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Hasty overseas expansion hurts Korean entertainment sector

May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

5 Min read

Pre-IPOs

PIF, GIC to invest $964 mn in Korea's Kakao Entertainment

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have agreed to invest a combined $964 million in Ka...

Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

2 Min read

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Webtoons

Dating My Best Friend’s Sister becomes webtoon in Korea

Dating My Best Friend’s Sister, a famous romance fiction by USA Today Bestselling author Violet Paige serialized on Radish, the web novel platf...

Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

1 Min read

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Pre-IPOs

Kakao Entertainment’s fundraising plan hits roadblock

Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., is struggling to raise money as surging inflation and ris...

May 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

4 Min read

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Webtoons

Kakao to merge US webtoon, web novel platforms

South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment Co. is set to merge Tapas Media Inc. and Radish Fiction Inc., its webtoon and mobile novel platforms in North...

May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)

1 Min read

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Entertainment

Kakao buys Asia fantasy fiction platform giant Wuxiaworld

South Korea’s Kakao Entertainment Corp. has bought the world’s top Asian fantasy web novel platform Wuxiaworld, based in the US, to expan...

Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)

2 Min read

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