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Korea

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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As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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.

KrASIA | Education Archives

GSX Techedu's revenue increase in 2020: 237%

Edtech

GSX Techedu (NYSE: GSX), an online tutoring platform, reported a 236.9% year-on-year increase in its 2020 revenues that hit USD 1.1 billion, the Beijing-based company announced on Friday.

KEY STAT | Edtech firm GSX reports revenue increase as expenses widen | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Edtech firm GSX reports revenue increase as expenses widen

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13,000 new hires for ByteDance's education unit

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.

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ByteDance, the owner of TikTok and Douyin, is hiring thousands of new talents for its education product Dali over the next four months, the company said in one of its WeChat accounts last Friday. The new positions cover teaching, product design, visual design, and community management, among others.

KEY STAT | ByteDance to boost education business with 13,000 new hires | KrASIA

KEY STAT | ByteDance to boost education business with 13,000 new hires

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

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India

Currently, the company is present in seven Indian cities and is looking to enter Southeast Asia and the US market.

Sequoia Capital co-leads USD 12.5 million round in India's HR-tech startup Apna | KrASIA

Sequoia Capital co-leads USD 12.5 million round in India&#8217;s HR-tech startup Apna

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Health Tech

As the COVID-19 pandemic forces businesses in Southeast Asia to adapt, the intersection of technology and two key industries in the region, healthcare and education, are burgeoning.

Healthtech and edtech: Southeast Asia’s new frontiers | KrASIA

Healthtech and edtech: Southeast Asia’s new frontiers

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NetEase Youdao's 2020 revenue increase: 143%

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

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Operating expenses rose as Youdao was caught in intense competition in China's online education sector. Benefitting from strong sales of its learning services and products, NetEase subsidiary Youdao (NYSE: DAO) saw its total revenue in 2020 increase by 142.7% to USD 485.4 million.

KEY STAT | Edtech Youdao doubles its revenue in 2020 in robust online market | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Edtech Youdao doubles its revenue in 2020 in robust online market

Q&amp;A

Preventive education can actually help to mitigate many of the public health crises that we’re currently facing in today’s world.

Tuning In | It's never too early to bring up tough conversations with children, says co-founders of Maro Parents | KrASIA

Tuning In | It&#8217;s never too early to bring up tough conversations with children, says co-founders of Maro Parents

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Joanna Ng

KrASIA's fortnightly Morning Briefing provided a comprehensive look at China's online education sector, covering business models, key observations and a case study.

Online Education in China: A Year of Fire and Ice | Morning Briefing Ep 1 | KrASIA

Online Education in China: A Year of Fire and Ice | Morning Briefing Ep 1

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KrASIA Morning Briefing and Decoded

Philippines

Graduates have been offered salaries at least 40% higher than the market rate, the school says.

Y Combinator pours USD 125,000 into Philippine edtech firm for software developers | KrASIA

Y Combinator pours USD 125,000 into Philippine edtech firm for software developers

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Tech in Asia

Elsa, the learning platform founded by Vietnamese entrepreneur Vu Van, just announced that it raised USD 15 million in its Series B round to further extend its business into Latin America.

With new funding, language learning app Elsa is bound for Latin America | KrASIA

With new funding, language learning app Elsa is bound for Latin America

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