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Following the music industrys intensified crackdown on ticket scalping, fans are encountering unforeseen hurdles, triggering debates over the necessity for a more fan-centric approach.

South Korea is ideal country for ticket scalping, says Record Label Industry Association of Korea Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

SEOUL (ANN/THE KOREA HERALD) – South Korea’s legal framework struggles to effectively enforce ticket scalping regulations, as highlighted by Chairman Yoon Dong-hwan of the Record Label Industry Association of Korea.  His comments come in response to the association’s latest report examining ticket scalping laws in seven foreign countries, including Japan, China, Taiwan, the US, Canada, […]

South Korean laws have limited scope in enforcing ticket scalping regulations, according to the Record Label Industry Association of Korea's Chairman Yoon Dong-hwan, who spoke in response to the association's recent report on ticket scalping laws in several foreign countries. The report, published Tuesday, compares the ticket scalping policies and laws of seven countries -- Japan, China, Taiwan, the US, Can...

(ANN/KOREA HERALD) – Amid the persistent issue of ticket scalping plaguing South Korea’s music scene, artists are implementing innovative measures to protect fans from exorbitant prices. Singer Jang Beom-jun announced the adoption of blockchain technology for ticket sales at his upcoming concert, selling tickets as non-fungible tokens to deter resale. This move comes after Jang’s […]

With ticket scalping plaguing the local music scene, South Korean singers are adopting various methods to prevent fans from having to pay extortionate sums for concert tickets Singer Jang Beom-jun recently announced that the ticket sales for his concert next month will be using the blockchain system, with the tickets being sold as non-fungible tokens that cannot be sold to anyone but the initial buyer. Jang had sold ...

SEOUL (ANN/THE KOREA HERALD) – Illegal ticket sales are rampant in South Korea, spanning music, performing arts, and even reservations for hotels, restaurants, and popular services nationwide.  On Joonggonara, a second-hand sales website, a post advertised a meal reservation for two at a high-end sushi restaurant in Gangnam’s Cheongdam-dong for KRW540,000 (USD410) — KRW100,000 above […]

South Korea is being plagued by illegal ticket sales ranging from music and other forms of performing arts to reservations for hotels, restaurants and popular services all throughout the country. An online post on Joonggonara, a website for secondhand sales, offered a reservation for a meal for two at a high-end sushi restaurant in Gangnam's Cheongdam-dong, an affluent region in southern Seoul, for 540,000 won (...

The Recording Label Industry Association of Korea has taken steps to address the issue of ticket scalping by pursuing a revision of the curr…