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Internet Ad Firms Enter Korean Market
24/7 Media plans to establish a joint venture in...
Korean Sites Offer Free E-mail With Extras
Local Internet portal sites in Korea are struggling to...
Softbank Pours $80 Million into Korean Net Biz
Japan's Softbank Corp. and Korea's Naray Mobile Telecom have...
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Japan’s Hikari Tsushin Invests in Korea’s Auction
Auction, Korea's leading online auction site, has attracted 7.37
billion won (US$6.5 million) in investment from Japan's leading
communications
company Hikari Tsushin and its subsidiary Hikari Tsushin Capital.
The Korean company announced on January 18 that it...
Softbank Pours $80 Million into Korean Net Biz
Japan's Softbank Corp. and Korea's Naray Mobile Telecom have signed
a deal to create an Internet venture capital firm for investment in
promising Korean Internet start-ups.
Softbank president and CEO Masayoshi Son and Naray chairman...
CommTouch to Tap Fast-Growing Korean E-Mail Market
Web-based e-mail provider CommTouch Software Inc made its debut in the Korean market by
joining forces with Korea's Pacific Network.
Pacific Network, a consulting firm specializing in overseas marketing of
information systems, software and hardware,...
Thrunet to be Listed on Nasdaq
Thrunet, one of Korea's leading ISPs, will appear on the NASDAQ market in mid-November, the first Korean company to be directly listed.
Thrunet, founded in July
1996, is the nation's leading high-speed Internet access...
China.com Takes 60 Percent Stake In Clic Inc.
China.com Corp. has acquired a 60 percent
stake in...
E*Trade to Make Debut in Korea
E*Trade, the largest online stock brokerage service in the United States, and investor Softbank will join forces with LG Investment Securities to penetrate the Korean market, according to industry sources.
E*Trade's debut in the Korean...
Six Korean Firms Pursue Net TV
SK Telecom and five other Korean companies will jointly pursue an Internet TV project.
The Korean consortium, which also includes Samsung Electro-Mechanics,
Samsung Corp., Medidas, Caps and Chosun Internet TV, announced on
October 12 that they...
Microsoft To Invest US$10 Million Into Korea’s Thrunet
Computer software giant Microsoft will invest US$10 million for a 5 percent stake in Thrunet, a Korean high-speed Internet access provider.
Kim Jong-Kil, president of Thrunet, said October 7 that the company has
signed an...
