Well, it’s barely morning anymore — thanks in part to the always-fun combination of an Internet problem and support staff who have no idea how Apple hardware works. Nice guys, but a depressing problem to have in 2013. Anyhow…

  • Japan’s Rakuten is buying Singapore’s Viki for $200 million (AllThingsD). Viki being an online video service (like Hulu) that started off featuring Korean TV dramas. Meng over at the Joyful Frog Digital Incubator has a great essay on what the buy means for Singapore — required reading for anyone in Korea working on Park Geun-hye’s “creative economy” ideas.
  • Coincidentally (or perhaps, “ironically,” depending on your point of view), police in Korea announced yesterday they had busted up a major TV piracy group that had made nearly $9 million since 2006, mostly selling TV dramas they did not own to overseas Koreans. (Korea JoongAng Daily)
  • Good look at Park Chan-kyung (Park Chan-wook’s brother) and his MANSHIN project, a documentary about shaman Kim Keum-hwa. (Korea JoongAng Daily)
  • An exhibition of works by 84-year-old Kim Tschang-yeul is going on at Gallery Hyundai (by Gyeongbok Palace) until Sept. 25 (Korea JoongAng Daily)