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Business & Politics
Naver beleaguered by weak Korean businesses amid Line woes
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. is struggling with sluggish core domestic businesses – commerce, search and sports – as Jap...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Naver to submit remedies to Japan without A Holdings stake sale
LY Corp., the operator of Japan’s popular messenger app Line, is expected not to propose Naver Corp.’s stake sale in its largest stakeho...
May 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korean government vows stern response to Tokyo’s pressure on Naver
The South Korean government said on Monday it will resolutely respond to any “unfair” measures by Tokyo against Naver Corp., which is re...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Japan’s heavy hand with Naver: Uneasy sign for market economy
Recent actions by the Japanese government and chief executives of LY Corp. and SoftBank Corp. are raising eyebrows, leading many to question whether...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
SoftBank to buy part of Naver's Line stake by July: CEO Miyakawa
TOKYO – SoftBank Corp., which runs LY Corp., the operator of the popular mobile messenger app Line in Japan, said on Thursday it is in talks w...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver D2SF invests in image generation AI startup
South Korea's top online portal Naver Corp. announced on Wednesday that its startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) invested in the...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Hasty overseas expansion hurts Korean entertainment sector
South Korea’s entertainment and content industries suffered from hasty expansions with investments of billions of dollars in the global market...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Japan’s request for Naver to shed Line control ‘unprecedented': CEO
TOKYO – South Korea’s tech giant Naver Corp. said on Friday that Japan’s administrative guidance for Naver to sell down its contro...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver, SoftBank to discuss Japan JV’s ownership change
South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. and Japan’s SoftBank Corp. will kick off talks this week, during which they are expected to ...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms
South Korea’s information technology and game companies are rushing to the Middle East to seek global growth drivers as the oil-rich countries...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korean big tech firms join Korea’s AI strategy council
The South Korean government has launched an artificial intelligence strategy council, jointly with domestic big tech firms such as Naver Corp. and K...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's Military Mutual Aid Association starts search for new CIO
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.7 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, said on ...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB halts KDB Life sale process to take full control
The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) has suspended the protracted sale process of KDB Life Insurance Co. to take full control of the insurer b...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Wrtn opens free AI search service
South Korea's advanced tech startup Wrtn Technologies, a major player in generative artificial intelligence (AI), opened its free and unlimited AI s...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to supply $752 million in Mach-1 AI chips to Naver, replace Nvidia
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, will supply its next-generation Mach-1 artificial intelligence chips to Naver Corp....
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver, named 3rd most innovative company in the Asia-Pacific
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. ranked as the third most innovative company in the Asia-Pacific by a top US business magazine for the p...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG invests $60 million in Bear Robotics as robot OS war intensifies
South Korea’s high-tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday it has invested $60 million in Bear Robotics Inc., a Silicon Valley-based se...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai speeds up digital transformation with Naver
HD Hyundai Co. announced on Monday that it signed a business agreement with Naver Corp. for digital transformation (DX), cloud transformation, and a...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver, Aramco to team up to enter Saudi Arabia
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. announced on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with Aramco Digital, a subsidiary of the world's lar...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Naver to unveil world’s first web platform-enabled robotics OS
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. is set to make inroads into the global robotics operating system market by unveiling the world’s ...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
HyperCLOVA X surpasses GPT-4 in Korean AI evaluation
South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced on Tuesday that its HyperCLOVA X has scored higher than OpenAI and Goog...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Upstage releases Solar API for Free
South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Feb. 22 that it released the beta version of its open-source small lan...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Naver enlists Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley for US IPO of webtoon unit
South Korea’s leading online platform operator Naver Corp. plans to list shares of Los Angeles-based affiliate Webtoon Entertainment Inc. on t...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver to develop HyperCLOVA X-based edu service
South Korea’s Naver Corp. announced on Friday that its cloud computing unit Naver Cloud, Daekyo, and NSDevil will co-work to develop education...
Feb 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Venture downturn keeps Korean unicorns from acquisitions
South Korean unicorns, or private companies worth $1 billion or more, are increasingly refraining from taking over smaller startups for business exp...
Feb 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Naver Cloud, NHN Cloud to co-work for hyperscale AI
South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing unit of Naver Corp., and NHN Cloud Corp., announced on Monday that they have signed a memorandum of u...
Feb 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Naver logs record earnings on e-commerce, content; stocks up
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. reported record earnings on strong performances of its e-commerce and content businesses, sending its s...
Feb 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Naver Cloud launches real-time streaming feature
South Korea's Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced on Friday that it has launched a "real-time streaming" feature for "CLO...
Feb 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver expands Papago with Arabic translation, boosting global reach
South Korea's leading online portal Naver Corp. announced on Friday the addition of Arabic translation capabilities to its AI-driven translation ser...
Feb 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
AliExpress’ zero-commission offer jolts Coupang, Naver
AliExpress, an e-commerce arm of China’s Alibaba Group, has offered Korean companies zero commissions, under which it will not charge a sales ...
Jan 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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