All posts tagged "Naver"

  • The Space Group building in central Seoul / Yonhap
    Iconic Space building acquired by art gallery

    By Kwon Mee-yoo After months of anticipation, the Arario Gallery stepped up to be the new owner of Seoul’s Space Group building, considered a modern architectural gem in a city that doesn’t have enough of them. The...

    • Posted November 26, 2013
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  • Kim Chang-won, CEO of Tapasmedia, which is the first online platform for web comics in the North American market, points out scenes of a webtoon displayed on a tablet PC. / Courtesy of Tapasmedia
    Korean webtoons go viral through Tapastic

    By Chung Hyun-chae The nations portal giant Naver held their first publishing-related exhibition at the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany last month. During the five days of the fair that begun Oct. 9, Naver arranged...

    • Posted October 31, 2013
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  • Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt
    Google’s Eric Schmidt visits Korea today

    By Kim Yoo-chul Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will visit Korea today. For Schmidt, Korea must be a bittersweet market. Korean technology giants Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are the Internet giant’s biggest customers that use its...

    • Posted October 29, 2013
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  • Lee Hae-jin
    NAVER Chief’s Share Value Tops One Trillion Won ($939.4 M)

    (Yonhap) Lee Hae-jin, the head of Korea’s No. 1 internet portal operator NAVER Corp., saw his share value hover above one trillion won ($939.4 million) on the back of its messenger service LINE, data showed Wednesday. The...

    • Posted October 15, 2013
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  • Lee Hae-jin
    Naver Founder Seeks Gates-style Exit

    By Choi Kyong-ae The founder and largest individual shareholder of Korea’s dominant search engine Naver appears to be following in Bill Gates’ footsteps.Lee Hae-jin, 47,, under siege for being predatory, stepped down as CEO of NHN in...

    • Posted October 8, 2013
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