Ahead Korea CEO Chan Lim, the presenter of the ‘1st The Awards’
Photo courtesy | U-Pick
Ahead Korea’s CEO Lim Chan attended the 1st ‘D Awards’ held at Korea University‘s Hwajeong Gymnasium in Anam-dong, Seoul on the 22nd as a presenter for the FanPick voting category, which is the flower and popularity award.
Ahead Korea’s ‘UPICK’ followed up its start by participating as the host of the ‘2024 K World Dream Awards’ last year and the ‘1st D Awards’ hosted by Sports Donga.
The ‘1st D Awards’ this year, the awards ceremony showcased competitiveness that sets it apart from existing award ceremonies based on the know-how accumulated over decades by experts in each field, including Sports Donga. In particular, U-Pick once again proved its status as a platform leading K-pop fandom culture.
CEO Lim Chan said on stage as an award presenter, “Seeing fans who love K-pop and K-content through our U-Pick platform, it often makes me feel proud that Korean culture has now become a leader in creating trends,” and foreshadowed growth through various contents for global K-pop fans and continuous communication with the global fandom.
CEO Lim of Ahead Korea served as the head of the performance planning and new artist development team at YG Entertainment and played a pivotal role in the birth of global K-pop idols such as Big Bang, Blackpink, Winner, and iKon. Furthermore, with over 20 years of entertainment operation experience, the industry‘s expectations are focused on the steps that will lead the rapid growth of the K-pop industry in the future.
Ahead Korea, a global entertainment content company established in 2021, is attracting attention by showing rapid growth every year.
In particular, through the global fandom platform UPICK, it provides diverse content for K-pop idol and actor fans around the world, and achieved the feat of exceeding 11 million users this year, and is establishing itself as a leading company in the global K-pop industry based on this.
Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com
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