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Yanolja, the largest accommodation and leisure activity booking platform operator in South Korea, is taking steps toward an initial public offering, according to news reports Tuesday. The accommodati...
The offering price of shares of Big Hit Entertainement, a local agency behind K-pop sensation BTS, was fixed at 135,000 won ($115.04) per share, the top end of its indicative price range, the company...
Standard Chartered Bank Korea said on Sept. 28 that it has partnered with Toss -- a financial services app operated by Viva Republica -- to launch a short-term lending program on Wednesday. Under t...
Kasa Korea, a property technology startup, said on Sept. 24 it has raised some 9.2 billion won ($7.8 million) in a series B funding round. The latest funding was led by the state-run Korea Developmen...
Coupang is inching its way into the computer parts industry by offering lower prices and replacing distributors and retailers. Most recently, on Sept. 17, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards w...
In its heyday, South Korea’s top actor Hyun Bin was the face of TLX Pass, a revolutionary fitness platform that made waves throughout the industry. TLX offered passes that could be used at multiple ...
Kakao, operator of South Korea’s top mobile messaging platform, announced on Sept. 17 that the company has launched a new enterprise messenger. The new corporate messenger developed by Kakao’s arti...
Startup festival “Try Everything 2020” kicks off online Sept. 16, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said on Sept. 15. The three-day event will be held in partnership with the 2020 World Knowledge Fo...
Education technology firm Yanadoo announced on Sept. 8 that the company has recently secured investments worth 30 billion won ($25.2 million). Yanadoo, which merged with Kakao Kids to become a comp...
The total value of orders placed on food delivery apps in South Korea reached 1.2 trillion won (US$1.01 billion) in August, up 28 percent from July and setting a new monthly record, as the government...
Coupang began procedures for the construction of a large-scale high-tech logistics base in Gwangju in partnership with the regional government, the firm said on Sept. 4. Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop...
Toss Lab, an operator of Slack-like team collaboration platform JANDI, said on Sept. 2 that it has newly raised 14 billion won ($11.8 million) from a group of investors. The investors include Softb...
Viva Republica, Korea’s leading fintech startup and operator of mobile financial service Toss, on Aug. 28 announced that it has raised $173 million in the latest funding round. The latest fundraisin...
E-commerce giant Coupang is trialing a buy-now, pay-later service. The new service is applied to products directly bought from and sold by Coupang, which are available for its next-day delivery ser...
South Korean startups submitted an application on August 19 to authorities seeking an investigation on violations by Apple and Google customers regarding in-app purchases. According to an alliance ...
Yanolja preps to go public in 2022
Antitrust watchdog drafts law to regulate online platforms
Kakao Pay eyes IPO next year
SC Bank Korea partners Toss to launch short-term personal loan
Big Hit’s offering price fixed at 135,000 won
Proptech startup Kasa Korea attracts W9.2b in series B funding
Korean lenders struggle with New York hotel-retail project investment
Netmarble launches storytelling game BTS Universe Story, second collaboration with BTS
September 30, 2020
