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South Korean internet service company Naver has invested in Malaysian retail aggregator iPrice. The firm intends to invest an undisclosed amount to fund iPrice’s expansion into the Indonesian market and to improve its platform towards a better user…
Korea’s top portal operator Naver said Monday it will invest 150 billion won in its online comic platform to better penetrate into overseas markets. Naver said it will make the investment through a paid-in capital increase program and acquire 300,000…
Industrial robot company Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings (HHI Holdings) inked a partnership with tech giant Naver on Monday to develop customer service robots that will sell for a fraction of the price of existing models. HHI Holdings, the holding company…
Naver and Daum, Korea’s two largest search engines, will begin providing real-time cryptocurrency prices on their websites. Dunamu, an affiliate of Kakao which operates the cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, will run the service, the company said. Users can enter…
Korea’s largest internet portal Naver inked an agreement to acquire France-based Xerox Research Centre Europe (XRCE) a lab with expertise in major new technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. Naver wants to ratchet up its AI…
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…
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…
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…
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…
VisualOn’s OnStream MediaPlayer+ is now integrated into Korea’s Naver Player for Line TV service for iOS and Android devices. The aim is to enable scalable cross-platform media playback for global streaming media brands for a high-quality video playback…
Mobile platform Line Thailand has announced bold plans, targeting business uses. Part of Korea’s Naver internet service company, Line sees Thailand as its second-largest strategic market following Japan. Line Thailand MD Ariya Banomyong says the company aims…
