(Bloomberg) -- A Holdings Corp., a holding company owned equally by Japan’s SoftBank Corp. and South Korea’s Naver Corp., plans to sell down its stake via LY Corp.’s ¥150 billion ($1 billion) tender.

Naver and one of its subsidiaries Line, announced the pre-opening of MySmartStore, which is the Japanese version of Naver Smart Store. MySmartStore began operations on Oct. 20, ahead of the service’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Naver Corp., the operator of South Korea's dominant internet portal, is positively reviewing making inroads into the Japanese search engine market despite two previous failures, the company's ...

Korea's two largest IT firms Naver and Kakao are battling for the top position in Japan's comics market, which they evaluate as a “strategic hub” in the global market, according to industry analysts ...

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 ...

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 ...

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