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Korean startups
Gaming platform Planetarium attracts $42 mn, valued at $293 mn
South Korea’s non-fungible token (NFT)-based open source gaming platform Planetarium, under Nine Corp. Inc., is slated to attract around 50 ...
Nov 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
LG Elec brings GeForce Now games to smart TVs
LG Electronics Inc., the global home appliance giant, will now enable gamers to enjoy Nvidia Corp.’s game streaming service GeForce Now on the...
Nov 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea stocks see $2 bn inflow, stoking hopes for a foreigner comeback
Foreign investors have absorbed $2 billion in South Korean stock markets so far in November, spurring hopes of a foreign comeback, although doubts r...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM buys Hollywood studio Endeavor Content for $775 mn
CJ ENM Co., South Korea's entertainment powerhouse, has agreed to buy an 80% stake in the content unit of Endeavor Group Holdings for $775.3 million...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean game makers shun IBs for M&A deals
“We know which companies to buy after playing the games a few times.”More and more South Korean game developers are pursuing mergers and...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
NCSoft to unveil NFT-based, play-to-earn games in 2022
NCSoft Corp., South Korea's leading game developer, will dip its toes into the realm of the blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFT) by releasing pl...
Nov 11, 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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Batteries
US startup SES unveils game-changing lithium-metal battery
SES Holdings Pte. Ltd., one of the world’s top solid-state battery makers, unveiled a hybrid lithium-metal rechargeable battery with better pe...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao becomes Korea’s top platform firm, besting archrival Naver
Kakao Corp., best known for South Korea’s top mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, has become the country’s top platform company in terms of ...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
CJ Group Chief unveils $8.5 billion investment plans for growth
South Korea’s CJ Group, which operates the country’s largest food and beverage company CJ Cheiljedang Corp. as well as entertainment gia...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Supergene looks well beyond smash hit instant game OMG
Commanding more than 100 million users for a South Korean Internet social service or a mobile game is uncommon even among industry leaders.Naver Cor...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea’s top mobile game to be launched in Taiwan in Q1 2022
South Korea’s top mobile game Odin: Valhalla Rising will be launched Taiwan in the first quarter of next year as its developer Lionheart Studi...
Oct 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver launches Japan-focused e-commerce platform
South Korea's top online portal Naver Corp. launched its e-commerce platform dedicated to Japan last month, taking its first step toward a global on...
Oct 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea’s WeMade, ten bagger with play-to-earn game
When Vincent Gallarte was fired in July, the Manila IT analyst found an unusual financial lifeline – an online game that rewards players in cr...
Oct 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Netflix reports jump in users, calls Squid Game its most popular show ever
Netflix Inc. added 4.4 million memberships in the third quarter, more than the company had forecast, as viewers flocked to the streaming platform wi...
Oct 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Netflix’s Squid Game slammed by Kim Jong-un’s propagandists as ‘beastly’
SEOUL—“Squid Game,” Netflix Inc.’s dystopian drama set in South Korea, is the top-watched show in more than 9...
Oct 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Murata Manufacturing CEO
Japan's Murata redefines customers in game-changing era
KYOTO, Japan - Murata Manufacturing Co., the world's No. 1 producer of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and other electronic components, will e...
Oct 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Has Already Inspired Thousands of Halloween Costumes
“Squid Game,” the South Korean dystopian thriller which debuted on Netflix on Sept. 17, is on track to be the platform’s...
Oct 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Is the Dystopian Hit No One Wanted—Until Everyone Did
SEOUL—South Korea’s dystopian drama “Squid Game” might become Netflix Inc.’s biggest hit ever. But for a dec...
Oct 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Music & Entertainment
Squid Game: Bloody battle for survival reflects reality – director
Netflix original South Korean drama “Squid Game” is making history again for K-content, topping the platform’s global chart as the...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korean MZers become world's biggest spenders on mobile games
South Korean millennials and Gen Zers have become the world's biggest spenders on mobile games with the MZers accounting for over 90% of domestic mo...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
S.Korean content shares surge with global success of Squid Game
South Korea’s major content production houses have made a big comeback in the local stock market on Sept. 27 after a period of downhill over t...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Netmarble acquires Canadian game studio for $165 mn
South Korea's Netmarble Corp. has acquired Canada's mobile game developer Ludia Inc. for $165 million, the latest in a series of its cross-border ac...
Sep 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Hyundai Motor develops Roblox virtual mobility experience game
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has developed an interactive metaverse game to be played on its online entertainment platform Ro...
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
NPIXEL emerges as fastest Korean game company to become unicorn
South Korea-based game developer NPIXEL Co. has become the country’s fastest game company to join the unicorn club after raising 100 billion w...
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Game firms seeking strong IP extend ties with content makers
South Korean game developers and publishers are increasingly building business alliances with players in the content industry through equity investm...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble sells shares of Kakao units to raise $700 mn in August
South Korea’s Netmarble Corp. has earned 816.9 billion won ($703 million) so far in August alone by selling shares of KakaoBank Corp. and Kaka...
Aug 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Social casino game maker DoubleDown Interactive resumes US IPO process
DoubleDown Interactive LLC, a subsidiary of DoubleUGames Co., has resumed the process to go public on Nasdaq after more than a year has passed from ...
Aug 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble’s new Marvel game tops App Store downloads in 117 countries
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp.’s Marvel Future Revolution, a new Marvel IP-based open-world action RPG, has topped the list of Ap...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
Father of Krafton's PUBG eyes the expansion of games
In September 2020, Krafton Inc.’s blockbuster game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) hit a major roadblock. India prohibited Chinese ...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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