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GS Retail Co. is investing 65 billion won ($55 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea's No.1 taxi-hailing app, adding to its recent series of...

South Korea's Kakao Corp. has acquired a live streaming e-commerce app Grip Co. to beef up its online shopping business, considered the weakest spot...

As the adoption of artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent, the value of data also increases rapidly. The quality and quantity of data...

It has been 10 years since tech giant KakaoCorp. launched emoticon services within its namesake messenger app KakaoTalk. Today, there are some ...

Young-joon Ryu and Min-soo Yeo, slated as Kakao Corp. co-CEOs come March Korea’s largest mobile messenger provider Kakao Corp. is slated ...

With higher energy prices, creeping inflation and strained supply chains just a few of the headwinds to future economic growth, investors may find i...

“We know which companies to buy after playing the games a few times.”More and more South Korean game developers are pursuing mergers and...

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has committed $60 million to the STIC Asia Infrastructure Innovation Fund managed by South Korea&r...

As South Korea loosened social distancing measures for a gradual return to normal life this week, investors are rekindling their interest in travel ...

Kakao Corp., best known for South Korea’s top mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, has become the country’s top platform company in terms of ...

Kakao Pay Corp. ’s stock tumbled after a strong debut on the South Korean main stock market as investors booked profits, keeping an eye on if ...

A number of clear trends will play out for alternatives in the future, notably digitization, customization, and values-based investing, Goldman Sach...

Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) plans to increase alternative investments to a quarter of its portfolio by 2027 from the current 16%, its CEO Jin Seoun...

Kakao Group’s payment services unit Kakao Pay Corp. set the initial public offering price at the top end of the proposed band thanks to strong...

South Korea-based mobile financial platform Toss, which has been expanding its operations across the financial sector, is set to foray into the mobi...

SILICON VALLEY – One of the things that have drastically changed the business environment in the pandemic era is the prevalence of companies t...

South Korea-based Akuodigital Corp. is a startup that uses artificial intelligence technology to digitize all types of paper documents. And instead ...

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that South Korea’s mobility sector has undergone a period of rebirth in 2015 when the country&rsqu...

Stationery products such as planners, calendars and notepads have long been essential everyday items for busy people. And the stationery market has ...

Kakao Group’s payment services unit Kakao Pay Corp. has pushed back its IPO to November due to growing concerns regarding the impact of regula...

Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing company, has indefinitely postponed its planned initial share sale, as its parent, Ka...

Kakao Corp. will accelerate its overseas expansion as part of its recently announced reform plan to strengthen fair business practices.Kakao said on...

Kakao Corp. will be abandoning its growth model that has transformed once a mere mobile messenger operator into one of South Korea's largest busines...

Toughening regulations on big tech firms in South Korea are impacting the IPO timeline of Kakao Pay Corp. and Kakao Mobility Corp. According to the ...

South Korea's antitrust body has launched an investigation into Kakao Mobility Corp. on allegations of discrimination against taxi drivers not subsc...

SEOUL—South Korea’s app developers can soon sidestep the digital tollway mandated by Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Goog...

South Korea may be following China’s lead in cracking down on big tech firms. The country’s two leading tech giants Naver Corp. and Kaka...

South Korean government has hosted the first top-level artificial intelligence (AI) roundtable meeting with representatives from the country’s...

South Korea’s online retail platform Interpark Corp. has failed to drum up interest from the country's largest online platforms, including Nav...

Kakao Pay Corp., the digital settlement platform unit of South Korea’s top messaging app operator Kakao Corp., has slashed its initial publi...