Content platforms

South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja is looking to have its initial public offering plans reviewed by regulators in the second quarte...

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is entering the TV content platform market by offering its web-based software to TV makers through a partner...

South Korea’s e-commerce platform TMON Inc., majority-owned by KKR & Co. and Anchor Equity Partners, has completed its pre-IPO share sale ...

Mirroring the other fast-growing economies in Southeast Asia, Vietnam is rapidly transitioning into a cashless society, with financial transactions ...

Big Hit Entertainment Co., the label behind K-pop sensation BTS, and portal giant Naver Corp. are set to team up with Universal Music Group, the wor...

Naver Corp., South Korea’s top online portal, plans a bond issue worth as much as 1.26 trillion won ($1.13 billion) in local and ove...

LG Electronics Inc. and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. have agreed to cooperate in the development of 5G wireless platforms for next-generation connecte...

Online fashion platform Musinsa Co., a familiar name among Gen Zers and millennials in South Korea, is ready to go global. This month, the Korean co...

South Korea’s portal giant Naver Corp. will acquire Wattpad, the world's largest web novel platform based in Toronto, for 653.2 billion wo...

Korean content providers' shares are emerging as some of the best to buy as competition heats up among global over-the-top (OTT) services such as Ne...

Global streaming giant Netflix Inc. has become a leading platform in South Korea, boasting around 4.1 million paid subscribers and earning over 500 ...

South Korean game publisher NCSoft Corp. is fueling competition in the online entertainment platform market with the planned launch of its own app, ...

Once considered just one of many Asian entertainment products, Korean dramas, games, music and webtoons – collectively known as K-content &nda...

South Korea’s biotechnology firm Biocorp Co. has produced krill oil containing 61% phospholipids, the highest level in the world, and has begu...

South Korea's game and entertainment companies saw their share prices surge on rising expectations of a return to the Chinese market after a Korea...

Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled a new platform, which will underpin its electric vehicles in coming years as South Korea’s largest automotive g...

South Korea’s online fashion apps are booming thanks to their ability to attract Gen Zers and millennials. This year, the top five players&r...

It’s simple and irritatingly repetitive. Many people, kids and adults alike, around the world hum along and often complain that they just can&...

South Korea-based startup Bucketplace, an operator of home interior app OHouse, has raised $77 million in Series C funding, moving a step closer to ...

Kakao Corp., South Korea's platform giant, announced on Nov. 9 that its webtoon (digital comics) platform Piccoma has become the No. 1 grossing mobile...

South Korea’s largest internet portal Naver Corp. and logistics and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group have signed a 600 billion won ($531 mill...

South Korea's largest mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. aims to ramp up its 5G content business and foray into overseas markets to boost its presence in t...

The Korean Teachers' Credit Union (KTCU) has secured returns nearly four times its $37.6 million investment in the US cloud-based platform provider El...

South Korea’s largest travel platform Yanolja is planning to list on the domestic stock market in 2022, paving the way for Singapore’s GIC...

Kakao Enterprise Corp., the artificial intelligence service unit of South Korea’s Kakao Corp., has launched a business messenger platform to com...

South Korea’s leading car-sharing platform Socar Inc. has become the country's 12th unicorn valued at around 1.1 trillion won after re...

South Korean webtoons (mobile and digital comics) are taking over the digital comics markets in Japan and the US. Market watchers claim it is&nbs...

Manga platform Piccoma is gearing up to take over Japan’s massive digital comics market as the company continues to see prominent growth in its ...

Korean dramas are becoming a worldwide phenomenon as they rise steadily to become one of Korea's major exports - even in countries that harb...

Naver Webtoon has become the industry's first to post over 3 billion won ($2.5 million) for daily paid-content as of August 2, breaking its own r...