The Pickool
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Curating the latest in tech, business, and startup breakthroughs from South Korea and Japan. Your window into Northeast Asia's innovation landscape.
Seoul, South Korea
Joined June 2020
SoftBank Corp launches SoftVoice, an #AI tool that reduces perceived anger from callers by 30% to protect staff and comply with new labor laws. #TechNews #CustomerService #WorkplaceSafety
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thepickool.com
Your source for Korea tech news, Korea business news, and Korea startup news. Stay updated with the latest from South Korea and Japan's tech and business scenes.
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KT Corp deploys solar-powered #IoT weather stations at Wondong Wetland to monitor biodiversity in real time with the National Institute of Ecology. #ESG #ClimateTech #TechNews
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thepickool.com
Your source for Korea tech news, Korea business news, and Korea startup news. Stay updated with the latest from South Korea and Japan's tech and business scenes.
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LY Corp integrates Yahoo! Omakase Partner into Yahoo! Shopping, enabling bundled product and service transactions—expansion to all sectors by May. #Japan #TechNews #Ecommerce #O2O
https://t.co/YwD9YzhuRo
thepickool.com
Your source for Korea tech news, Korea business news, and Korea startup news. Stay updated with the latest from South Korea and Japan's tech and business scenes.
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South Korean exports rose 34% in Jan to a record $65.85B. Semiconductor exports doubled to $20.54B, driven by demand for #AI. #EconomyNews #TechNews
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Your source for Korea tech news, Korea business news, and Korea startup news. Stay updated with the latest from South Korea and Japan's tech and business scenes.
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KREAM launches P2P gold/silver trading using X-ray technology to verify 99.9% purity. 300% buyer compensation for fakes. #FinTech #Gold #Resale
https://t.co/27f3vH4SNi
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South Korea's KREAM resale platform debuts peer-to-peer precious metals trading using X-ray fluorescence technology for 99.9% purity verification.
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LY Corporation acquires Toretas to integrate cloud reservations for 19k firms into LINE, targeting growth in the hospitality sector. #MnA #FinTech #Retail
https://t.co/IbTFfCZyue
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LY Corporation acquires Toretas Co., integrating cloud reservation management with LINE's 100M users to transform Japan's hospitality digital infrastructure.
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Rakuten Insight begins trials of an #AI tool that generates interactive consumer profiles from 400k datasets to probe motivations via chat. #MarketResearch #Tech #Insight
https://t.co/jVVCXo8eaQ
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Rakuten Insight launches AI-powered interview tool enabling researchers to interact with consumer profiles through chat interface.
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Samsung 2025 revenue hit KRW 333.6T with record Q4 profit of KRW 20.1T. AI memory demand drove a 33% DS division jump. HBM4 production starts Q1. #Samsung #AI #Semiconductors #HBM Link: https://t.co/TXReyZQsVl
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South Korea to invest ₩2.1T gov funds to form ₩4.4T in VC for 2026, with ₩1.3T dedicated to AI and deep-tech unicorns. #VentureCapital #AI #SouthKorea Link: https://t.co/4e3AcPq9tq
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Naver launched an open beta for Thingsbook, a text-centric UGC platform for North America, targeting interest-based archiving. #Naver #UGC #Platform Link: https://t.co/UBaZcyQpXL
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The Korea Startup Forum launched its Climate Tech Council, comprising 26 firms, to drive R&D and lobby for regulatory reform in renewable energy. #ClimateTech Link: https://t.co/CPmMtCN22a
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Socar integrates car-sharing into the NOL app, its 2nd major platform deal since 2024, aiming to drive growth through high-traffic lifestyle apps. #Mobility #Tech #Platform Link: https://t.co/jFF6BTeLGP
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Naver Corp. launches Lounge, a content platform syncing real-time chat with 425 topics to drive engagement and search synergy. #Naver #Tech #Business
https://t.co/ZfI4aEsMhr
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Your source for Korea tech news, Korea business news, and Korea startup news. Stay updated with the latest from South Korea and Japan's tech and business scenes.
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What’s new at CES 2026? From the debut of CES Foundry for AI and quantum to show‑wide robotics, digital health and an expanded Creator Space, CTA’s leaders — Gary Shapiro, Kinsey Fabrizio and John T. Kelley — come together for an insider look at what’s ahead in Las Vegas. They
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KT Genie Music launches the first conversational AI music platform in South Korea, powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI, with a patent pending. #MusicTech #TechNews #AI Link: https://t.co/zpQn1midmI
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South Korea's #semiconductor exports reached a record $15.1 billion in August (+27.1% YoY), driving the 7th consecutive monthly trade surplus of $ 6.51 billion. #TradeData #SouthKorea #TechNews Link: https://t.co/fgpbDkQAGW
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Yanolja's EEVE ROSETTA reduces AI translation costs by 50% through parameter reduction, supporting over 10 languages with a commercial license. #AI #Translation #TechNews Link: https://t.co/dDYQS20OZf
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