SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean online game maker NCSOFT Corp. said Tuesday it has joined hands with the country’s entertainment giant CJ ENM to make further inroads into the burgeoning platform business. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the two will establish a joint venture in the content and digital platform sectors [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts are arguing that the practices of Kakao Corp., Naver Corp., and other platform businesses selling apps using their own platforms are negatively impacting the national economy. Local research institute Pi-Touch announced on Wednesday that if platform providers refrain from selling apps on their own platforms, 1.8 million jobs [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of companies providing a platform business — a service that connects users on two or more sides of a market — has changed the landscape of the global labor market, government and industry officials here said. The comments were made during an open forum hosted by [...]