With over $2 billion in assets under management, Owl Ventures is the largest venture capital firm in the world focused on the education technology sector MENLO PARK, Calif. , Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Owl Ventures, the largest venture capital fund in EdTech, announced today that it closed over $1 billion in new funds. The Silicon Valley based firm founded in 2014 closed $640 million ...

All the members of Ily:1 have been identified, as agency FC ENM shared the profile images for the last two on Wednesday. The two final bandmates, Rona and Elva, are both from Taipei, Taiwan. Rona was one of the 99 participants in “Girls’ Planet 999: The Girls Saga,” the same K-pop competition through which Kep1er debuted. The other four bandmates were unveiled in pairs on Monday and Tuesd...

Sumi Jo, one of the most beloved sopranos in Korea, won the Korea Image Cornerstone Award for her splendid dedication to elevate the country’s image throughout her 35-year career. “The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our life greatly. As a classic artist, I was reluctant about presenting my voice through the digital media, but my way of thinking completely changed after witnessing the corpses bein...

As the Korean Symphony Orchestra, which is often mistaken as a private orchestra, is set to change its name to include “national,” the KBS Symphony Orchestra, which was once the National Symphony Orchestra, stands in opposition to the move, which was decided without consultation with them. After making the decision to change its name last year, the Korean Symphony Orchestra is considering severa...

An 8-panel folding screen depicting scenes from an ideal life as conceived by Joseon-era people is now available in a digital format. The National Museum of Korea revealed “Pyeongsaengdo,” thought to have been completed in the late 19th to early 20th century, in a digitally restored eight-panel folding screen format on its website on Wednesday. The paintings depict in detail the major celebrato...

“The Soulless Duchess,” an adaptation of a web novel of the same title by author Jin Se-ha, is a Kakao webtoon reproduced by illustrator Han Jin-seo. The romance fantasy centers around the female lead character who is restarting her life via time travel after dying a tragic death from her fiance’s betrayal. The series attracted many webtoon fans and readers by portraying an active and strong ind...

Two-time Olympic short track speed skating champion Shim Suk-hee launched her last-minute legal battle against a recent two-month ban on Wednesday, trying to salvage a chance to compete at next month's Beijing Winter Games. It was last Thursday that Shim filed for a court injunction against the penalty handed down by the Korea Skating Union (KSU) in December, ruling her out of the Feb. 4-20 Wint...

President Moon Jae-in will use his trip to the Middle East later this week to explore opportunities for South Korean businesses in hydrogen, defense and other industries, a Cheong Wa Dae official said Wednesday. Moon is set to depart Saturday for an eight-day trip to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. "The three nations are our traditional friendly states in the Middle East and A...

AfreecaTV will aim to expand communication with global users through esports content, the Korean video streaming service said Wednesday. According to the company, AfreecaTV currently operates a total of six firms in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the US, Thailand and Hong Kong to provide various streaming content in different languages so that overseas users can watch it without any communication b...

Senior diplomats of South Korea and the United States held phone talks Wednesday to discuss the bilateral alliance and other issues on the Korean Peninsula, according to officials. Yeo Seung-bae, deputy foreign minister for political affairs, and his US counterpart Daniel Kritenbrink had comprehensive discussions on regional and global issues, a foreign ministry official said without elaborating...

The United States has authorized the South Korean government to send overdue compensation to Iran's Dayyani Group under a 2018 investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday. The US Treasury Department's Office Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a "specific license" on Jan. 6 to allow the Seoul government to pay compensation to the Iranian investor over a fai...

Yongin 2019: semiconductor complex and childcare program expansion In 2019, the development of the semiconductor complex and attracting investment from LAM Research topped the list, closely followed by the expansion of childcare program and services. Plans to establish new parks on 12 sites that had been unused for a long time came in third, followed by special measures to prevent reckless deve...

Korea’s top health and beauty retailer CJ Olive Young said Wednesday it aims to land a million customers overseas with the US and Canada being the target markets. The firm said its online platform Olive Young Global, launched in 2019, now ships Korean beauty products to some 150 countries around the world. Over the past six months alone, sales from the platform posted an almost 20-fold surge, th...

- Solution will be accessible via e.GO Connect App or website enabling e.GO customers to trade their CO2 certificate (GHG quota). - e.GO Life customers can get a monetary benefit of up to EUR 300 Euros per year. - e.GO Mobile selected Fairnergy as the first official partner. - e.GO Mobile will use the monetary credit from trading CO2 certificate of its existing company fleet to support sus...