This article showcases our top picks for the best Seoul based Publishing companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Publishing industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Seoul Publishing Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
GAMEVIL
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Gamevil develops and publishes video games for mobile devices.
Quotabook
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Quotabook is a company that specializes in equity management.
Asian Boss
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Asian Boss is a new media company that delivers the latest social news and cultural trends from all over Asia.
i-ePUB
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i-ePUB focuses on providing digital content and e-book publishing services to its customers.
Brave Company
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Brave Company is an internet publishing company.
bookjam
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Bookjam is a e-book publisher based in Seoul, Korea.
Kakao Entertainment
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Kakao Entertainment is an entertainment, mass media, and publishing company that will provide consumers a different pleasure and experience.
The Korea Economic Daily
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The Korea Economic Daily and its readers make great companionship.
The Korea Herald
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The Korea Herald, an English newspaper, covers news content on politics, social affairs, business, sports, entertainment, fashion, and more.
Newsis
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Newsis is a Korean independent news agency that disseminates breaking news, weather updates, sports information, and entertainment content.
INTAKE foods
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INTAKE foods is a company focused on food content development and food branding.
Yonhap News Agency
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Yonhap News Agency provides news articles on politics, economy, society, culture, entertainment, sports, science, and other topics.
Korea Times
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The Korea Times is the oldest independent English daily newspaper in Korea, first published in November 1, 1950.
1stlook
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1stlook is an entertainment and lifestyle magazine.
Edaily
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Edaily is an online web and mobile application that provides fast and accurate news and information services for its viewers.
MK News
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MK News provides in-depth knowledge and information to its users focused on the economy of South Korea.
BusinessKorea
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BusinessKorea is an English language magazine published monthly in Korea.
The Kyunghyang Shinmun
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The Kyunghyang Shinmun is a daily newspaper published in South Korea.
D&C Media
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D&C Media produces and distributes novels such as fantasy, martial arts, romance, light nobel, and other genre books.
Punch Digital Marketing
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Full service digital marketing agency in Korea. PPC, SEO and social media marketing. Naver and KakaoTalk ads.
Visang
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Visang is an education management platform that publishes and distributes educational books.
Munhwa
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Munhwa is a daily newspaper company in South Korea.
Ohmynews
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Ohmynews is an online news website that accepts, edits, and publishes articles from its readers.
Sports Seoul Company
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Sports Seoul Company is engaged in publishing news articles and magazines related to sports industry.
WorldCom Edu
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WorldCom Edu is a children’s language book publishing company.
Enzaim Health
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Enzaim Health offers design, publication, PR, and marketing services.
Influential
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Influential provides professional speakers and books to global audiences.
Infostock Daily
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Infostock Daily is an economic media company that provides corporate information from Korean Bloomberg Infostock.
Insight
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Insight is a news and media company that collects all the news from the world and communicates with readers.
NewsCulture
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NewsCulture specializes in delivering cultural news.
Money Today
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Money Today is a broadcasting and media production company.
Dugout Magazine
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Dugout Magazine is a baseball and culture magazine publisher company.
MOVILEST
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Movilest is specialized in Mobile Business in Latin America (Mobile Ads, Game, Contents)
Future Chosun
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Future Chosun is a news and publishing company based in South Korea.
Language World
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Language World is an education book publishing and distributing company.
Yemun Publishing
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Yemun Publishing is a publishing company that publishes economic management, self-development, child education books, and novels.
Epirus
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Epirus is a publisher specializing in genre novels & webtoons.
DESIGN PRESS
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DESIGN PRESS is an online media company that delivers domestic and international design information.
Press cooperatives Pressian
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Pressian is a political news website headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
Dong-A Publishing
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Dong-A Publishing specializes in the education books publishing business.
PAKYOUNGSA
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PAKYOUNGSA is an online marketplace for books.
Phantagram
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Phantagram Co. Ltd. is a South Korean video game developer and publisher.
Youngjin
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Youngjin is a book publishing and news & media company.
YBMedu
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YBMedu is an educational website that publishes English dictionaries and textbooks to learn foreign languages.
newbc
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newbc is a news and media company based in South Korea.
NEWSCAPE
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NEWSCAPE is a news and media publishing company.
Sweet Book
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Sweetbook is a publishing company that focuses on producing photo products.
Ewha Voice
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Ewha Voice is the official English newspaper of Ewha Womans University.
ESPRESSOBOOK
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ESPRESSOBOOK offers a bookmaking app with you can print, publish and sell your content.
Brave bro & sis
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Brave bro & sis is a Korean Facebook page that allows members to share digital content such as videos, photos, and cartoons.
Institute for Research on Better Education
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Institute for Research on Better Education is an education, research and development platform.
Orights.com
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Orights.com is an online and offline content licensing platform for the business-to-business market.
ASIA Publishers
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ASIA Publishers is a Seoul-based book publishing company.
BJ Republic
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BJ Republic publishes professional reference books on computers and IT.
TAG (TheAppsGames) Publishing
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TAG (TheAppsGames) Publishing develops and publishes games.
Lucidfish Korea Inc.
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Crowdsourcing translation platform service
THREECHAIRS
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THREECHAIRS engages in biography, monograph, and journalism book publishing.
Private Equity Korea
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Breaking News & Deal Opportunities for Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors.
ContentN
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ContentN is a Korean mobile games developer and content publisher.
oliveGAme
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oliveGAme is an online gaming and content publishing platform.
Frontlist Weekly
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Frontlist is a weekly report for book editors who are looking for good foreign titles to acquire.
Norinamoo
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Norinamoo is a content creator for the education industry.
JoongAngIlboPLUS
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JoongAngIlboPLUS is an online & offline advertising and news production agency.