and distributed computing. Up until recently, the gaming industry has been driving the demand for metaverse. However, greater improvements in technologies have allowed metaverse to flourish in other industries as well. 
South Korea is one of the key countries driving the metaverse industry globally. This is one of the leaders in this area and there will be numerous, interesting opportunities involving metaverse in Korea. 


How Is Metaverse Revolutionizing Businesses in Korea? Virtual Humans Rozy & Lucy Are Just a Start

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<ul class=""><li>In this report, we provide a new trend in the children's education that has been developing in Korea which is likely to evolve into a huge consumer demand. </li><li>This trend is the surging demand for coding education. </li><li>There has been a huge interest in a curriculum based coding education program for children, especially in the elementary, junior high, and high schools in Korea. This has been driven by both the government and private initiatives. There has been a surging growth of interests among Korean parents, especially in the past two years, of the need to teach their children coding at an early age, since learning coding could help these students to get better jobs in the future when they become adults in the world driven by AI and 4th Industrial Generation Industries. </li><li>Coding software education in public schools in Korea has become mandatory in the middle schools starting 2018 and will become mandatory in the high schools and elementary schools (5th &amp; 6th grades) starting 2019.</li><li>A company called <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/26183" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26183:1">CMS Edu Co Ltd (225330 KS)</a> (market cap of 174 billion won) is a leader in coding education for children in Korea. We are including CMS Edu in our model portfolio of top stocks. </li></ul>

In this report, we provide a new trend in the children's education that has been developing in Korea which is likely to evolve into a huge consumer demand. This trend is the surging demand for coding education. There has been a huge interest in a curriculum based coding education program for children, especially in the elementary, junior high, and high schools in Korea. This has been driven by both the government and private initiatives. There has been a surging growth of interests among Korean parents, especially in the past two years, of the need to teach their children coding at an early age, since learning coding could help these students to get better jobs in the future when they become adults in the world driven by AI and 4th Industrial Generation Industries. Coding software education in public schools in Korea has become mandatory in the middle schools starting 2018 and will become mandatory in the high schools and elementary schools (5th &amp; 6th grades) starting 2019.A company called CMS Edu Co Ltd (225330 KS) (market cap of 174 billion won) is a leader in coding education for children in Korea. We are including CMS Edu in our model portfolio of top stocks. 

CMS EDU: A Major Beneficiary of the Surging Demand for Coding Education in Korea

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Chungdahm Learning Inc. operates foreign language schools through off-line and on-line.  The Company provides online one-to-one tutoring for educational institutions and students.

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How Is Metaverse Revolutionizing Businesses in Korea? Virtual Humans Rozy & Lucy Are Just a Start

In this insight, we provide 8 examples of how metaverse is revolutionizing businesses in Korea. We also provide a list of Korean companies that are...

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CMS EDU: A Major Beneficiary of the Surging Demand for Coding Education in Korea

In this report, we provide a new trend in the children's education that has been developing in Korea which is likely to evolve into a huge...

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