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Proponents and opponents of regulation both spurn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt at compromise.

South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms | KrASIA

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South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms

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Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

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Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Live Streaming

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

Gaming and ad growth help Bilibili hit a profit, but sustaining this trajectory could be challenging.

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power | KrASIA

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Singapore

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more

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KrASIA Writers

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

Education

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays.

KrASIA | Education Archives

China's Largest News Aggregator Toutiao Leads $200 Million Investment in Education Startup 17zuoye

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Edtech

The deal makes Yuanfudao the top Chinese online education startup by valuation.

Yuanfudao bags USD 1 billion in largest-ever edtech fundraising deal in China | KrASIA

Yuanfudao bags USD 1 billion in largest-ever edtech fundraising deal in China

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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Education is one of the company's new focuses, according to founder Zhang Yiming.

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance steps up its education business with new edtech company | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | ByteDance steps up its education business with new edtech company

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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The world health body now has nearly half a million followers on TikTok after posting 11 short videos that attracted a total of 3 million likes.

WHO plans live streaming video on TikTok to fight coronavirus ‘infodemic’ | KrASIA

WHO plans live streaming video on TikTok to fight coronavirus ‘infodemic’

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Google

Microsoft

Edtech and medtech have reached maturity and will change how we operate.

Opinion | Teaching technology stands to be rare winner from coronavirus | KrASIA

Opinion | Teaching technology stands to be rare winner from coronavirus

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Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Apple

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

Surge runs against production shortages caused by coronavirus response.

China demand for e-learning bites into Apple’s iPad supply | KrASIA

China demand for e-learning bites into Apple’s iPad supply

The company offers online classes to preschool children.

CHINA BRIEF | London-based English instruction startup Lingumi raises USD 5.1 million from Alibaba Cloud ex-chief scientist's VC fund | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | London-based English instruction startup Lingumi raises USD 5.1 million from Alibaba Cloud ex-chief scientist&#8217;s VC fund

With 16 million children stuck at home, classrooms are scrambling to digitize.

Coronavirus forces Japan schools to grapple with online education | KrASIA

Coronavirus forces Japan schools to grapple with online education

Bangbangda is the internet giant's first standalone product for the online education market.

Alibaba taps China’s online education market with latest homework-helper app | KrASIA

Alibaba taps China’s online education market with latest homework-helper app

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Sun Henan

China’s Ministry of Education approved applications for 180 more colleges to offer majors in artificial intelligence in 2019, up from 35 the year before.

AI is the fastest expanding discipline in China’s universities, with 180 more approved to offer it as a major | KrASIA

AI is the fastest expanding discipline in China’s universities, with 180 more approved to offer it as a major

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