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Kakao Mobility to launch outdoor robot delivery
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Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing app operator, said on Monday that it signed a business agreement with Robotis,…
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Instagram poised to crack Korean webcomic market
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(AP file photo via Yonhap) Big tech’s encroachment on the South Korean webcomic market, largely dominated by local players in…
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Kakao to launch AI messenger service Kanana in H1 2025
in NewsKakao CEO Chung Shina presents Kanana at the if(kakaoAI) 2024 conference on Oct. 22, 2024 (Coourtesy of Kakao) South Korea’s…
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Kakao Mobility, Samsung C&T to co-work on robot, parking solutions
in NewsKakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing app operator, announced on Friday that it signed a business agreement with Samsung…
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LG Uplus to support AI startup creation
in NewsSouth Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday that it launched the startup support program Shift, which aims to discover…
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Why Korea’s teens are abandoning KakaoTalk for Instagram
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FTC fines Kakao Mobility $55 mn for alleged unfair taxi-hailing service
A Kakao T taxi in Seoul (File photo by News1) South Korea’s antitrust body fined Kakao Mobility Corp., the country’s…
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KakaoTalk to adopt full-screen ads as sales, profit growth stunted
KakaoTalk is Korea’s top messenger app Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant messenger and chat app KakaoTalk, will…
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Mobility firms, banks replace battery, K-culture stocks in KEDI 30 Index
ETF (Courtesy of Getty Images) Mobility, financial services and biotech companies have elbowed out battery and entertainment stocks in the…
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OpenResearch gets $7.5 mn seed round
Former Kakao Brain CEO Kim Il-Doo OpenResearch, an AI search service founded by former Kakao Brain CEO Kim Il-Doo, said…
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Korea’s AI, robot startups shine despite funding drought
A humanoid robot provides information to a visitor for at a technology event in Seoul on June 19, 2024 (File…
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No Korean firms make it to Korea’s top five mobile games list
Ares-Rise of Guardians, a popular MMORPG released by Kakao Games on July 25, 2023 No South Korean game titles developed…
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Hoban partners with Kakao, Bear Robotics for robot-based services
Hoban Construction Ltd. announced on Friday that it has signed a business agreement (MOU) with Kakao Mobility and Bear Robotics…
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Kbank aims for IPO at a $4 bn valuation in Q4
Kbank, a South Korean online bank, is preparing to list on the main bourse Kospi at an estimated corporate value…
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YC-backed Relate defies conventional wisdom for deeper integration
(Courtesy of Pixelic) It may look like David versus Goliath, but Y Combinator-backed Relate has found a sweet spot where…
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Kakao Pay to run Pangyo office with renewable energy
Kakao Pay, a unit of South Korean tech conglomerate Kakao (Courtesy of Kakao Pay) South Korea’s Kakao Pay Corp. said…
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Korean IT giants drop fandom platforms, help HYBE dominate
BTS concert in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 15, 2022 (File photo by Big Hit Music, HYBE’s wholly-owned subsidiary) South…
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Kakao to merge dk techin and Kakao Brain
South Korea’s Kakao Corp. said on August 23 that its mobile solution development subsidiary dK Techin Corp. will merge with…
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SY Lee: A Korean startup creator who fetched $80 mn for Story Protocol
PIP Labs CEO and Story Protocol Co-founder SY Lee Seung Yoon Lee, a South Korean startup creator, was in his…
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Korea Investment, most generous venture capitalist in H1
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Korea Investment Partners Co. spent the most on local startups among venture capitalists in the first…
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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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Samsung’s Monimo set to disrupt Korea’s financial app market
Monimo mobile app launched by Samsung Financial Networks in April 2022 (Courtesy of Samsung Financial Networks) Samsung Group, South Korea’s…
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Google to target global webtoon sector with Korean creators
(Captured from Dashtoon website) BENGALURU – Google teamed up with South Korean creators to target the global webtoon industry, spurring…
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NCSOFT taps ex-Pearl Abyss US head to lead N.America unit
Jin Jeonghee was appointed as the new head of NC America NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major gaming company, said on…
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Kakao to launch conversational AI platform for B2C commerce
Kakao’s headquarters in Seoul (Courtesy of Yonhap) South Korean mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. said on Thursday that it will…
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Hyundai Elevator joins forces with Kakao Mobility for integration services
Cho Jae-cheon, CEO of Hyundai Elevator (left) and Ryu Geung-seon, CEO of Kakao Mobility South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator Co. said…
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Kakao Games reports sharp drop in Q2 operating profit
Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., reported a sharp decline in second-quarter…
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Kakao Mobility launches overseas car rental service
South Korean mobility platform Kakao Mobility said on Monday that it launched an overseas car rental service accessible through its…
