The Korea Startup Forum (Chairman Jae-Wook Park, hereinafter referred to as KSF), the organizing organization of the global startup festival COMEUP, announced that COMEUP 2023, which was held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) for three days from November 8 to 10, attracted about 66,000 people. It was
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at sokang@shinhan.com -- Ed.3Q23 review: Earnings meet consensus on improved cost efficiencyNAVER posted operating profit of KRW380.2bn (+15.1% YoY, +2% QoQ, operating margin of 15.5%) on sales of KRW2.45tr (+18.9% YoY, 1.6%
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at jaemin.ahn@nhqv.com -- Ed.Although it is too early to expect an economic rebound, the ad market started to gradually recover from October. Sales are expected to improve, along with an increase in commerce commission rates
Seven Korean companies, including LG Electronics, Lotte Chemical and Samsung Fire & Marine, have joined RE100 this year, bringing the total number of Korean companies to 34, according to the U.K.-based Climactic Group on Nov. 3.This means that Korea has the fourth-most number of companies after the
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister LEE Young, hereinafter referred to as MSS) and the Korea Startup Forum (KSF, Chairman PARK Jae-wook, CEO of SOCAR) held a press briefing on COMEUP 2023 at Dreamplus in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on October 30.COMEUP is an annual event aimed at showcasing South Kore
A survey found that LG Electronics was the most popular company among Korean consumers in home appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines. In the TV category, one of the three major home appliances, Samsung Electronics snagged the top spot.CEO Score, a company data research center, said o
Contents First, the creator of Tappytoon and a global digital comics industry leader specializing in IP development, production, distribution, and transmedia, today announced its groundbreaking partnership with Penguin Random House’s new global pop-comics imprint, Inklore. In an unprecedented move t
AI momentum, which was prevalent earlier this year, has dried up for now, but AI businesses continue to grow. NAVER’s earnings should remain stable in 3Q23, and 4Q23 should see significant growth thanks to peak seasonality and commerce commission fee billing.Expect significant growth on peak seasona
The Carbon Free Alliance (CF Alliance), proposed by President Yoon Suk-yeol during the UN General Assembly last month, has been officially launched in South Korea on Oct. 12. Major domestic corporations, including Samsung, Hyundai, SK, LG, POSCO, and Hanwha, have joined the CF Alliance.The Ministry
As the issue of expanding insurance premium payments through credit cards remains unresolved and in limbo, the insurance industry is becoming increasingly concerned. This unease is fueled by predictions that the usage volume of convenient payment services like Kakao Pay and Naver Pay will surpass cr
Claims have emerged that Google Korea’s revenue for the previous year is up to 30 times higher than what was disclosed in its audit report. Taking into account the omitted revenue in the audit report, it is suggested that the corporate tax owed to the South Korean government by Google Korea could be
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) announced that it has initiated a fact-finding investigation to confirm the violation of the Telecommunications Business Act by Naver’s news service starting from Sept. 25.Since July 5, the KCC has been conducting a factual investigation to determine whether
'ABSOLUT GROUND MIX WITH STICKY MONSTER LAB', a brand Pop-up store of ABSOLUT, a premium vodka representing Pernod Ricard Korea Co., Ltd. (Hereinafter referred to as 'Pernod Ricard Korea'), has accumulated 10,000 visitors in 23 days since its opening. It was announced on the Sep. 15th that 10,000 pe
ArkData registered Ark for CDC, a real-time heterogeneous data replication solution on NHN Cloud Marketplace.Through this Marketplace registration, customers who need data replication on NHN Cloud can get the service efficiently in a monthly subscription form. Since there is no need for an additiona
As Google’s YouTube Music continues to dominate the Korean music market, Korean music streamers are looking for ways to survive.The amount of monthly active users (MAU) of Korean music streaming companies has been declining while YouTube Music has been growing at a high rate. As a result, Korean com
Samsung SDS has entered the market for generative artificial intelligence (AI) services. Rather than developing its own generative AI, the company will launch services that help companies by utilizing existing large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT.On Sept. 12, Samsung SDI held the Real Summit
Answering AI startup, 42Maru, announced its participation in Global Mobile Vision 2023 (GMV 2023) to be held at the Grand Hyatt Seoul from Sept. 12 to 13.Celebrating its 16th year, GMV 2023 is an ICT-focused export consultation event hosted by KOTRA in collaboration with institutions such as Naver C
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at jaemin.ahn@nhqv.com -- Ed.Compared with April, Hong Kong and Singapore investors’ outlook toward the Internet sector has improved considerably. We anticipate AI-related momentum and earnings recovery at Internet firms. In
It has been disclosed that among the stock assets held by conglomerate leaders and their families, there are 22 instances where the stock assets of the next generation surpass 50 percent. This increase in the inheritance and gifting of stocks as part of the generational transition within these congl
The author is an analyst for NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at bk@nhqv.com -- Ed.In terms of policy effects, the US appears to be winning this new phase of the Cold War. Although Korea has chosen to support the US, it is still impacted by developments in both the US and China due to i