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Kia Corp. and Kakao Mobility announced on Friday that they have signed the previous day a memorandum of understanding for the development of a purpo...

South Korea’s third-largest life insurer Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is in the final stages of talks to buy Kakao Pay Insurance Corp., an online ...

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile messaging app operator, has pushed back the release of an advanced artificial intelligence model cu...

AlphaGo was behind the first artificial intelligence shock in South Korea after its landslide victory in a Go match against the country’s lege...

Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao Group, has teamed up with US digital and health companies such as DexCom...

Companies entering South Korea's KakaoTalk Store can conduct "labang," a term combining the Korean words for "live" and "broadcasting," any time the...

Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment and digital wallet service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., announced on Thursday it has signed an a...

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. has invested in an Israeli start-up possessing anti-jamming technology to prevent interference in global position...

Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and its counterparts are now in a situation where most conditions have been met to allow them to sign a bin...

South Korean blockchain gaming startup Gomble announced on Monday that it has successfully secured its first institutional investment. The seed fund...

South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. said on Friday that it has made an equity investment in Pinotbio, Inc. for the development of antibody-drug ...

The South Korean government will spend an additional 10.5 trillion won ($7.9 billion) to shore up the country’s startups and venture capitalis...

SM Entertainment Co.'s artists such as aespa and NCT are set to join HYBE Co.'s fan engagement service., boosting the competitiveness of the platfor...

South Korea's first-generation bio companies and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) have created a bio investment fund to support ventures in the field ...

Artificial intelligence is the talk of the tech world, particularly with the rise of the worldwide sensation OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the generative ...

GS Group, a South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate, plans to aggressively invest in startups and venture companies with promising technology &nd...

South Korean IT services company SK C&C announced on Wednesday a partnership with American venture capital firm Storm Ventures to discover and c...

Kia Corp., under South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is gearing up to produce even more electric and other eco-friendly vehicles in the coming ...

Around 200 South Korean ventures have debuted on the country’s secondary Kosdaq market through the technology special listing program since 20...

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s platform giant operating the country’s No. 1 chat app KakaoTalk, by the first half of the year will launch an...

Kobiolabs Co., South Korea's new drug development company for microbiomes, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for...

South Korea’s Kakao Corp. has secured 40% of SM Entertainment Co. as planned, wrapping up its 1.25-trillion-won ($960 million) takeover bid fo...

HYBE Co., the largest shareholder of SM Entertainment Co., said on Friday it has accepted Kakao Corp.’s tender offer to sell its shares in the...

South Korea’s Ably Corp., operator of the fashion shopping app Ably, has attracted 50 billion won ($39 million) via venture debt amid the slow...

South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. said on Wednesday it has acquired the British ride-hailing startup Splyt, marking the first overseas takeov...

LB Investment Inc., a venture capital firm associated with the LG founder's family, has achieved a remarkable competition rate of over 1,000 to 1 fo...

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s platform giant operating the country’s No. 1 chat app KakaoTalk, has introduced its first artificial intell...

HYBE Co., the company behind global sensation BTS, plans to acquire at least two prominent labels in the Americas this year as it aims to become a m...

Tmap Mobility Co., the Korean navigation app company, announced on Tuesday its plan to sell its 30% stake in Grab Geo Holdings, a joint venture esta...

Investors welcomed the end of a fierce month-long battle between HYBE Co. and Kakao Corp. over control of South Korea’s K-pop pioneer SM Enter...