SM Entertainment’s SMTown entertainment complex in Seoul, South Korea, in 2015. SM Entertainment declined to say how much the company is investing into its Southeast Asian expansion, but said it’s “in the midst of hiring more local talents, which will hopefully increase the full-time staff count.”
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South Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment will be setting up its Southeast Asian headquarters in Singapore as part of its expansion plans in the region.
The company confirmed in an email to CNBC its recruitment plans in Singapore.
In his interview on “The CNBC Conversation” last month, SM Entertainment founder Soo-Man Lee said it recruits and produces talent through the “Culture Technology” system he developed, through which potential singers and dancers will go through four stages: casting, training, marketing/management and producing.
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