Korea’s Premier Startup Incubator and IT Hub

About: Victor Ching

A web media veteran and guru who has developed and marketed numerous, successful Web sites for both the Korean and Western markets. We’d tell you which ones, but then we’d have to kill you… and that’s that’s not the type of startup we’re supporting here. We can tell you, along with managing the Seoul Space web site and technical needs, Victor is currently preparing to launch a site called PUMPL in the Korean market. He is an avid Mac user and enjoys long walks on the golf course during his spare time.

Recent Posts by Victor Ching

The Korean internet industry in a nutshell according to Quora

Quora is a Q&A site that has been gaining popularity recently. The site is founded by Adam D’Angelo, former CTO of Facebook and Charlie Cheever. Quora’s been noted for high quality answers and a user base that includes many power players in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. Have a question about Twitter? Well, Evan Williams might… Continue Reading

Has Facebook tipped in Korea?

While Twitter has gotten the vast majority of the media hype and mindshare in Korea, Facebook is quietly beginning to claim its position in the market. In June of 2010, Mark Zuckerberg hinted there were around a million Facebook users in Korea. An article at GreyReview claims Facebook had around 1.45 million Korean users in… Continue Reading

Kakao Talk: From 0 to 4 million users in 9 months

Recently, we covered Kakao Talk as the must have smartphone app in the Korean market. They’ve grown tremendously since they launched their product a mere 9 months ago and now, they’re expanding. In the job posting listed on their official blog, Kakao states they have reached over 4 million users since launch. While the iPhone… Continue Reading

How many subscribers does me2day have now?

Twitter has gained enormous popularity in South Korea but one homegrown challenger named me2day has managed to hold its own. me2day was purchased by Naver, the top portal in South Korea and has been growing like gangbusters ever since. In March of this year, me2day announced surpassing 1 million registered users. When I ran into… Continue Reading

Korean Must Have Mobile App: Kakao Talk

There is probably one “must have” iPhone app in Korea and that app is Kakao Talk. Available for both iPhone and Android, Kakao Talk allows users to send and receive messages, photos and videos in place of SMS and MMS messages. There are numerous competitors in this field but Kakao has clearly risen to the… Continue Reading