Gangnam Unnie Secures 350 Partner Hospitals in Japan Within 4 Months of Local Launch

Global Users Reach 250,000... Account for 10% of Total 2.8 Million

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] Healing Paper, the operator of the beauty medical information platform Gangnam Unnie, announced on the 10th that it has secured 350 hospitals as clients within four months of localizing its business in Japan. This figure is said to be comparable to the number of clients held by the leading local service in Japan. As a result, Gangnam Unnie users in Japan can now search for procedure reviews from 350 local Japanese hospitals and Korean hospitals catering to foreign patients through the app.

Gangnam Unnie's global expansion began in November 2019 as a service to attract foreign patients. In August last year, it also acquired 'Lucmo,' the second-largest local service in Japan with 100,000 procedure reviews. Currently, Gangnam Unnie's global users number 250,000, accounting for about 10% of the total 2.8 million users. Yuta Kato, CEO of Healing Paper Japan, stated, "In the past, the majority of Japanese users searched for Korean hospitals, but now more than 50% of Japanese users are also searching for local medical information."

The Gangnam Unnie Japan service plans to provide events and reviews from beauty medical hospitals in various regions centered around Tokyo. It will continue to flexibly respond to situations such as COVID-19 while creating synergy in local business, attracting foreign patients, and strategies for information exchange between countries. Hyun-geun Lim, Head of Overseas Business at Healing Paper, said, "We will do our best to rapidly expand Gangnam Unnie beyond a Korea-limited medical information service into a global medical information service."

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