SY Lee: A Korean startup creator who fetched $80 mn for Story Protocol
Seung Yoon Lee, a South Korean startup creator, was in his early 20s when he co-founded Radish Fiction Inc., a US-based mobile fiction platform, in ...
RaonSecure wins order for Indonesia's digital ID project
South Korean cybersecurity firm RaonSecure Co. announced on Tuesday that it secured a project for Indonesia's integrated digital identity (ID) servi...
S.Korea's RaonSecure establishes metaverse subsidiary
South Korean cybersecurity firm RaonSecure Co. announced Wednesday it established RaonMeta, a generative AI-based metaverse platform subsidiary. Rao...
Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms
South Korea’s information technology and game companies are rushing to the Middle East to seek global growth drivers as the oil-rich countries...
Nexon opens blockchain game corporations in UAE
South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. opened its corporations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the end of last year to str...
SK C&C to build Hana Securities STO system
South Korea's SK C&C announced on Tuesday that it will supply its blockchain service platform ChainZ Security Token (ChainZ ST) to build the sys...
S.Korea's FNS Value to enter Malaysian fintech market
South Korea's FNS Value announced on Thursday a collaboration agreement with the Malaysian big data technology company Big Dataworks. The two compan...
Krafton, Naver eye Overdare as S.Korea's answer to Roblox
South Korea's game company Krafton Inc. and Naver Z, a metaverse unit of the country’s portal giant Naver Corp. on Thursday said they will u...
FNSValue, UN agency to provide passwordless authentication for fintech
South Korean blockchain company FNSValue Co. on Monday signed a partnership agreement with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Unit...
WeMade partners with three companies for WEMIX Play onboarding
South Korea's game developer and publisher WeMade Co. announced on Friday that it has signed onboarding agreements with several domestic and interna...
SK Telecom expands its Web3 ecosystem
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has joined hands with Polygon Labs, a New York-based global blockchain company, to expand its Web3 ecosystem.Both compa...
S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11
South Korea’s largest investment conference will be held in Seoul Sept. 11-15 with around 100 chief executives from global financial services ...
Hyundai, Kia deploy CO2 emission monitor system for cooperative firms
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. revealed on Friday their AI-integrated, blockchain-enabled Supplier CO2 Emission Monitoring System (SC...
Mirae Asset Securities, Near Protocol team up for blockchain techs
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for collaborative research in bloc...
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...
SK C&C to develop solution to prevent recycling fraud
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it is developing a system for t...
WeMade signs MOU with Ministry of Investment Saudi Arabia
South Korea's game publisher WeMade Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Investment ...
Blockchain game startup Gomble gets seed round
South Korean blockchain gaming startup Gomble announced on Monday that it has successfully secured its first institutional investment. The seed fund...
Netmarble unveils Union Tokenomics for Marblex's MBX ecosystem
Netmarble Corp. announced on Thursday that its blockchain subsidiary Marblex has launched the Union Tokenomics, token economic system for the MBX ec...
S.Korea's Krafton, Naver to set up JV for metaverse services in H1
Krafton Inc., a leading game developer in South Korea, is slated to establish a joint venture with Naver Z Corp., a metaverse unit of the country&rs...
WeMade sets up blockchain corporation in UAE
WeMade Co., South Korea's game developer and publisher and the issuer of cryptocurrency WeMix, set up WeMix MENA Ltd. in the United Arab Emirates (U...
Samsung Heavy obtains blockchain security certificate
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. announced the successful development of a cyber-security solution for autonomous ships using blockchain t...
Blockchain co. Reality Reflection's board to discuss mangement reshuffle
The South Korean blockchain ecosystem is facing a string of management disputes, hit by worsening conditions of the global cryptocurrency market.&nb...
NCSOFT invests $15 million in blockchain company Mysten Labs
NCSOFT Corp., which announced early this year plans to install non-fungible token (NFT) technology in the global version of its online role-playing ...
Blockchain-based messenger 'Block Chat' debuts
South Korea's Blockchain Labs, which developed the Coov app for electronic certification for vaccination against COVID-19, on Tuesday said it has re...
Crypto exchange Binance to work with Busan on blockchain
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, announced on Friday it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ...
Oasys aims to be blockchain gateway for S.Korean game developers
Singapore-based Oasys has an ambitious goal to revolutionize the gaming industry by making blockchain games cheaper to develop and faster to play &n...
DeFi platform Neopin unveils plan for Web 3.0, NFT, multichain services
Blockchain firm Neopin announced its strategy to strengthen its foothold in the global DeFi Market on Thursday with four keywords: Web 3.0, multicha...
Blockchain game developer Planetarium Labs raises $32 mn
Planetarium Labs raised $32 million in a Series A funding round, led by Animoca Brands, and joined by Samsung Next, WeMade, and Krust Universe.The s...
Terra debacle: For whom the blockchain bell tolls
In capitalism and the market economy, one’s monetary compensation is measured by his or her degree of contribution to improving the lives of o...
