The Korea Arcade Game Industry Association holds a launching ceremony on the 13th and begins full-fledged activities to revitalize youth arcade games

Mar 16, 2025

The Korea Arcade Game Industry Association holds a launching ceremony on the 13th and begins full-fledged activities to revitalize youth arcade games
◇The inauguration ceremony of the Korea Arcade Game Industry Association held on the 13th. Photo courtesy = Korea Arcade Game Industry Association



The industry has regrouped to revitalize the youth arcade game industry.

The Korea Arcade Game Industry Association (KAGIA), founded last year, held a launching ceremony at the Stanford Hotel in Seoul on the 13th and began its full-fledged activities.

The launch ceremony was attended by 14 members of the association, Minjoo Party of Korea member Hwang Hee (former culture minister), Game Management Committee Chairman Seo Tae-gun, Korea Creative Content Agency head Kim Nam-gul, Culture and Sports Ministry official, and WeMade auditor Woo Jong-sik (former head of the Korea Game Industry Development Institute). Yuna Yoon Dae-joo, the first president of the association, said, "We are making various preparations for the development of the game industry with our members' employees, and we will publicize the association's departure to the outside world through the launch ceremony."




Chairman Yoon Dae-joo is confident of the revival of the Korean arcade industry as the first chairman"The Arcade industry is a future value industry, and there are special areas that can only be implemented in the Arcade industry."

The association explained that in order to strengthen the competitiveness of the domestic industry in the global arcade game market, which is growing after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, an independent organization was formed. To this end, the four goals were to improve the legal system, actively cooperate with domestic and foreign associations, enhance the image of the family-type entertainment industry, and actively participate in the pilot project of the score compensation game center.

The association announced that it will begin its full-fledged activities in May by holding the latest product exhibition and arcade game industry development seminars at the game exhibition 'Play Expo' held at KINTEX in Ilsan, Gyeonggi-do.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.