February 21, 2017
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...
February 20, 2017
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,...
February 17, 2017
Samsung head arrested over involvement in South Korean political scandal
The court stated that they have finally produced enough evidence to arrest and...
February 9, 2017
Facebook Lite launching in four more countries, including South Korea, Israel
Facebook Lite, the social media platform’s barebones version for low speed...
February 2, 2017
Singapore’s dating app Paktor relaunches in South Korea as ‘Swipe’
The Paktor team cited cultural reasons for the revamp Singaporean dating...
February 2, 2017
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...
February 1, 2017
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...
January 23, 2017
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,...
January 16, 2017
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...
January 11, 2017
Singapore’s Marvelstone Group positions itself for rise of Smart Cities
The company has launched Marvelstone Ventures, a venture-builder targetting...