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Sat, January 16, 2021 | 12:16

LS Group chairman to expand investments in new businesses, ESG

LS Group chairman to expand investments in new businesses, ESG

Koo Ja-yeol, chairman of LS Group, plans to expand investments in new businesses and ESG (environment, social, governance) to create opportunities to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kim Hyun-bin | 2021-01-13 09:19

[INTERVIEW] 'SNEK to provide great insights for beginner investors'

[INTERVIEW] 'SNEK to provide great insights for beginner investors'

Joo Eun-hwan, CEO of SNEK, says the purpose of establishing the company is to better inform and educate early investors to make decisions on their own without needing the help of a private banker (PB).

Kim Hyun-bin | 2020-05-25 15:04

Startups: 'With better travel guides come better trips'

Startups: 'With better travel guides come better trips'

Driven by our motto "Live guide, live trip," we create a kind of trips never before tried in the tourism industry. Our business emphasizes the roles of travel guides, who, despite their importance being closer to local travelers than anyone else, have been mistreated at the bottom of the industry's chronic top-down subcontractor hierarchy.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-04-02 15:00

Startups: Audio content developer lets people talk on radio

Startups: Audio content developer lets people talk on radio

The live audio market has been attracting some of the largest domestic giants with an interest in audio content, like Korea's top online portal Naver. The market is in a burgeoning stage that large international firms have just begun to take advantage of as well. It will exponentially grow in two to three years.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-03-26 15:00

Startups: 'Online fashion malls will unite the world'

Startups: 'Online fashion malls will unite the world'

We run Zikdomae, Korea's No.1 online wholesale platform for fashion. Not involving the complicated and repetitive distribution channels that have been typical in the country's clothing industry, we directly connect sewing factories to on- and offline retailers

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-03-19 15:00

Startups: 'Cabbies' rejection made me turn to buses'

Startups: 'Cabbies' rejection made me turn to buses'

Callbus is a bus-and-driver rental business. When you rent a bus in Korea, chances are you don't know in advance exactly how much it will cost, what your bus will look like or whether your driver is a psychopath or not.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-03-12 15:00

Startups: 'Take our online courses, get your money back'

Startups: 'Take our online courses, get your money back'

Because offline classes are costly and some students cannot attend the classes for various reasons, people nowadays prefer online courses. But only less than five percent of the students end up completing the cyber classes, bespeaking how difficult it is to study alone on internet.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-03-05 15:00

Startups: Keeping promise with affordable, quality pads

Startups: Keeping promise with affordable, quality pads

We make and deliver women's sanitary pads and tampons. First of all, sleep. Other than that, I watch TV dramas or read books, sometimes watch movies.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-02-28 12:11

Startups: 'West Wing' buff caters to millennials' content needs

Startups: 'West Wing' buff caters to millennials' content needs

We are a "workers' content platform." Specifically targeting millennials at work, we provide customers with solution-content for various problems at their workplaces. Our operation runs on monthly subscription fees, like Netflix.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-02-19 14:46

Startups: Offering more than body photoshoot or diet

Startups: Offering more than body photoshoot or diet

After having exercised out of unchecked habit for 20 years, I started getting tired of it. Then I thought about a customized fitness training solution that takes into account one's age and physical abilities for health management - unlike ones in which people casually choose for short-term goals like a diet or a body profile photoshoot.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2020-02-13 13:33

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