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HYBE Co., the label behind the global sensation BTS, is considering legal action to invalidate an undisclosed deal between SM Entertainment Co. and ...

HYBE Co., the label behind the world’s top boyband BTS, said it does not plan to raise its buying price for SM Entertainment Co., denting hope...

Kakao Enterprise, a leading IT platform business operator in South Korea, recently announced its "Matching 2.0" strategy to enhance the quality of s...

SM Entertainment Co., mired in conflict with its founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man, is seeking to sell its shares in three key arms, wor...

On Jan. 19, SM Entertainment Co. founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man received a 17-page document written by South Korea’s largest la...

On Tuesday, Kakao Brain, the AI unit of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced the development of a new text-based motion generation model, called "FL...

Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing app operator, has been fined 25.7 billion won ($20.3 million) for discriminating agai...

Netmarble Corp. announced that the webtoon "MAVE: Another World," based on the virtual girl group, will be available on KakaoPage and Kakao Webtoon ...

SM Entertainment Co., a South Korean music label widely credited as the pioneer of K-pop, has emerged as a new battlefield between HYBE Co., the age...

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s No. 1 mobile messenger platform, will launch Korean language-specific, vertically-integrated AI service this year s...

Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment arm of South Korean tech firm Kakao Corp., has been added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Kor...

South Korea’s game publishers reported dismal quarterly earnings, deepening concerns over their outlook this year amid doubts over measures su...

HYBE Co., the music label behind K-pop sensation BTS, is poised to acquire a controlling stake in its South Korean rival SM Entertainment Co. with m...

South Korea's KakaoBank Corp. on Wednesday said its net profit last year reached a record-high 263.1 billion won ($208.6 million), up 28.9% from 202...

Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., posted a net profit last year for the first time since its ...

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s mobile platform giant and operator of the country’s top messenger app Kakao Talk, is set to become the second...

South Korea's two premium ride hailing apps TADA and i.M are considering a merger in a bid to challenge Kakao Mobility Corp., which commands about 9...

South Korea's Kakao Mobility has entered Laos under a plan to use the country as a base for the transportation company's operations in Southeast Asi...

South Korea's transportation company Kakao Mobility on Monday said it concluded a "delivery service business agreement for joint development of the ...

K-pop behemoth SM Entertainment Co. said on Jan. 20 it has decided to tap Lee Chang-hwan, the CEO of local activist fund Align Partners Capital Mana...

South Korea's Kakao Pay Corp. and Hanwha Aerospace Co. next month are expected to get newly incorporated into the MSCI Korean Index, which measures ...

South Korea's Kakao Mobility has launched a think tank to study next-generation mobility hardware under the company's bid to lead overall innovation...

South Korea’s SM Entertainment Co. will increase the number of outside directors and ban its chief executive from chairing the board as part o...

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

South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. made a foray into the entertainment sector to create a synergy of K-content and fashion, competin...

South Korean mobile payment services firm Kakao Pay Corp. will be newly incorporated into the MSCI index next month, inducing an influx of more than...

Naver Corp. and Kakao Corp., South Korea’s two leading online platforms, will put on hold acquisition-oriented growth strategies and instead p...

Ground X, Kakao Corp.'s blockchain technology subsidiary, said on Monday that the number of cumulative subscribers to its digital asset wallet "Klip...

Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is acquiring Medit Corp., the world’s third-largest 3D dental scanner maker, for 2.45 trillion w...

Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., said on Dec. 23 it will launch the global service of mobile role-p...