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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea's Naver to ramp up global IR activity as stock continues decline
South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. is poised to hire an investor relations (IR) executive whose chief responsibility will be to com...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Celltrion targets digital healthcare sector with app
Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s biopharmaceutical giant, made a foray into the digital healthcare sector for its future growth by launching a sm...
Oct 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Naver Cloud seeks win-win strategy with K-startups in overseas market
NEW YORK – The chief executive officer of Naver Cloud Park Won-ki said that if South Korean startups using the company’s cloud services ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Naver to buy Poshmark at $1.6 bn to boost US e-commerce biz
Naver Corp. is set to take over US Poshmark Inc. for some $1.6 billion to make inroads into the e-commerce sector in North America as South Korea&rs...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
LG Display holds digital art exhibition in London
South Korea’s LG Display Co. is holding a digital art exhibition in London for works created on its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Kakao to challenge Naver, Apple for offline payment services
South Korea’s largest mobile payment app KakaoPay has bought a stake in the country’s No. 1 electronic payment system provider, accordin...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
NAND chips may sustain double-digit price drops in Q4
NAND flash memory chip prices are expected to sustain a double-digit decline in the fourth quarter of this year due to oversupply and waning demand,...
Sep 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea to raise tax credits on OTT content for future growth
Studio Dragon Corp., South Korea’s leading drama production house, spent 26 billion won ($18.5 million) on Vincenzo, aired in 2021, and receiv...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver targets global edtech sector with Whale browser
Naver Corp., South Korea’s online platform giant, is taking on global heavyweights in its aim to lead the international edtech sector, by prov...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
EV materials maker EcoPro tops the buy list of Korean stocks
Shares in EcoPro BM Co., a cathode material maker used in electric vehicle batteries, topped the list of South Korean stocks, for which an increased...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
SK Telecom revs up digital economy on its metaverse platform
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is accelerating a digital economic system on its metaverse platform ifland, the telecom giant ...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery
LG Electronics Inc. announced Monday it has launched its very own non-fungible token (NFT) platform, LG Art Lab. Now available in the United St...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
South Korea’s tech giants bolster short-form video content services
South Korea’s tech behemoth Naver Corp. is poised to strengthen its short-form content service on surging demand for video content that is les...
Sep 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Business magnates' startup investment fraternity V-Society going strong
Back in August 2000, a fraternity of domestic business magnates’ children and startup entrepreneurs named V-Society was founded. The frat...
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon to pursue profitability with more paying subscribers
South Korea’s Naver Webtoon Corp. is seeking to increase the number of its paying subscribers as the company is shifting its business paradigm...
Aug 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics to operate two lounges for OLED R monitor at Frieze Seoul
South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics Inc. will operate two lounges at the world-renowned Frieze Art Fair’s inaugural event in Seoul.&...
Aug 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korean teens prefer TikTok over KakaoTalk, says survey
South Korean teens appear to prefer to do their social networking on TikTok over KakaoTalk, as short-form videos surge in popularity worldwide. ...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Naver joins RE100 campaign to go carbon-free by 2050
South Korea’s Naver Corp. said on Monday it has joined the RE100 initiative to go carbon-free by 2050 as the first domestic internet portal to...
Aug 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Tech giant Kakao turns to digital display advertising for added revenue
Kakao Corp. is looking to add display advertising to South Korea’s largest messaging app KakaoTalk, as well as the fintech apps developed by i...
Aug 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
S. Korea's digital asset exchange operators bulk up despite crypto winter
Despite being in crypto winter, or a period in which prices of major cryptocurrencies have slid and stayed low for weeks on end, South Korea's bigge...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS posts double-digit profit growth ahead of 2023 IPO
South Korea's largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. on Tuesday reported double-digit growth in both profit and revenue in the second q...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver Band celebrates 10-year anniversary, over 6.1 billion posts
South Korea’s tech juggernaut Naver Corp. announced Monday that its Naver Band celebrates 10 years in service with more than 156 million app d...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS chosen design consultant for Indonesia's $38 bn smart city project
LG CNS Co., a South Korean major information technology service provider, is set to consult on the design of an Indonesian smart city project worth ...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Naver says no growth sacrifice to cut costs with record sales
Naver Corp., South Korea’s largest online portal, on Friday reported its largest-ever quarterly revenue, led by webtoon and fintech services, ...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean startup Time Percent gives power to digital asset investors
South Korean startup Time Percent Corp. was founded a year ago with the specific goal of giving power to the investors of digital assets, rather tha...
Jul 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
KT ups ante with $1.5 billion spending on public sector cloud service
KT Cloud Corp., a unit of South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp., plans to spend up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) over the next three years t...
Jul 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kia posts record-high double-digit profit margin in second quarter
Kia Corp., South Korea’s largest automaker, said on Friday it posted its first-ever double-digit operating profit margin in the second quarter...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air, its white knight Naver close ranks in digital partnership
South Korea’s national flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. and online platform giant Naver Corp. are expanding their business cooperation in dig...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
SK, Naver to launch cloud services for Korean public institutions
South Korea’s leading cloud computing and software services providers are slated to join forces to launch a service for smart working in Korea...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Naver Zepeto targets Middle East for global expansion
Naver Z Corp., the operator of Asia’s largest metaverse platform Zepeto, is set to accelerate its global expansion through localization, mainl...
Jul 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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