John

John is the Co-Founder of Seoulz. He has covered the Korean startup & tech scene for over eight years and has written over 700 articles regarding the Korean startup ecosystem. He has brought global attention to Korea's tech scene using Google SEO. Email him at john@seoulz.com

Korea population data: Reading Counts and Projections

Two official tables put Seoul's population at roughly 9.3 million around the end of October 2025. The figures look close…

3 days ago

Korea regulatory sandbox: Building a Test That Counts

A Korea regulatory sandbox decision can move a promising prototype toward use in the real world. However, the commercially important…

7 days ago

ReFeed Korea: From Used Cooking Oil to Fuel Feedstock

ReFeed Korea is pursuing an energy opportunity that begins after the cooking stops. Its raw material is used cooking oil.…

2 weeks ago

Korea heat pumps: Why Ondol Could Become a Big Market

Korea heat pumps have an unusually familiar destination: the warm floor beneath your socks. Imagine arriving home on a cold…

4 weeks ago

American Chains in Korea: Why Chipotle Bet on Gangnam

On September 2, 2026, a line formed outside Exit 10 of Seoul's Gangnam Station for the newest of the American…

4 weeks ago

Korea Prosecution Reform: Why the 78-Year-Old Office Is Gone

On the night of October 1, workers in Seocho-dong, the legal district of southern Seoul, took down a four-character sign.…

1 month ago

Korea Sock Industry: The City That Makes 85%

Three Pairs for 5,000 Won You have probably bought them without thinking twice. A folding table outside a Myeongdong storefront,…

3 months ago

Korea Beauty Startups 2026: The Big Three Behind K-Beauty

A shopper in Pasadena picks up a green tube of Beauty of Joseon sunscreen. She found the brand on TikTok.…

4 months ago

The Monster in Your Palm: Inside Korea’s Mini PC Trend

It is a little after eleven on a weeknight in a one-room officetel in Mapo-gu. The desk is barely a…

5 months ago

AI Deepfake Election: Korea’s Zero-Tolerance Crackdown

A Country That Bans Deepfakes 90 Days Before Every Election Most democracies are still debating AI deepfake election rules. Korea…

7 months ago