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Taeyoung Baek 백태영

Startups correspondent

Taeyoung Baek covers Korean startups and the people who own them. Not starstruck. Unmoved by unicorn talk.

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Plastic-roof strawberry greenhouse in rural Jeonbuk with mist nozzles and wired sensor nodes on steel frames, late afternoon sun, irrigation lines and wooden crates, no logos or readable text

Jeonbuk Agritech Files Pre-Series A on Greenhouse Mist Sensors for Strawberry Exports

Jeonbuk agritech startup MistBerry Co. filed a pre-Series A to deploy greenhouse mist and humidity sensors that log export-grade strawberry cold-chain data for Japanese buyers ahead of Chuseok air cargo peaks.

Taeyoung Baek 백태영 Sep 18, 2026South Korea

Insurance adjuster kneeling in a flooded Korean basement stairwell photographing water lines with a tablet, portable LED work light, mud-stained walls, no logos or readable text

Startups

Daegu Insurtech Pilot Scores Monsoon Flood Claim Photos for Adjusters

A Daegu insurtech startup is scoring policyholder flood photos for monsoon basement claims so adjusters can triage payouts before inspectors reach saturated alleyways, using on-device hashes and cloud models tuned on last season’s Nakdong basin losses.

Taeyoung Baek 백태영 Sep 18, 2026South Korea