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  • E-commerce
    Korean e-commerce platforms struggle to draw new capital

    South Korean online marketplace operators are struggling to attract investors amid deteriorating profitability and the financial...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean startups
    MLOps startup Vessl AI eyes 50% sales from US in 2025

    Vessl AI, a South Korea-native MLOps platform-operating startup, is envisioning a takeoff in the US next year after building a c...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Shipping & Shipbuilding
    Korean shipbuilders in talks for $3.3 bn Qatar LNG tanker deals

    South Korean shipbuilders are in talks with Qatari state companies for an estimated $3.3 billion in deals to manufacture additio...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean stock market
    South Korean stock market crashes; more falls seen ahead

    The South Korean stock market was one of the worst victims of panic selling by investors fearing further negative US economic ne...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Infrastructure
    Macquarie buys its 1st Korean data center for $538 mn

    Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF) has signed an agreement to buy a 40-megawatt (MW) data center from Seoul-based IGIS A...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Cloud computing
    Metanet Tplatform acquires location-based service provider

    South Korea's cloud management service provider (MSP) Metanet Tplatform Co. has acquired domestic location-based service provide...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Beauty & Cosmetics
    Shinsegae buys low-cost cosmetics brand Amuse from Naver Snow

    South Korea's Shinsegae International Inc. announced on Friday that it will acquire 100% of Amuse Corp., a cosmetics brand, for ...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean stock market
    Korean tech stocks suffer falls despite strong Q2 results

    Some 60% of the Kospi-listed companies that posted above-forecast results in the second quarter of this year have seen their sha...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Retail
    GS25 to challenge Daiso in low-cost cosmetics market

    South Korean convenience store chain GS25 said on Sunday it would expand the lineup of affordable and small-pack basic cosmetic ...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean chipmakers
    Will Samsung benefit from Nvidia’s new AI chip delays?

    Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is expected to benefit from Nvidia Corp.’s delays in ship...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean food
    South Korea enjoys record-high kimchi exports in first half

    South Korea's kimchi exports surged to an all-time high for a six-month period in the first half of this year, according to data...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Electric vehicles
    LS Cable breaks ground for bus ducts plant in Mexico

    South Korea's LS Cable & System Ltd. broke ground for two factories in Mexico on August 2: one for bus ducts, or a large-sca...

    Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)