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Line Thailand, a Japanese company that started off as messaging app and has since expanded its services across food delivery to finance, will open its first digital indoor theme park in Bangkok’s Siam Square One on Friday. Line Village Bangkok: The Digital…
AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Public Company Limited launched the sixth version of its LINE sticker set, “AE Chan, ON Kun & Kanekko” which introduces new kawaii character, “Kanekko”, a Japanese cat with colorful kimono who represents warmth and friendship…
A Line Friends pop-up will open at luxury speciality store BoonTheShop in Seoul on Saturday. Running until January 14, the Korean character brand’s outlet will introduce its latest merchandise, BT21. The range includes dolls, cushions, fashion items,…
Line Friends, the character merchandising unit of mobile messenger Line, will open its first US store in New York City’s Times Square tomorrow. In an announcement via Twitter, Line Friends say this is a “pre-opening” of the store ahead of its official grand…
The text-messaging service Line plans to inaugurate an indoor digital theme park in Thailand’s capital, seeking to squeeze maximum advantage from its popularity in the country, its second biggest market after Japan. Line Village Bangkok will begin operating…
While Japanese social media consumption patterns are similar to those in the United States with significant popularity of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, one local platform dominates all of them: LINE. Originally popularized as a phone replacement when…
Line Friends will become the first Asian character brand to open a large-scale official store in the US. Its store in New York City’s Times Square, opening in July, also marks the one-year anniversary of Line listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Line…
Nokia has announced it has provided a mission-critical communications network for Malaysia’s first Mass Rapid Transit line. The company has supplied the network to systems integrator LG CNS as part of the project to provide railway operational support on the…
A fire that broke out at two sites of a bus assembly plant early this month destroyed spare parts and components worth VND250 billion (US$11 million). A bus is assembled at its plant by the Truong Hai Automobile joint stock company (Thaco) in Quang Nam…
South Korean internet giant Naver has launched Context Recognition AI (ConA), an artificial intelligence platform that automatically recommends travel destinations overseas. According to Naver, parent of messaging app Line, amongst other things, ConA uses…
Hong Kong-based logistics startup Lalamove has raised US$30 million in Series B funding to enable it to push into more than 100 cities in Asia by the end of the year. It is already established in 45 cities across China and Southeast Asia. Since it launched as…
The SCCPL invited interested companies to tender for the development and operation of the duty free and general merchandise concession contract at the Harbourfront and Tanah Merah terminals for a period of five years (with an option to extend for another two…
State-owned lender Bank Mandiri has joined hands with chat app operator LINE Indonesia to integrate its Mandiri e-cash product with LINE pay service. The partnership is aimed at facilitating LINE users in carrying out electronic transactions. “E-cash transfer…
Burberry is cutting between 15 and 20 percent of its product lines in a quest to focus on its newest ranges as it battles to attract shoppers in a volatile luxury goods market. The U.K. luxury-goods maker reported a 24 percent drop in first-half profit that…
Japanese messaging app LINE is seeking to develop new features and establish a partnership with a major bank to seize a larger user base in Indonesia. LINE’s new Indonesia country director Ongki Kurniawan said on Thursday that it would try to develop new…
Japan’s global fashion label Uniqlo Thailand is launching an online store, offering its full Thai range. The online store will help strengthen the firm’s “made for all” brand promise, says Uniqlo Thailand marketing and PR director/head of eCommerce Chanvit…
