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Korea Herald
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
LG Uplus' KidsTopia Combines AI Edutainment with Ecology and K-POP Content for a New Customer Experience
SEOUL, South Korea, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Uplus ( is leading the way in providing unique customer experiences by updating the experience center of its digital kids theme park, 'KidsTopia'. This platform allows children to explore and learn about foreign languages, animals, dinosaurs, and space through interactions with AI characters in a 3D virtual space. The number of users from Southeast Asia, including Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand, is growing, with over 1.6 million cumulative subscribers. Southeast Asian users make up 60% of the monthly user base. Virtual Tidal Flat Experience: Recognized for its unique ecological value and listed as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site, the tidal flat has been recreated as a virtual space. Children can take pictures of about 120 different species or dig them up from the tidal flat to complete a guidebook. Detailed information about each species and quizzes are also available. This includes rare creatures like the 'swimming crab', 'nerite snail', and 'mudskipper', which are expected to be popular with overseas users. K-POP Virtual Experience Center: The 'ifeye' virtual experience center allows users to immerse themselves in K-POP. At the entrance, KASIA, a member of the girl group 'ifeye', introduces the group. Inside, users can watch videos and pictorials, enjoy virtual performances of each member's character, and follow the choreography with their own character. The 'ifeye' is a six-member girl group that debuted on the 8th of this month, and their debut song "NERDY" reached 10 million views in just 11 days. KidsTopia's virtual experiences stand out from traditional one-way content like videos by allowing users to engage with the content interactively and earn rewards through a mission-reward structure. KidsTopia has been recognized for its service stability and suitability for children, winning the 'Minister of Science and ICT Award' at the '2024 Metaverse Alliance and Self-Regulation Achievement Sharing Conference' in Korea and the 'Gold Medal' in the application category at the '2024 Mom's Choice Awards', a global certification program for child suitability. Kim Min-gu, PM of LG Uplus' KidsTopia TF, said, "KidsTopia's experiential content effectively connects learning experiences to the global alpha generation, providing fun and immersive learning opportunities. We look forward to future collaborations with various companies that have experiential content and brands targeting the global alpha generation."
Time of India
21-04-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Hyundai Motor makes first-ever delivery of electric buses in Japan
Hyundai Motor said on Monday it has delivered five electric buses to the transportation unit of Japan's Iwasaki Group , marking its first commercial electric bus delivery in the neighbouring country. The South Korean automaker held a delivery ceremony for the Elec City Town buses with Iwasaki Group in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture. The units were delivered to Tanegashima-Yakushima Kotsu Co. under the Japanese group, reports Yonhap news agency. The ceremony was attended by around 80 participants, including Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chairman Chang Jae-hoon, Toshiyuki Shimegi, head of Hyundai Mobility Japan Co., and Iwasaki Group President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Yoshitaro Iwasaki. Chang highlighted the significance of Yakushima's environment for testing sustainable mobility solutions . "Yakushima is the kind of special environment where the value of mobility solutions truly shines," he said. "We hope to present a model of coexistence between environment, technology and the local community." Iwasaki expressed hope that the new electric buses would provide a new standard for the region's transport system. "We want to make the Elec City Town the new standard for local transportation and achieve a balance between environmental preservation and revitalization of the local economy," he said. Hyundai Motor signed a letter of intent with Iwasaki Group in July last year for the supply of the five medium-sized, low-floor Elec City Town electric buses. Powered by a 145 kilowatt-hour battery (kWh) and a high-efficiency motor, the vehicles are suited to operate in the ecologically sensitive Yakushima region, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site known for its ancient cedar forests and diverse plant ecosystems, according to Hyundai Motor. Kagoshima Prefecture has set a goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and plans to transform Yakushima into a zero-emission island by transitioning vehicles on the island to electric or other carbon-free cars. On the previous day, Hyundai Motor signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with the local government to promote the use of EVs on the island. The agreement includes utilizing the vehicle-to-home function of the Elec City Town to supply power to evacuation centres and medical facilities during natural disaster emergencies.
