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By Kan Hyeong-woo ( hwkan@heraldcorp.com )
Air sterilization solutions provider A.Virtual said Wednesday it would introduce its air sanitizer to the Dubai market through a partnership with Sharaf DG, the largest electronics retailer in the Middle East. A.Virtual's air sanitizer with sterilization capabilities will be exclusively available ...
Toss Securities, the online-only brokerage arm of Korean fintech giant Viva Republica, continues its upward trajectory, marking a significant milestone with its highest-ever quarterly net profit in the first quarter. The company announced Monday that its net profit soared to a record 11.9 billion ...
South Korean robotics startup WIRobotics aims to transform the walking experience via its award-winning wearable robot WIM, made lighter and more convenient for everyday use, the company's chief said Wednesday. "We believe humans will be able to enhance walking and physical abilities with the assi...
Aiming to enhance South Korea’s overall security level, each day at Toss is a step closer to realizing that dream, he added. However, Hellsonic stressed that this doesn't imply Toss' defense system is flawless. In fact, "cybersecurity can never be perfect," he stated. He likened digital defense t...
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage said Tuesday it has attracted about 100 billion won ($71.7 million) from investors, as it seeks to make inroads into the global generative AI market. New investors, including state-run Korea Development Bank, KT and Mirae Asset Venture Investment, parti...
Lunit, a South Korean medical artificial intelligence (AI) startup, said Monday it has won shareholders' approval for the takeover of Volpara Health Ltd., a breast cancer solution firm in New Zealand. At a general shareholders' meeting Friday (local time), 96.92 percent of Volpara Health's stockho...
South Korea's antitrust regulator announced a decision Monday to impose a fine and corrective measures on Airbnb Ireland UC for its failure to properly verify information of short-term rental hosts for customers. The home rental platform was fined 500,000 won ($379.6) for the violation of the coun...
Kim Bong-jin, the founder and chairman of a local delivery app operator Woowa Brothers, on February 18 joined the bandwagon of South Korea‘s self-made and young rich donating substantial amounts of their assets to society. Kim said he and his wife have joined The Giving Pledge, a global campaign...
E& Investment, a South Korean venture capital that specializes in the bio and health care sectors, said Thursday that NeuroBo Pharmaceutical, in which the company owns a 40 percent stake, had acquired a US COVID-19 treatment developer. NeuroBo, a Nasdaq-listed clinical-stage biotechnology company,...
QARA Soft, a South Korean fintech startup, said Nov. 24 that it has raised $3 million from Mirae Asset, Naver, Nexon’s NXC and Kinsley Asset Management in its Series A funding round. QARA, founded in 2014, provides a robo-adviser solution called Market Dreamer to a slew of local financial firms, ...
Bucketplace, which operates interior decor platform Ohouse , raised $70 million in its Series C funding round, the South Korean startup announced on Nov. 23. With the latest fundraising, the company has raised a total of 88 billion won ($79.15 million) in investment. The latest funding round was...
South Korea’s leading fintech startup Viva Republica is set to launch a mobile brokerage unit in the first half of next year as it received operational approval from the financial regulator. Named Toss Securities, the envisioned brokerage is the first local securities firm to be set up in 12 yea...
Imagine a small, cute chick just hatched. Within a few days, the chick is tossed into a machine that grinds it up. It’s called chick culling – though the chicks are sometimes gassed or suffocated -- and is an industry-wide practice. About 7 billion male chicks are culled each year. There is an e...
The world of venture investments is largely constrained to experts like venture capitalists and entrepreneurs who are well-versed in the industry. But what if the role of finding promising startups was extended to everyday people? This is exactly what Ho Chang-seong and Moon Ji-won, the co-founder...
Hana Financial, FSS join forces to raise alarm over youth gambling
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