Kate Park

After months of regulatory delays, Apple users in South Korea finally saw the launch of Apple Pay today. As with other markets, Apple’s wallet and payment service in Korea will work across iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac. The question now is whether Google, which also has been trying to offer mobile payment service via […]

Kakao Mobility, a taxi-hailing subsidiary of Korean internet firm Kakao, acquires Splyt, the U.K-based software app.

A spokesperson of South Korean prosecutors told TechCrunch that they are discussing with "related parties" about extraditing Do Kwon.

China has launched a cybersecurity probe into Micron in retaliation to the U.S. chip export curbs and urged Japan not to back U.S.' chip bans.

Ava Labs has partnered with SK Planet, a data management and marketing platform in South Korea, to offer Web3 infrastructure via its Subnet.

SoftBank is selling one of its venture capital arms, South Korea-based SoftBank Ventures Asia (SBVA), to The Edgeof, a Singaporean investment firm, according to the two companies.

Samsung is said to ban the use of generative AI tools, including ChatGPT, on company-owned devices and internal networks, Bloomberg reports.

Japan's construction tech startup Aldagram raise undisclosed funding from Panasonic to expand further to Southeast Asia and Middle East.

Gan.ai, an AI-powered video creation platform, raised a $5.2 million seed round led by Surge, Sequoia Capital's rapid scale-up program.

Five investors talk about the uniqueness of South Korean startups, how they've fared in a post-pandemic world and their investment thesis.