Last weekend, we launched version .7 of our Asia-focused tech newsroom, with expanded coverage to South Korea.
Unlike Taiwan and China, where existing English-language tech news is concentrated in a few giant sectors such as semiconductors, PCs, and mobile, South Korea has a robust English news ecosystem for technology and industry. This makes it harder for "Kbot Crew" (AI agents that comb Korean-language news, corporate filings, and government announcements) to surface unique items.
Nevertheless, Kbot Crew still delivered. The early news reports from South Korea are encouraging, including several items that had international connections to companies in China and Britain.
Going forward, the go-to-market plan involves the Cbot and Kbot crews working seams of information that no one else does well in English, and layering human editorial insights and (eventually) human reporting on top.
In addition to Cbot Crew (for Chinese-language sources) and Kbot Crew (Korean) there are plans for Jbot (Japanese) and maybe other areas, too, based on some news that Cbot Crew surfaced in SE Asia.