K-Contents Create New High Value-Added by Blockchain Registration

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The era is opening when historical relics and cultural contents are newly recognized through digital technology.

The Korean Wave content of the global craze is no exception.
Attention is focusing on whether the registration of the
blockchain registry office will be the key to raising the value of the Korean Wave to the next level.

Reporter Kim Bum-hwan reports.

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It is the world's first work that depicts the baptism of Jesus in coins, not paintings or murals.

[Cho Young-kwan / Director of the Korea Institute of Records and Certification: This currency was created in 1626 and is a rare work that was recognized as the best product by the world-renowned appraisal agency NGC]

Jesus Christendom coins meet with digital technology, are certified, and are safely valued as non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Director Lee Chang-yeol's new film, which won 53 awards at international film festivals, is set to be released in conjunction with NFTs.

Not only limited-edition goods or performances by famous K-pop groups, but you can also post your own precious content with special meaning to the blockchain registry office.

[Kang Kwang-min / K-Fandom Chairman: This change will be a new leap forward for the Korean Wave. The combination of technology and culture, I'm sure that will be the future of K-content.]

As the Korean Wave swept the world, a public debate was held to build a trust process for K-content copyrights.

Experts and others suggested ways to develop the Korean cultural industry through the creation of new values of K-content and held heated discussions.

[Kim Seung-il / Director of the Korea Data Certification Institute: By registering and digitizing analog items and storing them in blockchain nodes, we are proceeding to protect copyrights even though they have become globalized by ensuring that the ownership and copyright of the blockchain are not compromised or falsified]

The Korea Data Certification Institute, which is patented as the world's first blockchain registry office, is expected to contribute to safe transactions and property rights by managing content information without time and space constraints.

I'm Kim Bum Hwan of YTN.