Lim Moon-young, Gyeonggi-do's Future Growth Policy Officer said, "the creation of Digital Open Lab is expected to play a central role in boosting digital competitiveness of SMEs as a leading project in creating emerging industries including 5G and AI

In response to this, Naver went on a mental war with Kakao by releasing data it had accumulated through market domination for a long time.

In Pangyo Techno Valley Start-up campus, I sat down with CMO Brina from Analogue Plus to listen to an explanation of "CRNK," which combined IoT with a safety helmet.

20 startups in South Korea will be provided with 1 billion won worth of free credit for using Kakao Work, Kakao i Cloud, etc.

An industry insider said, "medium-sized gaming companies which served as the backbone of gaming industry are catching up fast. In order to sustain business growth, they would need to keep developing solid games."

Naver announced that over the past six years since the launch of D2SF, it has invested a total of 40 billion won in 70 startups. D2SF is a startup fostering organization (enterprise accelerator).

Kakaomakers started under the name of "Makers with Kakao" in 2016. Going beyond making donations of financial resources, it was Kakao's first project that addressed social issues with its abilities.

- Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy & Innovation (GCCEI), chose ten "KB unicorn club" teams to lead innovation along with KB Bank - A follow-up support and direct investment (SEED) by KB Bank are expected to be provided for top start-ups

K-Startup Grand Challenge 2021 (KSGC 2021) will be launched from August 16 to November 30, selecting 60 global startup teams wanting to expand their businesses to South Korea. Startups from around the world can apply till June 15.

- Service that allows you to create metaverse online exhibitions by using exhibition templates - Provides opportunities for export and market development to Korean companies that have difficulty participating in overseas exhibitions

The term M&A covers various meanings including merge and acquisition between companies, financially collaborative relation and strategic partnership.

Ministry of Science and ICT is looking for various ways to support Alliance based on its suggestions. In particular, it is planning to focus on supporting an open metaverse platform to revitalize the metaverse ecosystem.

- The largest scale investment attracted by a content provider in Japan. - Knowhow of localizing Webtoon, sound business structure and growth potential were reflected.

Kakao Entertainment is to speed up expansion of its business in North American market by leveraging on the firm presence of Tapas and Radish in the US

Purdue researchers Scott Homan Ph.D., Michael Beyerlein Ph.D. and Amy Caryn Warneka will work with SpotON3D's Stevan Lieberman and Tessa Kinney-Johnson to establish an online virtual reality research laboratory on the SpotON3D Web Worlds platform.