Korean brands, entertainment, ecommerce and manufacturing are helping shape Vietnam’s digital consumer market. South Korean firms account for roughly 30% of Vietnam’s total exports through their manufacturing operations, and the … Read more
A working tracker of who owns e-commerce GMV across fifteen Asian markets. Shopee, Coupang, Rakuten, Taobao, Flipkart — every leader is Asian-headquartered.
A working tracker of who owns mobile payments across fifteen Asian markets. Alipay and WeChat Pay in China, UPI in India, GCash in the Philippines, and a region-specific stack everywhere else.
How Asian gamers actually spend their time and money — by market. Mobile MOBAs in SEA, mobile gacha in Japan, premium PC and console in Korea, and a regulated mainland Chinese market that still sets the pace globally.
A tour through the benchmarks that actually measure LLM performance in Asian languages — Nejumi, KMMLU, BnMMLU, SEA-HELM — and what they tell us about the frontier vs domestic gap.
A working tracker of where ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and the major Chinese LLMs are accessible across fifteen Asian markets. Last updated April 2026.
Toss, operated by Viva Republica, isn’t just South Korea’s most popular fintech app — it’s the clearest proof that the Asian super app model can work outside China and Southeast … Read more
Kakao Corp isn’t a messaging company that bolted on services — it’s a platform conglomerate that grew out of a chat app. As of its 2025 full-year results, Kakao reported … Read more
Naver Corporation isn’t a search engine with side projects — it’s a vertically integrated ecosystem where search, commerce, payments, content, and AI reinforce each other across every layer. In 2025, … Read more
Coupang doesn’t outsource its logistics. It owns them. That single decision — made over a decade ago when the company was still burning through venture capital — is the reason … Read more