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Translating Korean: ChatGPT vs Papago vs DeepL vs Google Translate

Since ChatGPT’s inception two years ago, it has become a very controversial addition to many aspects of modern life. These days, more and more media is being produced and translated by ChatGPT in addition to traditionally used translation sites like Papago and Google Translate. Though a variety of different industries and individuals rely on translation …

KakaoTalk: how to download, use the app and a guide to Friends

Literally everyone (93% of the population) in Korea uses KakaoTalk, the messaging app. More and more people outside Korea and even Obama uses the app with which you also can interact with companies or bands, do shopping and read the news! This article will tell you everything about the important things of KakaoTalk – it …

Unlocking the Power of KakaoTalk Business Channel

This blog post is about the following: What is a Business Channel? A KakaoTalk Business Channel is like a regular Channel, but with more possibilities: Screenshots of each option are below:  How to get a Business Channel? To get a Business Channel, you need a Korean business registration and apply for the Business Channel: https://center-pf.kakao.com/.  …

How to get a Korean ecommerce registration (통신판매업 신고증)

Want to advertise your business in Naver Search AD or Korean shopping websites? You will need an ecommerce / digital marketing registration, or in Korean 통신판매업 신고증. A digital marketing registration is also known as mail-order business, telemarketing or online marketing registration. There are two things that you need for a digital marketing registration: a …

Guide to B2B marketing in Korea

Want to enter the Korean B2B market or scale your B2B campaigns in Korea? Our agency has experience forging partnerships between your company and the biggest Korean companies. Our B2B clients include international software / SaaS, hardware, ecommerce, biotech, B2G (business to government) organizations.  Contents of this blog post:  Before you start Getting trust Getting …

Unlocking success: 8 secrets about Korean business culture you need to know

Context is everything. To really understand Korean business culture, you also need to understand parts of Korean history, economy and typical Korean social concepts.  Below are the key points summarized: This blog posts consists of the following parts: Statistics Source: https://worldmetrics.org/work-in-south-korea-statistics/ History: Miracle of the Han River After the devastating Japanese occupation and Korean War, …

How to use Naver in English

Naver is the most used website / app in South Korea, according to both SimilarWeb and Alexa. Naver is mostly known for its search engine, but it is actually more a portal (like Yahoo!) and also developed other apps like Band (social media) and Line (messaging). Some of its more well known services are: Blog, Cafe …

Business Etiquette in South Korea

Every year South Korea becomes more and more modern, but it is important to recognize as a foreigner possibly coming to work in Korea for the first time that modern does not equal Western. Koreans will not expect you to be a full expert on their culture, but they will appreciate a show of interest …