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KORA

COMPANY

What KORA does

We take what is compelling about Korean brands, places and people, and put it in front of audiences abroad. Working from a network of Korean and foreign creators, one team handles content planning and production, creator campaigns, channel operation, brand events and design.

Brand
KORA
Legal entity
Satoshi Labs Co., Ltd. (주식회사 사토시랩)
Address
547 Yangcheon-ro, Gangseo-gu, Seoul
Services
Creator marketing · Talent casting · Content production · Distribution · Brand events · Design
Creator network
300+ Korean · 100+ foreign
Track record
Around 200 brands across fashion, beauty, F&B, cosmetics and clinics
Partnership
Official content partner, Hotels.com (Expedia Group)

KOREA + AURA

Taking what Korea does well to the world.

Taking what is compelling about Korean brands, places, people and culture, and putting it in a form audiences abroad understand. The name says what the work is.

  • Brand

    We get Korean products and services chosen in markets abroad.

  • Places

    We make cities, regions, hotels and destinations somewhere people want to go.

  • People

    We tell Korea's stories through creators and talent.

LEADERSHIP

Domestic execution and a global network, in the same room

Daniel Choi (최명훈) — Chief Executive Officer

Daniel Choi

최명훈

Chief Executive Officer

Eight years in community seeding and content marketing. After Robert Bosch Korea and GS Retail, he has run campaigns for around 200 businesses directly, concentrated in healthcare and fashion.

He does not stop at strategy. Publishing, traffic and enquiries are all part of what he owns.

Career
Robert Bosch Korea · GS Retail
Specialism
Community seeding · Content marketing · Performance
Remit
Domestic execution, production, distribution and operations
Joel Roberts (조엘 로버츠) — Global Partnerships · Head of MCN

Joel Roberts

조엘 로버츠

Global Partnerships · Head of MCN

An American media professional who has worked in Seoul for ten years. As an actor and presenter he has worked across broadcast, advertising and fashion, and he is listed in Naver's public figure database.

He works in Korean, and has been through the practical constraints foreign creators face here himself.

Fields
Broadcast · Advertising · Fashion · Entertainment
Remit
Global creator network · Overseas partnerships · International business development
  • Listed in Naver public figure database (actor)
  • Drama, variety and advertising appearances
  • Broadcast, cable and press interviews
  • Fashion week, brand campaigns and corporate event hosting
  • Took part in the bid for the 2024 World Table Tennis Championships in Busan

One of them knows how the Korean market executes, the other knows how audiences abroad consume, and they run the same projects together. That is why both perspectives are in a campaign from the planning stage.

IN KOREAN MEDIA

We have been on the other side of the camera

The person who manages our foreign creators has worked in Korean broadcast, advertising and fashion for ten years, and is listed in Naver's public figure database. Every constraint a foreign creator runs into here, he has run into first.

  • Naver public figure profile
    Naver public figure profile
  • Television
    Television
  • Press
    Press
  • tvN, 2018
    tvN, 2018
  • Korean delegation
    Korean delegation
  • International congress
    International congress

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Five ways to work with us

  1. 01

    Direct engagement

    A brand, clinic or hotel commissions a campaign directly. Prove it at small scale, then widen the scope based on results.

  2. 02

    Agency partner

    A marketing or advertising agency with its own clients hands over the creator execution. White-label is available.

  3. 03

    Tourism & public partner

    Local governments, tourism bodies and regional programmes co-develop destination campaigns and extended-stay programmes with us.

  4. 04

    Content & media partner

    Production, distribution and sponsorship of original formats, together.

  5. 05

    Creators

    Korean and foreign creators are welcome at any time. Campaign work and travel content partnership revenue both apply.

Campaign structure and cost follow in a separate proposal once the objective and scope are set.

Prove it small, then scale on results.

Tell us the audience, the objective, the budget and the timing. We come back with a creator shortlist, a recommended structure, a schedule and a quote.

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