Samsung Electronics is considering buying U.S. PC and mobile memory card maker SanDisk, according to a Korean online report (*Google* translation of the story here), and then later confirmed by…

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eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) is in talks to acquire a minority stake in GMarket, a South Korean online auctioneer. The talks are with Interpark Corp., the Korean portal that owns 37…

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-- MPAA creating movie site to fight piracy: The MPAA is developing a yet-to-be named site that will allow users to search for films to legally download photos, purchase box…

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French ad holding company Publicis Groupe has bought South Korea’s Portfolio, which describes itself as a full-service digital agency. In keeping with last year’s formation of its network of international…

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SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) has taken a 30 percent stake worth $7.8 million in Magic Tech Network, a Shanghai-based online game company. Magic Tech is owned by MagicGrids Networks. SKT…

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The smaller number invests in the bigger number: The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY), an online game operator in China, has made an equity investment in G10 Entertainment, a game developer in Korea.…

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Nurien Software, a social gaming service based in Korea, has raised a $15 million first round from Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC), Globespan Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), and…

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MySpace went live in South Korea today—and head to head with some of the toughest social network competition out there. Forget Facebook, as I heard and saw during my too-brief…

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Many of us look to South Korea for what’s next in broadband media, so… what’s next? Pandora TV, a video sharing site launched there in 2004, has just launched in…

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South Korea’s dominant fixed-line and broadband operator Korea Telecom and Japanese telecom and internet group Softbank have partnered together to launch a $40 million investment fund aimed at delivering internet…

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has announced it will overhaul its Korean-language search engine in efforts to broaden its appeal in South Korea, according to AP. The country relies mainly on local…

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Korea’s National Assembly has finally passed a law allowing telecom companies to offer real-time broadcasting over their broadband networks..in other words, they can offer IPTV services. So far, KT Corp,…

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CDNetworks, a South Korean content delivery network, has raised $96.5 million from Oak Investment Partners, Shinhan Private Equity and Goldman Sachs International. The publicly traded company, which claims to be…

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Taiwanese online gaming company GigaMedia has invested in two Korean online gaming companies: the first is in game development studio XLGames, and the second one in another independent game studio…

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SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM), the Korean telecom giant, made a bunch of investment-related announcements today, and among them, it will invest up to an additional $270 million to support their…

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CBS Interactive Taps Affiliates For Hyperlocal Reach: CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) is gathering the CBS-owned television, radio and affiliated stations to give the CBS Audience Network hyperlocal access. The project…

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is hoping to interest South Korean newspaper publishers in creating ad-supported video news channels, the Korea Times reported. Speaking at a conference in Seoul, Google’s David Eun,…

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I knew coming in that Koreans are among the most intense users of mobile media but two stats offered in the last couple of days put it in bas relief.…

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The conference I’m here for is an adjunct to the BCWW exhibition, a major Asian programming marketplace that draws thousands. It bears a strong resemblance to NATPE, which even has…

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-- Yahoo: Rocket Science Laboratories, the production company behind reality TV shows such as Temptation Island and Joe Millionaire, has signed a non-exclusive, first-look programming deal with Yahoo. The deal…

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Sometimes billed as “the Korean YouTube,” PandoraTV has completed a second funding round of $10 million led by Silicon Valley-based DCM. Previous investors Altos Ventures, STIC International and Saehan Ventures…

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Electronic Arts, the world’s biggest game publisher, has bought a stake in South Korea’s Neowiz for about $105 million and jointly develop games for Asian markets, reports Reuters. When the…

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You’d think by this late date, we’d have figured out how to count. Yesterday we reported here on the discrepancy between Forrester’s findings about iTunes sales and how those findings…

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South Korea’s Daum Communications will switch to Google for cost-per-click advertising when its contract with Yahoo’s Overture expires at the end of the year, according to AFP. Google sees it…

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Liberty Media, the media holding firm controlled by John Malone, has bought a stake in Korean virtual pets service GoPets...Liberty didn’t disclose the size of its investment. GoPets is based…

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