ULSAN, South Korea , Sept. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2024 Whale Festival will take place from September 26 to 29 at Jangsaengpo Whale Culture District in Nam-gu, Ulsan, South Korea. Under the theme, "The Dream of Jangsaengpo, the Hope of Ulsan!," it will bring together media art performances, live entertainment, and interactive activities that celebrate the rich history of Jangsaengpo and its unique relationship with whales.
Now in its 28th year, the festival blends Jangsaengpo's storied heritage with modern multimedia. Its highlight will be nightly shows featuring LED lights, holograms, and laser beams.
The festival opens with a grand ceremony on September 26. Special effects, multimedia performances, and live music will be followed by a fireworks display. The opening ceremony will include a media art performance featuring the festival's animated mascot and a holographic show of a giant whale swimming across three massive LED screens.
On September 27, renowned musical actors Kim So-Hyun, Lee Gun-Myung, and Lisa will headline the Musical Gala Show, performing iconic songs from popular musical productions.
The third day, September 28, brings the festival's highly anticipated highlight: the parade and the DJ Party.
The 1km-long parade will feature a diverse range of participants, including the Korea Coast Guard Orchestra, marching bands, local dance groups, and over 1,000 residents. This year, the parade will be enhanced with LED-lit floats and digital art projections, creating a wave-like visual experience that adds a modern touch to the festival's deep-rooted traditions.
Following the parade, the JSP DJ Party will kick off, featuring renowned DJs, including DJ Koo and DJ Haninini, who will energize the crowd and set the night alight.
The festival will conclude on September 29 with a closing ceremony with the Whale Song Festival Awards and an encore performance by the grand prize winner. The festival documentary, The 4-Day Journey, will also premiere, followed by a final fireworks show.
The Jangsaengpo Cultural Warehouse will host a range of art exhibitions, including a media art display, "Claude Monet: An Immersive Experience," the 2024 Glocal Art Market, and screenings of the Jangsaengpo Animation Film Festival (JAFF).
Seo Dong-wook, Mayor of Nam-gu, commented, "We have worked tirelessly to elevate the Ulsan Whale Festival by producing in-house media content that truly reflects the unique theme of Korea's only whale culture. We hope visitors will leave with cherished memories from this one-of-a-kind festival."
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28th Whale Festival to Kick Off in Ulsan's Nam-gu, Korea's Only Whale-Themed District
SINGAPORE, Jan. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Coda, a global leader in digital content monetization, today announced that it is integrating Unity's In‑App Purchasing (IAP) SDK with Coda's global web store platforms. This collaboration offers developers a single place to manage and optimize their entire digital catalog across mobile, web, and PC - directly through Unity's existing IAP workflow.
With just a few lines of code, developers can launch secure, branded web stores powered by Coda - offering players more ways to purchase securely while improving their margins.
The integration is powered by Coda's Merchant of Record (MoR) solution, which is already trusted by leading publishers and fast-growing studios worldwide. As the legal seller in each market, Coda manages payments, fraud prevention, tax remittance, invoicing, and compliance across more than 70 markets and over 400 payment methods. This gives developers more time to focus on the game and the player experience.
"As the games industry moves beyond closed ecosystems, developers of every size want more flexibility and control over how they grow," said Shane Happach, CEO of Coda. "Our integration with Unity's IAP SDK gives creators more choice in how they launch and operate their own stores, wherever their players are, minus the complexity of managing global payments or compliance. This reflects Coda's commitment to democratizing game development and helping every studio, large or small, succeed on their own terms."
As web-based purchasing becomes a more practical part of developers' business mix, interest in direct-to-consumer web stores continues to grow. Today, these channels already account for roughly 26% of mobile gaming revenue in East and Southeast Asia, according to research from Niko Partners and Coda.
First-party web stores give developers greater control over pricing, promotions, and player communication, but introduce operational complexity across payments, compliance, fraud, and support. Coda removes these barriers with a scalable payments and risk platform, integrated directly into Unity's workflow.
Coda's integration with Unity's IAP sets a new D2C standard by bringing out-of-app monetization into developers' existing workflows, removing operational complexity, and making it easier to run web stores at a global scale.
Learn more at coda.co.
About Coda
Coda is a global leader in digital content monetization and distribution. We're trusted by 300+ publishers—including Activision, Electronic Arts, and Riot Games—to grow their audiences and revenue worldwide. Our out-of-app solutions include Custom Commerce, a fully customizable web store; Codapay, which enables seamless direct payments through a single API integration on publishers' websites; Codashop, the go-to marketplace for millions of gamers to purchase in-game content; and Distribution, which extends content reach through a network of trusted commerce partners. Founded in 2011, Coda is headquartered in Singapore with a team of 550+ Codans around the globe. Coda recently acquired Recharge, Europe's leading prepaid payments platform. Coda is backed by Apis Partners, Insight Partners, and Smash Capital, and has been named an APAC High Growth Company (2023) by Financial Times, one of Granite Asia's NextGenTech 30 (2024), a payments leader on Fortune's Fintech Innovation Asia list (2024), and listed among The Straits Times Fastest Growing Fintechs (2024). For more on Coda, visit coda.co.
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Coda and Unity to enable out-of-app monetization for game developers globally
