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Naver spent 6 years developing Whale from scratch. Built on Chromium, Google's own open source project, Whale functions sort of like Chrome but its use…

May 10

Kakao Pay is set to become the first mobile-only fintech platform on the KOSPI. With over 35 million users, the company is estimated to be worth $10 bi…

May 3

A global semiconductor supply chain crisis. Between goofy projections for demand, natural disasters hampering production, and rapid digitalization incl…

Apr 26

News and analysis from the Korean tech and startup scene.

Apr 19

Apr 12

Retail giant Lotte is acquiring Joongganara, Korea’s largest online ‘reseller’ platform, for $100 million. The deal comes just days after Shinsegae’s E…

Mar 29

Naver and Shinsegae are swapping $220 million worth of stocks to boost their e-commerce business lines. We can’t talk Korean tech without dropping a li…

Mar 22

E-commerce IPOs in the US. This Thursday, Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) became the largest foreign company to make its US trading debut since Alibaba went publi…

Mar 15

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Mar 8

Seoul Startups reports on the hype in Korean tech with a bite-sized weekly newsletter straight to your inbox. If you’ve been forwarded this newsletter,…

Mar 1

Autonomous vehicles, dating app booms, and IPOs galore

Feb 22

A note on the first edition

Feb 14

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