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South Korean content shares finished Friday’s trade higher, buoyed by expectations of resumed exports to China and news that Disney+ will rele...

Naver Z, a subsidiary of Naver Corp., announced on Friday the number of subscribers to its metaverse platform Zepeto now exceeds 300 million. ...

Kakao Corp., the No. 1 digital comics platform in Japan, will expand deeper into the neighboring country's comics market by launching a platform whe...

Ridi Corp., often referred to as South Korea's Kindle, has received funding of 120 billion won ($100 million) from Singapore's GIC and three domesti...

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said on Feb. 28 it hired Allspring Global Investments LLC, BlackRock Inc. and Morgan Stanley Investm...

‘Beyond Korea’ is South Korean tech juggernaut Kakao Corp.’s new vision for the future. Kakao’s new CEO nominee Namkoon...

Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is so determined to make the metaverse the group's next playing field that he recently proposed a metaverse meeti...

In April 2021, there were some 200 unicorns in the Asia Pacific region, second only to the United States which had 290 startups each valued at $1 bi...

South Korean chipmakers are expected to reduce imports of a core solvent of the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process for semiconductor manufacturing as...

TVing Co. is poised to sell 382,513 new shares to South Korean private equity fund JC Partner Co.’s affiliate to raise 250 billion won ($209 m...

WeMade Co., a South Korean game developer, plans to retire 2% of its cryptocurrency WEMIX in the next two weeks to bolster its value for investors, ...

Visiting a car dealer’s stylish showroom to touch, feel and sometimes test drive a car before purchase has for decades been a rite of passage ...

Korean Teachers’ Credit Union (KTCU), a retirement fund for South Korean teachers and employees, earned an 11.3% return from investment last y...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), managing $205 billion in assets as of the end-2021, has invested in US cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinba...

South Korea’s Gallery Hyundai paints a new future by incorporating NFT (non-fungible token.)  The country’s first commercial art g...

Online shopping platform Queenit recently received 36 billion won ($30 million) from Kakao Ventures Corp., SoftBank Ventures Korea Corp. and more,...

Kakao Corp. announced Sunday that it plans to launch the European version of its webtoon subscription service in either April or May of this year....

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, ...

ICONIQ Capital, a US family office backed by Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has invested 50 billion won ($42 million) in Smartscore, a South ...

Music copyright trading platform Musicow Inc. has attracted a 200 billion won ($167.9 million) investment from Korea’s private equity firm STI...

Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is known for his obsession with new tech gadgets.He’s one of those early adopters in South Korea of the Ocu...

Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday it aims to triple the global sale of the Genesis G90 over the next couple of years by launching the flagship luxu...

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group joined forces with US data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. to set up a big data platfor...

South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. decided to list the recently acquired Intel Corp.’s NAND flash memory chip business on the Nasdaq in a move ...

The world sought new opportunities in 2021, recovering from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global major companies have been in cutthroat compet...

South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment Corp. has bought the world’s top Asian fantasy web novel platform Wuxiaworld, based in the US, to expa...

Patrizia AG, a Germany-based global leading real estate investment firm, said on Dec. 13 it has sold the shares of the company owning Brussels&rsq...

South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. has attracted $20 million in investment from US data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. ahead of its...

Drivers of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are set to enjoy their favorite original TV shows and dramas in-vehicle in near real-time, created by Sou...

 As influencers on YouTube and social media platforms are becoming central to the marketing efforts of companies, South Korean cosmetics brands...