A Holdings, a holding company owned equally by Japan’s SoftBank and South Korea’s Naver, plans to sell down its stake via LY’s ¥150 billion ($1 billion) tender. The move is designed to raise the ...

Concerns are mounting that Korean portal giant Naver may lose its management rights for Line, the immensely popular messaging app in Japan it has nurtured over the past 13 years, amid a rare ...

Naver said, Friday, the Japanese government’s apparent attempt to exclude the Korean IT firm from joint management of the Line mobile messenger app with SoftBank is very unusual. During a conference ...

Naver subsidiary Works Mobile Japan recently absorbed and integrated the AI division 'LINE Clova' of its affiliate LINE. This move aims to strengthen the business-to-business (B2B) operations in Japan ...

According to reports in the Japanese media, naver.jp will look to differentiate itself from market leaders Yahoo and Google by offering a simplified interface, streamlined search and social ...

This photo, provided by Naver Corp. shows Kim Sang-bum, CEO of Naver Search CIC. (Naver Corp.) Naver Corp., the operator of South Korea's dominant internet portal, is positively reviewing making ...

Naver and Kakao are seeing massive success in manga powerhouse Japan, with their online comics generating huge sales there last year. The two companies have reported to receive favorable responses in ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Kakao and Naver have conquered Japan, the world's largest comics market. They have firmly established their presence in the Japanese online comics platform market ...

South Korean Internet companies claim they represent the world's best. Too bad they don't have the results to prove it. Granted, it's hard to dispute their contributions as trendsetters ― online ...

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