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Com2uS announces plans to build real-life-like metaverse platform
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Naver Zepeto targets Middle East for global expansion
Naver Z Corp., the operator of Asia’s largest metaverse platform Zepeto, is set to accelerate its global expansion through localization, mainly...
Jul 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Elec. showcases virtual playground on Roblox
Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled a virtual playground within Roblox, the world’s top metaverse game platform with 54 million users a day, as th...
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Telecom gears up for global launch of metaverse platform
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. took steps to launch its metaverse platform in other countries as it aims to seek a future grow...
Jul 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Meta, Seoul National University jointly set up XR research center
Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook, and Seoul National University (SNU) jointly launched an extended reality (XR) research center in Sou...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinsegae to build metaverse presence with Hancom
South Korea’s retail powerhouse Shinsegae Inc. will kickstart its efforts to build a metaverse presence, while seeking to buy a stake in its di...
Jun 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mirae Asset Securities develops world's first virtual trading system
Mirae Asset Securities Co. announced Thursday it has developed the prototype for the world’s first virtual trading system (VTS,) which allows f...
Jun 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kakao to focus on interest-based platform for global market
South Korea’s online platform giant Kakao Corp. plans to shift its focus to an interest-based platform from its existing acquaintance-based mes...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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VA Corp. to build Asia’s largest virtual studio with LG’s LED displays
VA Corp. (VAC), a South Korean visual effects production startup, is building Asia’s largest virtual studio complex equipped with super-large L...
May 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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LG Uplus eyes metaverse niches for office workers, kids
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. will target specific groups of customers such as office workers and preschoolers for its metaverse platforms, sett...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Telecom to launch metaverse platform in Europe
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and its spin-off investment firm SK Square Co. joined hands with Europe’s largest telecom...
May 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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SKT, SK Square invests $40 mn in Korea metaverse game firm
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and its spin-off SK Square Co. have together invested 50 billion won ($40 million) into a local...
May 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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CJ ENM buys stake in US metaverse firm Hyperreal
South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. has acquired a minority stake in US metaverse entertainment and media firm Hyperreal Digital Inc., t...
May 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Motor enters metaverse sphere in tie-up with Meta Kongz
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has announced its foray into the non-fungible token market in partnership with Meta Kongz, an NFT...
Apr 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Telecom steps up metaverse push with Morph Interactive purchase
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has made an equity investment in Morph Interactive Co., a local three-dimensional graphics co...
Apr 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Naver Z invests in multiple metaverse-related startups to beef up Zepeto
Naver Z Corp. invested in more than eight companies so far this year, according to people familiar with the deals. Naver Z is the operator of Asia&r...
Mar 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse platform Zepeto user base exceeds 300 million
Naver Z, a subsidiary of Naver Corp., announced on Friday the number of subscribers to its metaverse platform Zepeto now exceeds 300 million. With t...
Mar 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Kakao’s incoming CEO to launch two metaverse platforms
‘Beyond Korea’ is South Korean tech juggernaut Kakao Corp.’s new vision for the future. Kakao’s new CEO nominee Namkoong Whon...
Feb 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte says to become the norm in metaverse retail space
Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is so determined to make the metaverse the group's next playing field that he recently proposed a metaverse meetin...
Feb 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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VR star signs with K-pop label YG Entertainment
South Korean game developer and publisher Smilegate announced Monday that its virtual human signed an exclusive contract with an affiliate of global ...
Feb 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Genie Music sets itself apart with focus on metaverse, NFTs
Audio streaming platform Genie Music Corp. has held four metaverse concerts for K-pop singer Jamie Park so far this month. At one point during the co...
Feb 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Netmarble vows aggressive expansion in blockchain, metaverse
Netmarble Corp. unveiled detailed plans for a hawkish entry into the blockchain and metaverse industries on Thursday. The mobile game developer and p...
Jan 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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DoubleU invests $1.5 million in Epic Games
South Korea’s DoubleU Games Co. announced Friday that its subsidiary DoubleDown Interactive LLC invested $1.5 million in North Carolina-based ...
Jan 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte Group aims for top spot in metaverse retail space
Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is known for his obsession with new tech gadgets.He’s one of those early adopters in South Korea of the Ocul...
Jan 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hyundai Motor to set up metaverse factory with Unity
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, is set to establish a digital virtual factory in a metaverse space with Unity, a US-based real-...
Jan 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biotech firm EDGC embarks on metaverse journey
EONE-DIAGNOMICS Genome Center Co. ( EDGC ) announced this week it would participate in AI Human Metaverse Project consortium – along with seven ...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Naver Webtoon to acquire Korea’s virtual human maker
Naver Webtoon Ltd., the digital comics platform of South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp., is set to acquire the management rights of do...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Strong Ventures, KB Investment invest in K-pop metaverse
South Korea’s KB Investment Co. and US venture capitalist Strong Ventures LLC have invested in Stan World, a K-pop metaverse platform operator....
Dec 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-startups take note of growing demand for 'meta fashion'
Meta fashion, a combination of fashion, metaverse, and NFT, is becoming a global trend. The MZ generation, as those in their 20s and 30s are called i...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cybersecurity stocks market darlings on rise of metaverse
Just a couple of years ago, the prevalent market view on the cybersecurity industry was that it would go downhill rather than prosper as public organ...
Dec 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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