Metaverse policy

Snow Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea’s tech behemoth Naver Corp., has either already invested, or is slated to invest, in 11 companies so f...

SK Square Co., the investment arm of SK Group, is working on issuing its own digital currency within the year, according to people with knowledge of...

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...

Fourteen out of the 17 South Korean companies that made a stock market debut between March 2021 and February of this year are trading below their cl...

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. is eyeing the metaverse and robotics as keys to the global tech giant’s future. At the same time, it is ...

South Korea’s automakers were on high alert as President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol pledged to ban new registrations of internal combustion engine ca...

Naver Z, a subsidiary of Naver Corp., announced on Friday the number of subscribers to its metaverse platform Zepeto now exceeds 300 million. ...

‘Beyond Korea’ is South Korean tech juggernaut Kakao Corp.’s new vision for the future. Kakao’s new CEO nominee Namkoon...

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 meeti...

Game shares in South Korea and the United States have plunged, hit by worse-than-expected earnings. Online game developers in Korea have also b...

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 ...

A growing number of LG Group units have unveiled their dividend policies for the next three years for the first time in their history, as they are d...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Samsung Electronics Co. has hired Mark Lippert, former US ambassador to South Korea, as an executive in charge of corporate ...

Netmarble Corp. unveiled detailed plans for a hawkish entry into the blockchain and metaverse industries on Thursday. The mobile game developer...

South Korean companies are ramping up their local bond issuances to finance expansion into low-carbon and contactless platform businesses, with stro...

Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, on Thursday announced a new chief executive nominee as the company ...

South Korea’s game developers are expected to seek more acquisitions of the metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) companies for new profit so...

South Korea’s DoubleU Games Co. announced Friday that its subsidiary DoubleDown Interactive LLC invested $1.5 million in North Carolina-base...

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 Ocu...

South Korea’s central bank is almost certain to raise interest rates on Friday to curb inflation and household debt as the US Federal Reserve ...

POSCO Co., the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, reported record earnings in 2021, adding to the bullish outlook, as China sustained a policy ...

LAS VEGAS – Chief executives of South Korea's energy-to-telecom conglomerate SK Group on Thursday met with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon and dis...

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...

EONE-DIAGNOMICS Genome Center Co. ( EDGC ) announced this week it would participate in AI Human Metaverse Project consortium – along with seven ...

South Korea’s major companies are showcasing robots, mobility and the metaverse rather than cutting-edge models of their conventional products...

The year of the tiger will see decent stock price gains in leading chipmakers such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. on expected hypersca...

LG Display Co. ’s share price is continuing its upward trend, despite dampening LCD (liquid crystal display) panel prices. This is not in...

Come January, Hyundai Motor Co. will showcase the whole gamut of mobility technology at CES 2022.On Thursday, the automaker released a teaser photo ...

Naver Webtoon Ltd., the digital comics platform of South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp., is set to acquire the management rights of d...

South Korea’s KB Investment Co. and US venture capitalist Strong Ventures LLC have invested in Stan World, a K-pop metaverse platform operator...