South Korea loses tech startups at rapid clip amid dwindling funding

South Korea loses tech startups at rapid clip amid dwindling funding

Concerns are growing that the tech startup ecosystem in South Korea, home to global tech household name Samsung Electronics Co., would be trapped in...

DOR sets sights on TikTok-like virtual world for gamers  

DOR sets sights on TikTok-like virtual world for gamers  

South Korean startup DOR Corporation has thrown down the gauntlet to Discord, a popular global social platform for gamers, with its TikTok-like soci...

Naver recruits 500 creators for Clip

Naver recruits 500 creators for Clip

South Korea's Naver Corp. said on Monday it will recruit 500 creators for Clip in the first half of 2025, the company's short-form platform from Dec...

11Street to host grand shopping festival in November

11Street to host grand shopping festival in November

South Korea’s e-commerce platform 11Street Co. will hold its annual Grand 11 shopping festival from November 1 to 11. Since 2008, the company...

Korean IT giants drop fandom platforms, help HYBE dominate

Korean IT giants drop fandom platforms, help HYBE dominate

South Korean game developer Neowiz has sold its fan engagement platform unit, joining the moves by local IT giants such as Naver Corp. to pull out o...

Renault Korea begins mass production of Grand Koleos

Renault Korea begins mass production of Grand Koleos

Renault Korea announced on Tuesday that it has started mass production of the D-segment hybrid sports utility vehicle (SUV) New Renault Grand Koleos...

Naver Whale features in Renault Korea vehicles

Naver Whale features in Renault Korea vehicles

South Korea’s homegrown web browser Whale, developed by Naver Corp., will be installed in Renault Korea cars. Naver Cloud announced on Friday...

Hyundai Inster, Kia EV3, Genesis Neolun shine at Busan auto show

Hyundai Inster, Kia EV3, Genesis Neolun shine at Busan auto show

BUSAN – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, on Thursday premiered the Inster, an all-electric crossover city car, the latest...

Shinsegae Dept. Store to sell luxury wines in Gangnam

Shinsegae Dept. Store to sell luxury wines in Gangnam

South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group is set to sell luxury wines with price tags up to tens of thousands of dollars in Seoul, as demand for pre...

HD Hyundai Develon wins iF Design Award

HD Hyundai Develon wins iF Design Award

South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. announced on Thursday that its construction machinery brand Develon received the grand prize in the branding ...

Mohegan fuels casino, resort market rivalry in Korea

Mohegan fuels casino, resort market rivalry in Korea

Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort on Yeongjong Island, near South Korea’s gateway Incheon International Airport, is attracting throngs of v...

Lotte Duty Free holds grand reopening ceremony at Changi Airport

Lotte Duty Free holds grand reopening ceremony at Changi Airport

Lotte Duty Free held a grand opening ceremony for its Changi Airport store in Singapore, marking the official start of its 19 stores.Lotte Duty Free...

Hyundai N Vision 74 wins 2023 Good Design Award

Hyundai N Vision 74 wins 2023 Good Design Award

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Thursday that its nine products across Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Corp., and premium brand Genesis have received top ...

Seoul kicks off Korea Grand Sale 2024 to double foreign tourists

Seoul kicks off Korea Grand Sale 2024 to double foreign tourists

South Korea on Thursday kicked off a push to nearly double the number of foreign tourists visiting the country this year to 20 million by hosting a ...

SK Telecom, Naver, AfreecaTV to introduce AI in sportscasting

SK Telecom, Naver, AfreecaTV to introduce AI in sportscasting

SK Telecom Co., Naver Corp., and AfreecaTV have joined forces to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the sports broadcasting field....

POSCO startup POSCORE wins grand prize at D.Camp All-Star League

POSCO startup POSCORE wins grand prize at D.Camp All-Star League

POSCORE, an in-house startup of South Korean steel giant POSCO Group, won the grand prize during an annual startup demo day hosted Wednesday by star...

Naver-invested Bering Lab tops at Huawei startup contest

Naver-invested Bering Lab tops at Huawei startup contest

South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) legal technology startup Bering Lab, with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), receiv...

Jackpot seekers boost Grand Hyatt Jeju's Aug sales to record high

Jackpot seekers boost Grand Hyatt Jeju's Aug sales to record high

Grand Hyatt Jeju within Jeju Dream Tower Integrated Resort posted its highest-ever revenue of 14.3 billion won ($10.8 million) in August, Lotte Tour...

Cheil Worldwide wins Grand Prix at Cannes Lions 2023

Cheil Worldwide wins Grand Prix at Cannes Lions 2023

South Korea's leading ad agency and marketing company Cheil Worldwide clinched nine awards, including the coveted Grand Prix, at the esteemed Cannes...

Samsung launches collaborative product with illustrator Max Dalton

Samsung launches collaborative product with illustrator Max Dalton

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it has unveiled a special edition of Bespoke Jet Bot AI, collaborative with illustrator Max Dalton,...

S.Korea's UAM project finalizes list of 46 participating companies

S.Korea's UAM project finalizes list of 46 participating companies

Forty-six companies in South Korea including three in mobile telecommunications are participating in the Korean-style urban air mobility (UAM) demon...

Daewoo E&C, Jeju Air kick off K-UAM Grand Challenge phase 1 project

Daewoo E&C, Jeju Air kick off K-UAM Grand Challenge phase 1 project

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. and Jeju Air Co. have teamed up to participate in the Korean urban air mobility (K-UAM) project. The two c...

LG Uplus to participate in Drone Show Korea

LG Uplus to participate in Drone Show Korea

On Sunday, South Korean mobile telecom carrier LG Uplus Corp. announced that it would host a joint exhibition hall with Kakao Mobility, GS Engineeri...

Bluecove buys Grand Hyatt Seoul for over $565 million

Bluecove buys Grand Hyatt Seoul for over $565 million

South Korean real estate firm Bluecove Investment has signed an agreement to acquire five-star hotel Grand Hyatt Seoul for more than 700 billion won...

LG OLED evo selected as best product in Japan

LG OLED evo selected as best product in Japan

LG Electronics Inc.'s OLED evo was selected as the best product by Japan's most well-known audio and video publications.The South Korean company sai...

LG Uplus holds in-house hackathon to secure platform technology

LG Uplus holds in-house hackathon to secure platform technology

LG Uplus Corps. said on Sunday that it held a hackathon called "Hackstival" to compete for development skills of in-house software developers.The co...

Gaming firm NCSOFT wins S.Korea’s largest AI R&D competition

Gaming firm NCSOFT wins S.Korea’s largest AI R&D competition

South Korean game developer NCSOFT Corp. announced on Friday that it won first place at this year’s Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenge, h...

Kosdaq Listed Companies Association announces top Kosdaq blue chips

Kosdaq Listed Companies Association announces top Kosdaq blue chips

The Kosdaq Listed Companies Association of South Korea announced its top Kosdaq blue chips during its 13th annual award conference held on Dec. 16...

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