Korea has been ranked as the 4th largest mobile app market in the world by Statista, and this rapidly expanding market in East Asia has garnered significant attention from global giants like Google, Amazon, Uber, and Spotify. Despite the success of these giants in many other countries around the world…

The Origin of Otaku and Changes in Social Awareness Otaku is a Japanese term that originated from the word otaku(オタク), and it first became widely known in Japan in the 1980s. In particular, it is said that it originated from ‘Otakuwa(おたくは？)’, which was used by Japanese animation fans to call each other. Both Korea and Japan have escaped from…