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Artificial intelligence
KAIST says its computation engine outperforms Google's, IBM's
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), a prestigious South Korean university, unveiled an artificial intelligence computation...
Jun 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
Lemon Healthcare aims for IPO and triple jump in revenue
Imagine making a doctor’s appointment with a click of a button on a smartphone app. Once at the clinic or hospital, the app will guide the use...
Jun 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Childcare app Piloto aims to instill healthy device use
Childcare app operator Piloto won first place at the May startup demo event hosted by D.Camp. The startup accelerator’s parent company,...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean app market One Store to venture into SE Asia
One Store Co., South Korea's homegrown app store, will venture into Taiwan and Southeast Asia within the year, aiming to crack Google and Apple's du...
May 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
SK Telecom to launch metaverse platform in Europe
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and its spin-off investment firm SK Square Co. joined hands with Europe’s largest teleco...
May 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao CEO vows messenger app reform as Q1 misses forecasts
South Korea’s leading online platform operator Kakao Corp. plans to drastically change the way KakaoTalk, the country’s top mobile messe...
May 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Black Desert by Pearl Abyss tops China app market
South Korean game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss announced Tuesday the mobile version of its cross-platform MMORPG Black Desert has claimed f...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
CJ integrates AI infrastructure and data to launch CJ AI center
CJ Corp. launched an artificial intelligence center Wednesday, which it hopes will lead the conglomerate's digital innovation. The new CJ AI Cente...
Apr 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Fortune-telling app receives $4 mn in Altos Ventures-led Series A funding
Chunmyung and Company, the operator of its namesake fortune-telling app, announced on Tuesday it has secured Series A funding worth five billion w...
Apr 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
One Store refiles IPO application, changing peer group list
One Store Co., investment firm SK Square Co.'s homegrown app store, is gearing up for an initial public offering to be held in May. The local app st...
Apr 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Musinsa seeks to buy Japan-focused rival fashion platform
South Korea's top online fashion platform Musinsa is in the last stages of talks to acquire a domestic rival that caters primarily to Japanese shopp...
Apr 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble, NCSoft, Kakao, DoubleUGames on top publisher list
South Korea’s major tech companies such as Netmarble Corp., NCSoft Corp., Kakao Corp. and DoubleUGames were selected among the world’s m...
Apr 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Lessons learned from activist fund’s KAL exit
Activist fund Korea Corporate Governance Improvement Fund (KCGI) recently exited its investment in Hanjin KAL Co., the parent company of Korean Air ...
Apr 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon's new game beats Lineage to top app stores list
Nexon Co.'s Dungeon & Fighter Mobile has elbowed out NCSoft Corp.'s Lineage W to rank as the most popular Korean mobile game in the week since i...
Apr 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SaaS provider Clika wants to lead S. Korea's MLOps market
The wider adoption of artificial intelligence around the globe calls for more data in the form of high quality photos, videos, and text. With t...
Apr 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon incorporates own payment system for Dungeon & Fire release
South Korea’s online game developers are intensifying their efforts to build and incorporate their own payment systems to wipe out hefty commi...
Mar 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung controls 90% of foldable smartphone market
Samsung Electronics Co. is enjoying a dominant position in the foldable smartphone market, alongside the segment's explosive growth aided by afforda...
Mar 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
Thanks to deep learning, we're in biggest tech boom cycle: GFT Ventures
"We believe we're in one of the biggest technology boom cycles,” said Jeff Herbst, co-founding managing partner of Palo Alto-based GFT Venture...
Mar 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
App-rich LG smart TVs blur lines with smartphones
From home workouts to math and science courses, thousands of apps now available on LG smart TVs are blurring the lines between TVs and smartphones.S...
Feb 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Korea's Toss targets SE Asia, Japan with super app
South Korea's mobile financial platform Toss is evolving from a payment service app into a full-fledged financial service provider, or a super app, ...
Feb 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display reveals 30% brighter OLED EX
LG Display Co. revealed a 30% brighter OLED panel during Wednesday’s press event. During the media event held in Seoul’s LG Science...
Dec 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Indian startups: Korean VCs' new target after China
South Korean venture capital firms and online giants are flocking to startups in India, a country with the world's second-largest population and low...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
GS Retail invests $55 mn in Kakao Mobility to boost online presence
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...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Mental health app Spring Health emerges amid pandemic
Spring Health, a US-based mental health care provider, has emerged stronger in the prolonged pandemic era, with the five-year-old startup valued at ...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea homegrown app begins process for H1 2022 listing
One store Co., the South Korean homegrown app store developed by the country’s top online platform Naver Corp. and three telecom carriers, is ...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Home interior app seeks new funding at over $ 1 bn valuation
South Korea's Bucketplace Co., an operator of the country's largest home interior platform, is seeking to raise about 100 billion won ($85 million) ...
Nov 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSoft reclaims throne with new mobile game Lineage W
Lineage W, developed by South Korea’s NCSoft Corp., has swiftly reclaimed the top spot in the country's mobile gaming market just three days s...
Nov 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Google allows alternate in-app payment options in South Korea, though familiar fees remain
SEOUL—Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to continue charging South Korean app developers a service fee for in-app purchases, even as users fo...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea mulls allowing banks to adopt Toss' super-app strategy
South Korea's top financial regulator is considering allowing banks to provide basically all financial services in single apps, emulating fintech pl...
Oct 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Kakao to strengthen overseas operations amid growing criticism
Kakao Corp. will accelerate its overseas expansion as part of its recently announced reform plan to strengthen fair business practices.Kakao said on...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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