CJ America News

CJ ENM is aiming to be a global “total entertainment” company by investing 5 trillion won in content production over the next five years. CJ ENM announced plans to establish world-class intellectual property (IP) production systems and infrastructure and invest in content. CJ ENM will pour 800 billion won in content production this year.

CJ Logistics is teaming up with SK Energy to use its gas stations as local fulfillment centers. CJ Logistics said use of the gas stations will allow it to make deliveries of online purchases in a couple of hours. CJ Logistics said charging stations for electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles are also planned for the gas stations.

Global streaming giant Netflix has teamed with South Korea’s largest cinema chain CJ CGV to give theatrical releases to seven Netflix Original movies. The Korean-language titles will be given a limited 13-day run (Sept. 1-12, 2021) in 80 CGV multiplexes.

Bibigo® is proudly introducing GOTCHU, an authentic Korean hot sauce, to its portfolio. Made with Gochujang – a Korean hot pepper paste, carefully fermented for a complex heat and unique flavor – GOTCHU creates a slow, balanced heat for a new depth of flavor to favorite foods.

CJ Entertainment has revealed two new official trailers for the Thai romantic comedy called Love Battle, from a filmmaker named Wirat Hengkongdee making his second feature film. This already opened in Thailand in 2019, and is finally coming to the US soon. Tan is an insurance actuary who has calculated the survival probability of romantic relationships.

The fifth season of the online event titled “KCON:TACT” will be streamed from Sept. 18-26 on the YouTube channels of KCON and Mnet K-pop for global fans and the local over-the-top service Tving for domestic fans. According to CJ ENM, the upcoming show will open with a ceremony using augmented reality technology and offer better real-time communication between artists and fans.

Lynda Obst, an American feature film producer and author known for “Interstellar,” a 2014 science-fiction drama, will join a project launched by CJ ENM, the South Korean entertainment group that produced the Oscar-winning 2020 film “Parasite,” to make a new movie based on K-pop targeting the global market.

CJ Olive Young has opened a brand store in Lazada, one of the leading e-commerce platforms in Southeast Asia to expand influence among young Southeast Asian consumers in their and 20s and 30s.

South Korea’s CJ Logistics Corp. is to unveil a new global e-fulfillment center to offer one-stop export solutions to help local mid-sized firms venture into the global market.

The Honor Flight sends veterans to Washington, D.C. to view their war memorials. CJ Bio America showed its support for the cause by donating $30,000 to the Honor Flight program. CJ Bio America is also funding a Korean War monument that will be placed at Veterans Memorial Park.