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Banking & Finance Hana Bank issues Hana Certification in 16 languages

South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Monday that it launched the Hana Certificate service in 16 languages. The service is available through the...

Banking & Finance Kookmin Bank launches foreign currency trading platform KB Star FX

South Korea's largest lender Kookmin Bank on Monday launched its new contactless platform for foreign exchange transactions dubbed KB Star FX.The on...

Banking & Finance 85% of S.Korea's Gen MZ have contactless savings accounts

A study finds 90% of South Korea's Generation MZ, a demographic comprising millennials and Generation Z members born between 1981 and 2010, use cont...

Healthcare Contactless healthcare app aims to become S.Korean unicorn

South Korea’s contactless healthcare service app Allacare, launched last year, adheres to its business ethics: direct delivery of prescribed d...

Future mobility LG, Kakao Mobility to roll out autonomous delivery robot service

LG Electronics Inc. and Kakao Mobility Corp. have agreed to form a future mobility technology partnership with an aim to jointly launch an autonomou...

Automobiles Online platforms emerge as new battlefield for auto sales in Korea

Visiting a car dealer’s stylish showroom to touch, feel and sometimes test drive a car before purchase has for decades been a rite of passage ...

Monthly trade infographics Computers, a must-have in the contactless work-from-home era

Computers, a must-have in the contactless work-from-home era South Korea’s exports of computers and peripheral devices have logged steady gro...

Korean startups SoftBank-backed Riiid acquires Langoo, eyes Japan's edtech market

South Korea-based artificial intelligence startup Riiid is looking to boost its presence in Japan following the acquisition of its Japan-based distr...

Korean startups Laundrygo raises over $40 mn from SoftBank Ventures, Altos Ventures

South Korea’s first contactless laundry service startup Laundrygo has raised 50 billion won ($43 million) in a follow-on investment from inves...

Robotics Woowa Brothers launches last-mile indoor food delivery robot in Seoul

Woowa Brothers Corp., South Korea’s top food delivery app operator, has launched a last-mile indoor robot food delivery service, as people inc...