South Korea's travel app MyRealTrip announced that it partnered with the Japanese accommodation and restaurant reservation platform Ikyu, becoming the first domestic travel app to do so.Through this new partnership, MyRealTrip will offer a restaurant booking service for 160 top-rated dining es
South Korea’s Liner, an artificial intelligence search platform startup, on Thursday announced the release of Liner Copilot, an extension for Samsung Internet Browser.Liner Copilot is an interactive search service developed from Liner AI, a search function launched by the company using g
Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner at MBK Partners Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner at private equity firm MBK Partners, has topped the ranking of the 50 richest South Koreans by net worth, according to Forbes on Monday.Kim, who ranked third last year, saw his net wort
Travel app MyRealTrip said Wednesday that it is launching an overseas hotel booking service that allows users to search, book, and pay for more than 600,000 accommodations worldwide.Until now, the company's overseas lodging booking services have been carried out through a partnership with Book
Lee Boo-jin, Hotel Shilla CEO and Samsung heiressSamsung heiress and Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin ranked 85th on The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women selected by Forbes. Lee, who leads Samsung Group's luxury hotel and duty-free shop business unit, is the only Korean on the list this year. She ranked
Floatic Robotics was founded by intern developers at Naver Labs (Courtesy of Floatic Robotics) Warehouse automation startup Floatic Robotics wrapped up its pre-Series A round with 3.4 billion won ($2.6 million). The Seoul-based company is developing a robotics solution that automates the p
Michael ByungJu Kim, founder of MBK Partners Michael ByungJu Kim, the founder of South Korean investment firm MBK Partners, and Kim Jung-ju, founder of Nexon, the largest online gaming company in Korea, have been selected as Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy by Forbes this year. The two wer
(Courtesy of Nearthlab) South Korea's commercial drone manufacturer Nearthlab plans to apply for an initial public offering this year to get listed on the junior Kosdaq market in the first half of next year, according to people with knowledge of the matter on Thursday.The startup, with an estim
MBK Partners' first female partner Lee In-kyung has made it to the list of Forbes Asia's 20 power businesswomen published in its November issue. Forbes on Nov. 1 announced its 2021 Asia’s Power Businesswomen list of 20 female business leaders in the Asia-Pacific region. Lee, 53, is
South Korea’s first contactless laundry service startup Laundrygo has raised 50 billion won ($43 million) in a follow-on investment from investors including SoftBank Ventures, Altos Ventures, DS Asset Management and Samsung Venture Investment, according to the company on Sept. 7.Betting