South Korea seeks to establish 50 billion won yuan universe asset fund

South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) announced it is looking for investment managers to create and manage a 50 billion won (approximately 34.78 million USD) metaverse fund aimed at supporting small and medium-risk enterprises in the metaverse field.

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