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China’s Alibaba acquires 5% of Ably in 1st equity investment in Korean firm
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Advertisement of Ably Corp. (Photo captured from Ably’s website) Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has invested 100…
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Shoping Help
in CommunityHello I want to buy the Samsung Freestyle 2 portable projector. Can anyone help me with physical shops that I…
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TVing beefs up sports content, narrowing gap with Netflix
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TVing, a South Korean over-the-top (OTT) platform, is beefing up live sports and TV series featuring baseball players to catch…
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Korean logistics companies expand overseas businesses
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CJ Logistics breaks ground on a new logistics center in Elwood, Illinois, on Oct. 10, 2024 (File photo by CJ…
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S.Korea’s food delivery apps taste fresh boom in demand
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Baemin controls 61% of South Korea’s online food delivery market as of October 2024 South Korea’s online food delivery market…
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Naver’s AI-powered search, online shopping services to go into full swing
in NewsNaver CEO Choi Soo-yeon unveils the company’s business strategy at DAN 24, a Naver tech conference South Korea’s Naver Corp.…
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Naver to lead hyper-personalized shopping trends with super app
in NewsNaver Corp., South Korea’s largest internet portal, will launch an AI-driven shopping app in the first half of 2025 to…
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Coupang CEO to reduce stake in e-commerce platform
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Bom Kim, founder and CEO of Coupang Coupang Inc. founder and Chief Executive Bom Kim will sell shares and donate…
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Coupang posts record quarterly sales, swings to Q3 operating profit
in NewsCoupang is South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform operator Coupang Inc., South Korea’s answer to global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, posted its…
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Streaming services or sites to watch Cartoons in Korean?
in CommunityI really want to watch animated shows that are dubbed in korean, but I am having difficulty finding out where…
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Gmarket, CJ Logistics to launch guaranteed delivery date service
CJ Logistics is South Korea’s largest logistics company Gmarket Inc., an e-commerce arm of South Korea’s Shinsegae Group, said on…
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Race to win tableside ordering market heats up in Korea
Tablet order system by t’order (Screenshot captured from t’order website) Delivery Hero-backed Baemin, the top food delivery platform in South…
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Hanjin, China’s AWOT set up e-commerce logistics JV
Hanjin and AWOT Global held their joint venture inauguration ceremony on Sept. 5 Hanjin Transportation Co., a South Korean logistics…
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Korean retailers ramp up fulfillment centers to hold AliExpress in check
A bird’s-eye view of BGF Retail’s logistics center in Busan, Korea South Korea’s leading retailers, including Coupang Inc., are ramping…
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Lotte to open shops within Singapore NTUC FairPrice outlets
NTUC FairPrice CEO Vipul Chawla (third from left) and Lotte Shopping CEO Kim Sanghyun (fourth from left) pose after signinig…
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Korea tightens rules on Netflix, Spotify subscription billing
South Korean drama series and films on Netflix (File photo, courtesy of Netflix) South Korea’s antitrust body is slated to…
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Coupang, CJ Cheiljedang end feud and resume Rocket Delivery
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, on Wednesday resumed the same- or next-day delivery service dubbed Rocket Delivery for…
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Alipay’s rise puts Korea on alert to private data breach
A store in Myeong-dong, Seoul South Korean fintech companies’ customer data transfer to Alipay, a Chinese payment platform, sets off…
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Coupang, CJ Cheiljedang end feud to resume Rocket Delivery
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, on Wednesday resumed the same or next-day delivery service, dubbed Rocket Delivery, for…
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Coupang posts 1st quarterly loss in two years; revenue soars
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s e-commerce behemoth, posted its first quarterly loss in two years after booking the hefty fine imposed…
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Colosseum poised for next leap with global push
Colosseum FDs inside a fulfillment center (Courtesy of Colosseum) Colosseum Corporation Inc., a fulfillment startup based in South Korea, has…
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S.Korea fines AliExpress $1.4 mn for alleged privacy breach
AliExpress ad in South Korea South Korea’s privacy authority punished AliExpress including a fine of $1.4 million for allegedly not…
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Lotte leader Shin Dong-bin stresses pivot to AI-centered innovation
Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin (left) at the 2024 Lotte Investment Showcase, a gathering of in-house and independent startups Shin…
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Coupang opens Rocket Growth seller website
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, announced on Tuesday that it opened a dedicated website for sellers (sell.coupang.com) interested…
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Gmarket CEO vows to reclaim top with know-how from Alibaba, Coupang
Gmarket’s offline sales event in Seoul (File photo, courtesy of Gmarket) A new chief executive of South Korea’s Gmarket Inc.…
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Korean IPO boom sets new record; bubble bursts after debut
Trading room at Hana Bank’s headquarters in Seoul on July 2, 2024 South Korea’s initial public offerings in the first…
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Shein cracks Korea’s ultra-low-cost online fashion market
Korean actress Kim Yoo-jung was tapped as the first global ambassador for Shein’s fashion subbrand Dazy Shein, a Chinese fast…
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PwC’s Korean member taps new chiefs, creates finance unit
Samil PwC nominates Hong Joon-ki (left) as chief of the audit unit, Min Joon-seon as deals unit leader and Lee…
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Coupang fined $102 mn for alleged search algorithm manipulation
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, was fined 140 billion won ($102 million) on Thursday for allegedly manipulating search…
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Affluent Gen Xers lead e-commerce shopping in South Korea
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Affluent Generation Xers, also pioneers in the digital landscape who navigated the early days of personal…
