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Naver launches conversational search engine service
South Korea’s internet juggernaut Naver Corp. announced Friday it has launched a conversational search engine service called Knowledge Interac...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Millennial woman takes reins as Naver CEO
South Korea's dominant online platform Naver Corp. on Monday entered a new chapter in its 22-year history under a new millennial leader, whose prior...
Mar 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSoft's 2021 profit halves on labor, marketing costs
South Korea's NCSoft Corp., the publisher of the popular mobile game Lineage series, on Tuesday reported a worse-than-expected operating profit in 2...
Feb 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao slips below Naver in Q4 revenue
South Korea’s tech giant Kakao Corp. reported 4Q revenue of 1.78 trillion won ($1.5 billion) in 2021, a 45% jump on-year. The figure is slight...
Feb 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Kakao to launch webtoon service Piccoma in France
Kakao Corp. announced Sunday that it plans to launch the European version of its webtoon subscription service in either April or May of this year....
Feb 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Naver to invest $330 mn in content business expansion
Naver Corp., South Korea’s online portal giant, decided to make an additional investment in a web content unit to expand its global webtoon an...
Jan 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver recruits two AI scholars based in US
Naver Corp. is ramping up its recruitment of global talent in artificial intelligence. The South Korean tech giant announced Monday that it h...
Jan 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
NAVER revs up its NFT arm
South Korea’s internet juggernaut NAVER Corp. is gearing up to enter the NFT business – through its affiliate LINE Corp.LINE NEXT, a ven...
Jan 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea’s defense exports to top $10 billion
South Korea’s defense exports hit a record last year as key local makers such as LIG Nex1 Co., Hanwha and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI...
Jan 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s defense companies emerge as coveted growth stocks
South Korea’s defense companies have been regarded as typical domestic stocks with their share performances broadly linked to the size of the ...
Jan 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture Capital
Pipeline software solutions provider Cloa wins $5.1 mn in additional funding
NAVER Corp.’s startup accelerator D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) has made an additional investment into data pipeline solutions provider Cloa, the ...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
KEPCO to develop subsea transmission for ADNOC
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) awarded a $3.6 billion contract to a consortium led by Kore...
Dec 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Naver Webtoon to acquire Korea’s virtual human maker
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...
Dec 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean core companies’ stocks underperform global peers
The world sought new opportunities in 2021, recovering from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global major companies have been in cutthroat compet...
Dec 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Dunamu, Naver Z invest $8.5 mn in metaverse firm Persona Space
Persona Space, a subsidiary of South Korean metaverse company Galaxy Corp., said on Dec. 16 it has attracted 10 billion won ($8.5 million) investm...
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 picked as Korea’s top mobile technology 2021
Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest flip phone, the Galaxy Z Flip3, has been chosen by South Korea’s science ministry as the country’s...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Korea sets up smart farm in UAE, envisions more projects in Middle East
South Korea is building a smart farm in the Middle East desert with technology enabling the growth of various crops while minimizing water consumpti...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Krafton enters metaverse space with investment in Naver’s Zepeto
Krafton Inc., one of South Korea’s major game developers, is entering the metaverse space by investing 5 billion won ($4.2 million) in Zepeto,...
Dec 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao extends rivalry with Naver into digital healthcare
Kakao Corp., an operator of South Korea's top mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, has set its sights on the digital healthcare market, launching an in-h...
Dec 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Softbank joins $190 mn fundraising by Naver metaverse platform
Naver Corp.’s metaverse platform secured $190 million from Softbank and other investors to expand its business in a market marked by fierce co...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Millennial tapped to head online giant Naver
Naver Corp. has chosen Choi Soo-yeon, 40, to lead the top online platform in South Korea, in the 22-year-old company's most dramatic top management ...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s LIG close to record $3.5 bn deal to export missile system to UAE
LIG Nex1 Co., a leading South Korean defense company, is close to a record $3.5 billion deal to export its surface-to-air missile system to the Unit...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao becomes Korea’s top platform firm, besting archrival Naver
Kakao Corp., best known for South Korea’s top mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, has become the country’s top platform company in terms of ...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Korean politicians seek to delay crypto taxation as another bubble looms
South Korean politicians are seeking to delay taxes on gains from cryptocurrency trading by one year as they gear up for the upcoming presidential e...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Naver, Mirae Asset ramp up investment in India’s promising startups
South Korea’s top online platform operator Naver Corp. and brokerage giant Mirae Asset Securities Co. are aggressively investing in promi...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
AgTech attracts global billionaires’ investment
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Softbank Group founder Masayoshi Son have recently shown a common interest in a surpr...
Oct 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Masayoshi Son to bet $170 mn on Naver metaverse platform
Softbank Group founder Masayoshi Son is slated to bet $170 million on Naver Corp.’s metaverse platform. The investment is expected to help Nav...
Oct 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver launches Japan-focused e-commerce platform
South Korea's top online portal Naver Corp. launched its e-commerce platform dedicated to Japan last month, taking its first step toward a global on...
Oct 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean OTT platform TVing to go abroad with Naver's LINE
South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) streaming platform TVing Co. will make its inroads into Japan and Taiwan next year and into the US in 2023, tapping...
Oct 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver's metaverse platform seeks over $40 mn in funding
Naver Z Corp., the operator of South Korea's metaverse platform Zepeto, is in the early stages of talks with investors to raise more than 50 billion...
Oct 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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