Goldman Sachs lists Moloco CEO among exceptional entrepreneurs
Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup, said Wednesday that its co-founder and Chief Executive Ikkjin Ahn was named one of the...
Korean AI startups Allganize, Neurophet raise over $35 mn
South Korea’s artificial intelligence technology startups Allganize Inc. and Neurophet Inc. raised about 47 billion won ($35 million) in total...
Lotteria to introduce kitchen robot Alpha Grill
South Korea's Lotte GRS, the operator of fast food franchise Lotteria, plans to introduce a kitchen automation robot Alpha Grill in stores. Alp...
K-chicken chain BB.Q opens fourth restaurant in Philippines
South Korea’s leading fried chicken franchise BB.Q Chicken announced on Wednesday it opened its fourth restaurant at The Shops in Manila, th...
SK E&S, K-water to jointly develop homegrown green hydrogen facilities
South Korea's SK E&S announced on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Plug Power, K-water, and SK Plug Hyverse to expand ...
Netmarble sells 6% stake in BTS label HYBE in block deal
South Korea’s leading game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday it sold a 6% stake in HYBE Co., the music label behind K-pop sensation ...
SK Telecom invests in AI startups Allganize, Imprimed
SK Telecom Co. has invested a combined 9.4 billion won ($7.2 million) in artificial intelligence startups Allganize Inc. and Imprimed Inc., the top ...
Brits to enjoy K-food Bibigo at home with delivery service
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. started the delivery service of its K-food brand Bibigo in the UK to accelerate the expansion of the As...
Naver-invested ichrogene enters Thai market
South Korea's digital healthcare startup ichrogene, with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), entered into Thai market. Naver Corp....
K-pop fan platform company DearU to enter into Japan
DearU Co., a K-pop fandom platform in South Korea, announced the launch of the Japanese version of "bubble" on Tuesday. DearU bubble is a private me...
BBQ's Chicken Camp gets popularity from foreign tourists
Foreign tourists looking for Chicken Camp, operated by BBQ, a South Korean fried chicken brand, have been increasing noticeably. Chicken Camp is a c...
SK Networks invests $20.7 mn in pet care startup
South Korean trading firm SK Networks Co. announced on Monday it has completed a 28-billion-won ($20.7 million) investment in the domestic pet care ...
LG Elec to launch new business with startup: LG NOVA head
SAN FRANCISCO – LG Electronics Inc. will set up a new business entity focusing on some of its new growth pillars — digital healthcare, c...
S.Korea’s startups see Sept. investment surge 85%
South Korea’s startups last month saw investment rise for the first time this year.The Seoul-based Startup Alliance, a private support organiz...
Nvidia invests in Korean generative AI startup Twelve Labs
Nvidia Corp., a global chip designer, made its first investment in a South Korean generative artificial intelligence startup as Big Tech companies G...
SK Telecom, Mars Auto to advance self-driving large trucks
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday with the autonomous driving startup Mars Auto for cooperation in t...
K-food, beauty franchise stores set for Laos foray
Laos’ largest private company Kolao Group has attracted about a dozen South Korean franchise operators to join its aggressive push into the So...
Hankook & Company to expand to robotics with Neubility
South Korea’s Hankook & Company Group, formerly Hankook Tire Group, is expanding to robotics to raise its future competitiveness.The gro...
CJ CheilJedang to export K-Street Foods
South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. ’s strategic product lineup K-Street Food will be launched in June next year on major global ma...
S.Korean game developer Smilegate, angel of local startups
Smilegate, South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, is raising investments in domestic startups despite ...
South Korea attracts more African countries to food project
South Korea is increasing the number of African countries participating in its official development assistance (ODA) project to alleviate the chroni...
Nongshim invests $7.4 mn to nurture food tech startups
South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co., unveiled plans on Wednesday to pump 10 billion won ($7.4 million) into venture funds, aiming to d...
Ably's amood to support K-fashion's expansion into Japan
South Korean fashion commerce platform Ably Corp. announced on Wednesday its Japanese shopping platform amood starts a one-stop service for domestic...
Johnson & Johnson more interested in Korean bio startups
Johnson & Johnson, a global pharmaceutical giant, showed more interest in South Korean bio startups with competitive innovation despite the rece...
SeeDevice named Semiconductor Review’s Company of the Year
SILICON VALLEY -- SeeDevice Inc., a fabless image sensor developer famous for its quantum-effect CMOS (QMOS) sensors capable of expanding vision bey...
100 new South Korean AI vanguards to be unveiled
One hundred new South Korean startups at the vanguard of development of innovative AI technology will be unveiled later this month, according to The...
LG Elec’s early-stage startup investments in US fare well
LG Electronics Inc.'s early-stage investments in US tech startups will likely generate decent returns as they have raised additional funding at high...
Lotte Ventures hosts L-Camp in Tokyo for promising Korean startups
TOKYO – Lotte Ventures Corp., the corporate venture capital (CVC) business unit of South Korea’s Lotte Group, on Thursday hosted L...
Korean startups join push to champion satellite data analytics market
Artificial intelligence is making big changes everywhere, even in space. Joining an AI-controlled space war, South Korean startups armed with AI tec...
CJ ENM launches AI sound source service
South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM Co. introduced "Viodio: CJ ENM Air," an AI sound source service that makes it easy to utilize AI-generated m...
