Vital Hint Korea, a food-oriented tech startup, launched a test service for Hae Muk Nam Nyuh, a recipe database service catered to a young audience. The test service began on Apr. 7, and…
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Goodbye Uber, Say Hello to Kakao Taxi and Other Call Taxi Apps
Uber X may have stopped its services in Korea, but there are still plenty of options available. The demand for services that connect passengers to drivers is even greater, giving…
IoT Helps Improve Strawberry Farming
Thanks to IoT (Internet of Things) technology, people can now manage their strawberry farms via mobile devices. Future Tech, an IT outsourcing company, developed a Microsoft Azurepowered…
Stripes Launches Premium Line for Customizable Suits
Stripes, a customizable menswear fashion brand, announced that it launched a premium line for customizable men’s suits. In 2013, Seung Jun Lee launched Stripes as a service that offers…
KokiliBook Links Users to the Amazon E-Book Store
Amidst talks of Amazon entering the Korean market, KokiliBook gains attention as the first Korean e-book market that links users to the Amazon e-book store, providing a service that makes…
LocoMotive Labs Secures $4M in Series A Round from Major Investors
On Feb. 24, LocoMotive Labs, developer of assistive and play-based educational apps for kindergarteners to second graders, announced that it has closed a $4M Series A financing round, led…
KPOP UNITED Placed 4th at Seedstars World
On Feb. 4, KPOP United placed fourth at Seedstars World, an international competition that introduces startups to the global stage, with its crowdsourcing platform Krowdpop. Krowdpop is a…
Uber Technology Finally Speaks Out in Korea
On Jan. 4, Uber Technology’s Senior Vice President of Policy and Strategy David Plouffe spoke to the South Korean media at a hotel in Seoul. Amidst the heated controversy over the…
“Designers Love Shakr”-Network for Graphic Designers
On average, American computer graphic designers’ annual salary is about $44,000. In South Korea, their salary is less than half of that. According to Career Net, Korea’s Minsitry of…
Daum Kakao Continues to Expand its Mobile Taxi App
Daum Kakao signed another business agreement with Korea National Joint Conference of Taxi Association on Jan. 21, 2015. This recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two…
Noom Coach Integrates with Wearable Device Misfit
Global healthcare application developer Noom announced on January 5 that its weight loss app, Noom Coach, will be integrated with the wearable device, Misfit. Even though there have been…
Continued ban against Uber while Daum Kakao Launches Kakao Taxi
On December 22, Seoul Metropolitan Council (SMC) announced that it will reward up to $1,000 to anyone who reports illegal Uber Taxi operations. In the midst of the Uber controversy, the…
Coffing Wins Second Place at the 2014 Smart App Award
Coffing, Mango Apps‘ social dating application, won second prize for the communication area at the 2014 Smart App Award. Mango Apps is one of Korea’s top mobile application…
Ridibooks Secures $8 Million Investment
On December 3, Gi Sik Bae, the CEO of Ridi Corporation, announced that the company has secured 8 million dollar investment from NeoPlux, Company K, and Mirae Asset Venture Investment, the…
Seedpaper Launches Mobile App for Self Beauty, Beauty Mentoring Service
Mobile contents startup Seedpaper launched the official mobile application for its current web beauty service, Self Beauty, on November 25. Self Beauty is an online beauty mentoring app…
Game Developer and Distributor SCONEC Launches Bubble Bobble for Kakao
On November 4, game developer SCONEC launched Bubble Bobble for Kakao. Bubble Bobble is a retro arcade game that was first released in 1986 by Taito. In this action-platform game, the…
BabyFriends, SNS for Mothers and Toddlers, Secures Investment
BabyFriends, a location based SNS for mothers, secured investments from Hee Woo Lee, the CEO of IDG Ventures Korea. Hee Woo Lee is also the host of venture and startup podcast “Just…
Spend Less and See More with Seoul Travel Pass 2.0
“Spend Less, See More” with Seoul Travel Pass 2.0, a mobile sightseeing city pass application. Seoul Travel Pass is not a typical travel app that simply features tourist attractions or…
Bill to Ban Uber in South Korea
The Korean lawmakers have been pushing their efforts in exterminating ridesharing service Uber from Korea. Last week, the ruling Saenuri Party’s No-Keun Lee submitted a bill that would…
Flower Subscription Program Kukka Brings Joy through Flowers
As its second City Blooming Project since six months ago, Korea’s flower subscription program Kukka delivered flowers to twenty different women in South Korea who are fighting against…