Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform
Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao, announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the final operato...
Kakao Mobility to develop mobility platform with Vietnam’s Phenikaa
South Korea's Kakao Mobility and Vietnam's Phenikaa Group have entered into a business agreement to foster technology collaboration within the mobil...
Hyundai Motor to take 1st crack at Korea’s used car market
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is entering the country’s used car market, whose entry by big companies has long been deni...
Blind recognized as one of Time100 Most Influential Companies 2023
Blind, the renowned online forum for verified but anonymous professionals, has been included on the esteemed Time100 Most Influential Companies list...
KT to invest $5.4 bn by 2027 to develop AI platforms
South Korea’s telecom service provider KT Corp. will spend about 7 trillion won ($5.4 billion) by 2027 to become the country’s largest a...
SK Siltron to collaborate with Taiwan's Nanya on carbon neutrality
South Korea's SK Siltron announced on Tuesday that it has signed a business agreement with Taiwan's DRAM supplier Nanya Technology Corporation to st...
K-content makers to list on Nasdaq via $610 mn SPAC deal
Seven South Korean content makers are set to list on the Nasdaq through a $610 million merger deal with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)...
SK Energy, SK REIT to establish complex energy platforms
South Korea's SK Energy announced on Wednesday its partnership with Clean Energy REIT, a real estate subsidiary of SK REIT, to embark on the SK Eco-...
Hyundai, SK battery JV may receive up to $700 mn in US grants
Hyundai Motor Co. and SK On Co. could receive up to $700 million in US tax breaks and grants for their electric vehicle battery plant under construc...
Kakao unveils index on user contributions to environment
South Korea's mobile platform company Kakao Corp. on the occasion of World Environment Day on Monday unveiled on its website figures from the Kaka...
Yanolja teams up with SE Asia's largest travel platform
South Korea's tourism platform unicorn Yanolja announced on Monday that it will expand its overseas travel services by linking with Traveloka, a ren...
Riiid inks deal with ALC to expand its AI-based TOEIC platform in Japan
South Korean AI-powered edtech firm, Riiid, announced on Thursday it has partnered with ALC, a premier brand in the Japanese language education indu...
Renault Korea creates mobility exhibition hall in metaverse
Renault Korea announced on Friday that it plans to establish and run an automobile-related experiential space called Renault Korea Hub in the metave...
Samsung Electronics opens online pet care store
Samsung Electronics Co. has entered the expanding pet care market with the launch of its Pet Care Store on its official website, according to a stat...
GoodGang Labs attracts $2 mn from Kakao Investment
South Korea's GoodGang Labs, a startup focused on developing a 3D avatar-based communication platform, announced on Thursday that it has secured an ...
Music copyright trading platform Musicow attracts $46 mn from STIC
Musicow Inc. has garnered an additional 60 billion won ($45.8 million) from Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm STIC Investments Inc...
BTS 10th anniversary stamps sell out online in 3 hours
The online pre-sale of K-pop band BTS' 10th anniversary stamp sold out early.According to the Korea Post on Wednesday, the online pre-sale of BTS' 1...
Samsung SDS bolsters Cello Square with tech upgrades, global push
Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit under Samsung Group, has upgraded its digital forwarding freight service platform to bring ...
S.Korea's top 3 telecom companies boost pet-related services
South Korea's top three telecommunication companies are expanding their pet-related services to attract as customers the estimated 15 million owners...
LG CNS’ AI-based marketing platform greatly boosts results
The trial application of South Korea's information and communications technology company LG CNS of artificial intelligence (AI) to marketing and adv...
Cuchen links rice cookers to Samsung Electronics’ IoT
South Korea’s kitchen appliance maker Cuchen on Monday said it will link two rice cookers possessing Internet of Things (IoT) technology to Sa...
Yanolja acquires Israeli tourism tech company Go Global Travel
South Korea's tourism platform unicorn Yanolja has acquired Go Global Travel (GGT), an Israel-based company for global business-to-business (B2B) tr...
Samsung, Naver to jointly develop generative AI to rival ChatGPT
South Korea’s two tech giants – Samsung Electronics Co. and Naver Corp. – have agreed to jointly develop a generative artificial i...
CJ ENM’s OTT platform TVing: White elephant or new cash cow?
CJ ENM Co. is the undisputed No. 1 movie producer and distributor in South Korea, having sponsored numerous awards-wining films such as “Paras...
Coupang reports third profitable quarter in a row
South Korea’s Coupang Inc. on Wednesday reported three quarters of consecutive profits, calming investors' concerns about its cumulative ...
SK Telecom launches Seoul, LA tours in metaverse
SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, said Monday it has created a virtual space of tourist attractions on its metaverse platform Ifland...
Hyundai Steel launches online mall Hcore Store
South Korea's Hyundai Steel on Tuesday said it launched the e-commerce platform Hcore Store on a pilot basis to boost domestic sales of steel materi...
Naver Webtoon targets entertainment business in Japan
Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, is targeting the entertainment sector in Japan as it aims to expand its intellect...
WeMade discusses first console game with Microsoft
South Korea's video game developer WeMade Co. on Monday said it is discussing cooperation with Microsoft in areas like WeMade's release of a console...
BTS 10th anniversary stamps to be issued on June 13
South Korea's state-run postal service agency Korea Post announced on Sunday that it will issue commemorative stamps on June 13, featuring the past ...
