KOTRA 'K-Service Online Export Fair'... Theme is Digital Transformation of Service Industry

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyewon] KOTRA announced on the 31st that it will hold the '2021 K-Service Online Export Fair' for two weeks from November 1 to 15.

This event will be held in the form of a conference and business consultation under the theme of 'Digital Transformation of the Service Industry.' At the conference held on the opening day, experts will be invited to analyze the global digital transformation trends in the service industry and review success cases of innovative idea companies that have built new service business models through digital transformation.

During the two-week online business consultation, 197 Korean companies in promising service sectors such as edutech related to the digitalization of educational services, and content utilizing digital technologies like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and artificial intelligence (AI) will participate. These companies will conduct one-on-one consultations with about 150 promising demand companies participating from Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

In particular, Yamashita, CEO of AMUTUS, which operates 'MechaComic,' Japan's largest webtoon platform with over 20 million monthly users, said, "We have been serializing Korean webtoon works on MechaComic for the past two years and have received favorable reviews from users," adding, "We hope to discover high-quality Korean content through this consultation."

Yoo Jung-yeol, President of KOTRA, said, "Through digital transformation, our service companies will be able to overcome the COVID-19 crisis and turn it into an opportunity," and added, "We will support the creation of new markets overseas with the excellent technology and creative ideas of K-Services."

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