Naver Labs
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Twelve Labs ranks among world's top 50 generative AI startups
South Korea’s Twelve Labs was included as the only Korean company in CB Insights’ first annual GenAI 50 ranking, a list of the world&rsq...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver to launch short-form service on portal’s front page
South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. said on Wednesday it is strengthening its short-form content service on surging demand for video c...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Naver posts record Q2 operating profit on e-commerce, content
South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. on Friday posted record operating profit in the second quarter, driven by robust sales growth in i...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LabGenomics plans to buy 4 to 5 more CLIA labs in US by 2027
LabGenomics Co. will advance into the US diagnostics market with laboratories regulated by the country’s Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amend...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Naver Pay to enter Chinese payment market in 2023
South Korea's Naver Financial announced plans on Tuesday to bring its simple payment service, Naver Pay, to the Chinese market by the end of this ye...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Bertis Pan-omics Analysis Solution, Systems (PASS) launched in US
Bertis, a company specializing in the development of proteomics-based precision medicine technology , announced on Monday the launch of PASS (Pan-om...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Labs opens door to unconventional idea seekers
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. has launched LG Labs, a playground for those wanting to test unconventional ideas that ...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver to unveil AI chatbot Cue: in September 2023
South Korea's web portal giant Naver Corp. on Friday announced the lineup and release schedule of services using its hyperscale artificial intellige...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Why do so many S.Korean innovators bow out following success?
Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of the global luxury goods leader LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is well known for sporting a full head of...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Poshmark launches Posh Lens with Naver's AI tech
South Korea's Naver Corp. announced on Thursday that Poshmark, the US-based social e-commerce C2C (consumer-to-consumer) marketplace, has launched a...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Naver Webtoon becomes No.1 webtoon platform in France
South Korea's Naver Webtoon has made a name for itself as the top webtoon platform in France. Naver Webtoon announced on Monday that it participated...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Naver supports startups using HyperCLOVA X
Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced that it conducts the project "Naver AI Rush 2023" from Friday until the end of the ...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon starts fortunetelling, personality test services
South Korea's Naver Webtoon has launched a service combining its content with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a US test of personality type,...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK Telecom, Hana Financial Group jointly nurture AI startups
SK Telecom Co. and Hana Financial Group are strengthening their collaboration in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). They are jointly fosteri...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel to open carbon-neutral steel lab by 2023
Hyundai Steel Co., a unit under South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Group, is set to kick off research on hydrogen-based steelmaking as its new la...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics sets up 1st global R&D center in Indonesia
South Korean home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. opened its first overseas research and development center in Indonesia on Thursday to accelera...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Naver D2SF invests in AI data generation startup
South Korea's top online platform Naver Corp. has invested in a startup with an artificial intelligence-generation solution that lowers the risk of ...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon promotes K-ramen in Bangkok via pop-up store
South Korea's Naver Webtoon, along with major domestic players in the food industry, on Tuesday said it joined in Bangkok, Thailand, Boggle Boggle K...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
S.Korea's Naver Webtoon to expand IP-based operations
South Korea's Naver Webtoon is selling its online intellectual property (IP)-based webtoon products on the offline market to expand its webtoon IP o...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver’s AI translation app Papago surpasses 10 mn MAU
The global monthly active user (MAU) number of Naver Corp.'s artificial intelligence (AI) translation app, Papago, has surpassed 10 million users, a...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Samsung's C-Lab participates in Europe's largest startup exhibition
Samsung Electronics Co.'s C-Lab showcases K-innovation at Europe's largest startup exhibition, paving the way for global market expansion.South Ko...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver expects to export ICT know-how to Middle Eest market
A high-ranking delegation from the royal family of Sharjah, one of the seven United Arab Emirates, led by Sheikh Saud bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Director...
Jun 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Big Tech, Japanese comics publishers target webtoon business
Big Tech have started webtoon services while major Japanese comic book publishers are gearing up for the business, threatening South Korea’s o...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KT, Naver chosen as suppliers of S.Korea’s hyperscale AI project
South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) have enlisted four tech enterprises — KT Corp., Nav...
Jun 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver Cloud builds S.Korea’s first 5G network at construction site
Naver Cloud for the first time in South Korea has launched a specialized 5G mobile communications network at an apartment construction site.The comp...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
GoodGang Labs attracts $2 mn from Kakao Investment
South Korea's GoodGang Labs, a startup focused on developing a 3D avatar-based communication platform, announced on Thursday that it has secured an ...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver’s search engine dominance under siege as Google, MS advance
South Korea’s online portal Naver Corp., the undisputed search engine leader in the domestic market for decades, is under siege as global Big ...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon's Toon Filter creates 20 mn AI-converted images
South Korea’s Naver Webtoon Corp. on Monday said over 20 million converted images were created in a week after the May 12 pilot launch of its ...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung, Naver to jointly develop generative AI to rival ChatGPT
South Korea’s two tech giants – Samsung Electronics Co. and Naver Corp. – have agreed to jointly develop a generative artificial i...
May 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
K-Bio Lab Hub, Japan's iPark to jointly support bio startups
South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Friday that it has reached the previous day an agreement with Japan's iPark Institute duri...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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