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Report: Samsung, Google Censor LGBTQ Apps in South Korea
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Samsung and Google have banned a number of gay social networking apps in South Korea and in other countries in recent years, […]
South Korea Ranks No. 4 in Smartphone Penetration: Survey
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com One would assume that South Korea has the highest smartphone penetration in the world with its legion of KakaoTalk users and lightning-speed Internet. […]
LINE Webtoon Taps Stan Lee, Michelle Phan for U.S. Expansion
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Comic book legend Stan Lee and YouTube beauty maven Michelle Phan have formed an unlikely alliance to help publicize LINE Webtoon, the English-language version […]
Mangoplate, Korea’s ‘Yelp on Steroids,’ Raises $6.1 Million
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com South Korea’s most popular restaurant discovery company Mangoplate is eyeing expansion both domestically and throughout Asia after securing a $6.1 million Series […]
South Korean Startup Ybrain Targets Brain Disorders With Health Care Tech
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Wearable technology isn’t just relegated to fitness tracking and reading text messages off a $10,000-plus gold Apple Watch. Tech companies are […]
#SelfieWithDaughter Campaign Goes Viral in India
Story by Se Yeon Kim Indian fathers are posting selfies with their daughters online to address the alarmingly skewed gender ratio caused by sex-selective abortions in India. #SelfieWithDaughter, […]
Tech Startups Find a Home in Koreatown’s Kolabs
Pictured above: The team behind RushOrder, led by CEO Eric Kim, standing at right. (Photo by Narith Ta) by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com From trendy cafes and […]
Ting Shih Uses Mobile Phones to Bring Health Care to Underserved Communities
Story by Susan Soon He Stanton When Ting Shih was an M.B.A. and systems engineering student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007, she was given the […]
Samsung Heir Apologizes for Not Containing MERS at Hospital
by KARIN CHAN editor@charactermedia.com The Samsung heir apparent made a public apology on national television Tuesday for his company’s failure to stop the spread of Middle East Respiratory […]
Samsung’s ‘Safety Truck’ Allows Drivers to See the Road Ahead
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Overtaking a truck on a two-lane highway isn’t always the easiest task in the world. But what if we could see […]
Samsung’s ‘Safety Truck’ Allows Drivers to See the Road Ahead
Story by James S. Kim Overtaking a truck on a two-lane highway isn’t always the easiest task in the world. But what if we could see through […]
Fitbit Goes Public, Co-Founder Confident in Further Growth
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Fitbit on Thursday became the first startup in the wearable fitness tracker industry to go public, and needless to say, it got off […]
North Korea Claims to Have Cure for MERS, Ebola, AIDS
by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com North Korea said on Friday that it has developed a miracle drug that can prevent and cure not only MERS but also […]
Will New Yorkers Go Cuckoo for KakaoTaxi?
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Daum Kakao Corp. is considering bringing South Korea’s most popular cab-hailing app service to the Big Apple, according to Bloomberg. KakaoTaxi launched […]
