Hanteo developed Korea's first 'Dasreum POS' system and distributed it to record stores, and was the first to introduce barcode identifiers for albums. Since the early 1990s, Hanteo has grown alongside Korea's music industry and continues to work hard for the globalization of K-POP.
Hanteo operates the world's only real-time music chart service. Additionally, Hanteo holds the most K-POP metadata of any company in the world.
Hanteo aims to be a 'comprehensive music platform' leading the global Korean Wave. To become an accelerator for the global K-POP market, Hanteo operates businesses including 'Hanteo News', 'Hanteo Magazine', and 'Hanteo Overseas Branches'.
Hanteo continuously seeks core values in the music industry by developing communication platforms for global K-POP fans and HATS, which protects artists' copyrights.
Hanteo News was born to keenly observe and analyze the global music industry and culture, and aims to become a distinctive media outlet based on K-POP big data analysis systems.
The eyes of Hanteo News sharply observe and objectively analyze the global music industry and culture, producing exclusive articles based on accurate music data provided by Hanteo Chart.
The nose of Hanteo News senses trends, reacts sensitively to change, and aims to be a media outlet that gets closest to the scene and people to quickly catch trends.
The mouth of Hanteo News aims to be a media outlet that delivers only the most accurate news.
The ears of Hanteo News are always open, constantly listening to the voices of fans, artists, planners, all music industry stakeholders, and the public, striving to produce meaningful articles that resonate with those voices.