Ant Financial to invest US$200M into Kakao’s upcoming mobile payment subsidiary

The deal will help turn Kakao’s fintech services into a fully functional...


India’s True Balance recharges its coffers with US$15M funding from Korean VCs

True Balance claims it provides quicker and intuitive balance check, call log,...


Samsung head arrested over involvement in South Korean political scandal

The court stated that they have finally produced enough evidence to arrest and...


Facebook Lite launching in four more countries, including South Korea, Israel

Facebook Lite, the social media platform’s barebones version for low speed...


Singapore’s dating app Paktor relaunches in South Korea as ‘Swipe’

The Paktor team cited cultural reasons for the revamp Singaporean dating...


Samsung to roll out online payment service for Android phones

Samsung Pay Mini will launch in South Korea in the first quarter of this year...


South Korea’s AIM gets US$1.6M seed funding to ‘democratise’ the finance industry

The investment is believed to be the first of its kind in the country...


This company wants to bring AR-powered treasure hunt to K-pop fans

The Rush app is seeing traction strong from its users in China, South Korea,...


South Korean political scandal ensnares head of Samsung; country’s prosecutors want arrest

Samsung refutes the decision to seek the warrant, which will be decided on...


Singapore’s Marvelstone Group positions itself for rise of Smart Cities

The company has launched Marvelstone Ventures, a venture-builder targetting...