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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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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

Fundraising will fall short of USD 300m initial target amid trade tensions.

NetEase e-learning unit Youdao sets for US IPO next week | KrASIA

NetEase e-learning unit Youdao sets for US IPO next week

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

The company keeps making strides into new areas, growing into a multi-faceted content provider.

ByteDance to launch an AI tutor for kids in 2020 | KrASIA

ByteDance to launch an AI tutor for kids in 2020

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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Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

From financial services for the unbanked to new IoT solutions for the poultry industry, these Indonesian startups provide new technologies to solve some of the nation's problems.

Solutions for social issues in an emerging economy: Early Stage | KrASIA

Solutions for social issues in an emerging economy: Early Stage

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Cindy Silviana

It collected "multiples of RMB 100 million" from investors including New Oriental Education.

Chinese online math-teaching platform VIPThink raises big round amid heating edtech sector | KrASIA

Chinese online math-teaching platform VIPThink raises big round amid heating edtech sector

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Song Jingli

India has one of the largest school-going population in the whole world, speaking to the tremendous potential in edtech space.

Indian K12 online tutoring startup Vedantu raises Series C amidst resurgent edtech boom | KrASIA

Indian K12 online tutoring startup Vedantu raises Series C amidst resurgent edtech boom

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Basic computer programming skills are now considered a must-have for children.

Sequoia-backed Xigua Chuangke, which sells online programming courses, raises USD 21 million | KrASIA

Sequoia-backed Xigua Chuangke, which sells online programming courses, raises USD 21 million

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

The edtech startup, valued at USD 2.8 billion, has been struggling to attract fresh capital flow.

Tencent drops USD 150 million investment plan on Chinese edtech unicorn VIPKid | KrASIA

Tencent drops USD 150 million investment plan on Chinese edtech unicorn VIPKid

Online education is a hot sector for investors in China.

Hexiaoxiang, an online Chinese language learning platform for children, raises USD 28 million | KrASIA

Hexiaoxiang, an online Chinese language learning platform for children, raises USD 28 million

The largest financing deal in China's online education sector this year so far.