Qoo10 Singapore Hits 900,000 Members, Transacting $73 Million in Sales in 2012
Qoo10 revealed that in 2012, its Singapore operations transacted US$73 million in sales. It has a total of more than 900,000 members and 53,...
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Coffee Chat: KakaoTalk’s Growth From Startup (Live Blog)
Next up on stage, Sirgoo Lee. He’s the Co-CEO of popular South Korea social messaging application, KakaoTalk. They’ve had an int...
Why KakaoTalk Will Win the TV Ad Battlefield in Indonesia
TV advertisements have proven to work very well for chat apps in Indonesia. China-based WeChat and Japan’s Line have been propelled to the...
The Next Step for North Korea’s Internet: Buying a Great Firewall From China
We are all familiar enough with the internet now to realize that it’s not a magical, virtual, hyper-human neuron network and is in fac...
From Line to Puzzles and Dragons, Japan Rocks the World at App Monetization [STATS]
Regular readers will know that Japanese smartphone owners are great for spending money on apps. Now we have new data from AppAnnie, released...
North Korea Set to Offer Uncensored 3G to Foreign Visitors Next Month, But at a Price
Starting next week, foreign visitors going into North Korea will no longer be entering a digital void. The Korean-Egyptian joint venture com...
YouTube to Bring Music Livestreams and Hangouts to New ‘Asia Pop’ Channel
YouTube has just launched a devoted Asia Pop channel that will showcase the hottest pop music across the region – and give fans a chan...
KakaoTalk Challenges Apple and Google with New Digital Publishing Platform
The Korean-made messaging app KakaoTalk has over 70 million users and a social gaming platform running in a couple of countries. But the app...
Sharing Session: An Introduction to Korea’s Startup Ecosystem
James Jung, Founder and CEO at beSUCCESS, stepped up to the plate here at Startup Asia to share with us some of the insights into Korea̵...
Between has 200,000 Downloads in Southeast Asia, 2.9 Million Globally
(Update: @sonofsarah says that all download numbers are BS. True. So here you go: Between has over 900,000 monthly active users. For LoveByt...
New Samsung Galaxy S4 in an Infographic
Now that the new Samsung Galaxy S4 is out, let’s take a quick look at what could be the world’s next best-selling smartphone – wit...
BeLAUNCH Now Open to Indian Startups, and Readers Can Get Discounts for the Seoul Event
It’s only about seven weeks until the globally-minded Korean startup conference beLAUNCH takes place in Seoul on May 1 and 2. But there’...
KakaoTalk Records 288% Indonesian User Growth and Looks to Embrace Local Communities
Today, Korea-based messaging app KakaoTalk held a press conference event called “Media Play Day.” Besides the usual information load dur...
Report: Still Few 4G Subscribers in Asia, But Will Rise to 72.1 Million by End of 2013
ABI Research has published a new report today that says Asia-Pacific’s 4G subscriber market is growing – but is not exactly huge...
Lessons in Monetizing Apps and Games in Smartphone-Mad Korea and Japan [INFOGRAPHIC]
Japan and Korea are at the forefront of Asia’s rush to smartphones, and are also markets where app developers can seriously monetize. ...
Korean Gaming Giant Nexon Hits $1.2 Billion Revenue in 2012, Marches on to Mobile
Nexon’s (TYO:3659) Q4 2012 results are just in. In brief, the Korean gaming giant did okay. Last quarter saw Nexon hitting ¥30.94 bil...
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