CJ America News

Korea’s most prestigious golf tournament will be held at The Summit Club in Summerlin, Nevada, Oct. 14-17, 2021. It’s the second-consecutive year that THE CJ CUP will be held in the United States rather than South Korea as a result of COVID-19 safety considerations. Last year’s event was held at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The WarnerMedia-owned cable outlet has picked up a fourth season of the drama starring Daveed Diggs, Jennifer Connelly, Alison Wright and Sean Bean. Snowpiercer is based on Bong Joon Ho’s 2013 film of the same name (which itself is based on a French graphic novel) about the last survivors of humanity circling a frozen planet on a perpetually moving train. Tomorrow Studios produces the series along with CJ Entertainment.

A new initiative from the Korea Tourism Organization (LA), together with KCON, searches for everyday heroes over the last pandemic-ridden year, launching a call to #DiscoverMyHero and #DiscoverKorea. For the next weeks, the Korea Tourism Organization (LA) and KCON are looking for people across the United States to nominate or tag their personal hero who helped them get through the pandemic as a part of the #DiscoverMyHero and #DiscoverKorea campaign.

The CJ Group plans to reenter the biopharmaceutical business by acquiring Chunlab three years after selling CJ Healthcare to Kolmar Korea. Chunlab, a company established in 2009 by Professor Chun Jong-sik of Seoul National University, specializes in the research and development of microbiome, a combination of microbe and biome referring to the trillions of microorganisms and their genes in the human body.

Samsung Electronics announced a new partnership with CJ ENM to build a virtual production studio to spearhead the production of future video content. Combining its cutting-edge Micro LED technology with CJ ENM’s globally recognized content production of television series and films, Samsung is taking the next step in a new initiative to innovate in the rapidly expanding virtual production market.

Users of Zepeto, a metaverse platform operated by South Korea’s web service company Naver, will be able to adorn their online avatars with apparel and accessories from “Hotel Del Luna”. Studio Dragon said in a statement on July 23 that some 35 metaverse items will be released through Zepeto to help users recreate famous scenes from the popular fantasy drama. Along with fashionable items, popular spots from Hotel Del Luna will be created.

South Korea’s food service company CJ Foodville Co. returned to profit after seven years of making losses thanks to its aggressive push for new businesses such as food delivery and restaurant meal replacement (RMR) products.

Studio Dragon, a South Korean drama studio, began hosting an exhibition on Korean dramas in Tokyo on July 10, attracting an endless stream of local visitors. The exhibition, held jointly with Japan’s TV Asahi, consists of three halls dedicated to popular Korean series including “What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim?”, “Start-Up”, and “Vincenzo”.

On July 15, Studio Dragon, the drama production company behind ‘Vincenzo’ announced that they would be launching ‘Digital Goods’ based on NFT (Non-Fungible Token). The first item that they will be producing is the Cassano-patterned lighter NFT, which became a fan favourite when the drama aired!

CJ CheilJedang’s Bibigo has been the leader in the dumpling section at Costco since 2016. Bibigo dumplings are available in around 70 countries, including China, Germany and Vietnam. In 2020, 1 trillion-won ($890 million) worth of the product was sold globally.