#StartupKorea news
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- South Korea: Hyundai Motor to invest in CODE42 startup’s full-spectrum ‘smart mobility’ tech in bid to gain market dominance
- South Korea: Samsung reportedly developing its own blockchain network, and considering issuance of its own token in future
- South Korea: Defense Acquisition Program Administration to use blockchain in attempt to improve data reliability in the arms industry
- South Korea: An intro to Lizuna startup, aiming for fraud-free e-commerce and safer online transactions
- South Korea: Government reportedly considering revisions to regulations to facilitate growth and maturity of cryptocurrency market
- South Korea: Financial Services Commission unveils 9 startups as first participants in regulatory sandbox for finance sector
- South Korea: Shinhan Futures Lab innovation hub to partner with Korean fund-of-funds management firm to boost startups
- South Korea: K-Startup Grand Challenge 2019 applications open until June 14th
- South Korea: Terra blockchain-based payments startup gains funding, aiming for Singapore expansion and beyond
- South Korea: Gov’t to run follow-up second study group on blockchain regulation, with goal of increasing crypto adoption
- South Korea: Kurly, operator of fixed-time grocery delivery platform Market Kurly, secures near US$30M
- Silicon Valley’s Plug and Play Tech Center startup accelerator preps for South Korea launch
- South Korea: Huawei runs low-key launch of 5G testing lab, aiming for ecosystem development with local tech and telecom firms
- South Korea: Global Startup Festival Daejeon 2019 runs this week, boosting the city’s goal to become a global hub for innovation
- South Korea: K-Startup Grand Challenge applications now open (pdf)
- Samsung Vice Chairman sets company sights on investment in sixth-generation mobile networks and system semiconductors, among others
- South Korean Gov’t to establish startup centers in Finland and Sweden, focusing on 5G, AI, biotech, health and autonomous vessels
- Korea Electric Power Corporation to co-develop blockchain system for renewable energy certificates
- South Korea: Coinone Transfer and SBI Ripple Asia partner to facilitate blockchain-based remittances, in-country
- South Korea: Planetarium game startup to launch test version of decentralized game, Nine Chronicles, storing storyboard and data on a blockchain
- South Korea: snowM blockchain-based social entertainment company to demo snowDAQ online community for K-Pop fans
- South Korea: PeopleFund online lending platform raises $35M with sights set on international growth
- 500 Startups to raise second South Korea-focused fund
- South Korea: Butfit Seoul startup providing group circuit training programs and rewards system secures $1.3M
- South Korea: A round-up of the last month’s tech and startup news, as reported in the English-language press
- Korea Telecom to expand 5G deployment inside buildings to include airports and train stations
- South Korea: NextRise 2019 startup conference and exhibition set for July 23-24 in Seoul
- How India’s Heelium gained from Korea’s K-Startup Grand Challenge with expanding its sustainable sportswear to the wider Asian market
- Singapore’s Morpheus Labs and South Korea’s Dreamplus sign MOU around blockchain education and ecosystem growth, launching 7-week program
- Taiwan Startup Stadium preps to take market entry bootcamp to Seoul for NextRise 2019 conference and exhibition
- Vietnam: South Korea tech cooperation centre opens in Ho Chi Minh City
- South Korea’s Woowa Brothers food delivery app operator launches in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing to bear 9 years’ experience
