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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung, LG, Sony vie for mixed-reality OLED display market
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
S.Korea’s mobile carriers seek future from service robots
South Korea’s mobile carriers are strengthening the service robot business as the sector, combined with their know-how in the telecommunication...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Group to launch global strategy center in July
LG Group will reportedly launch next month a global strategy center to analyze business trends abroad and devise responses.Industry sources on Sunday...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to prop up quantum tech with academia, private sector
South Korea, trailing in the global race for quantum technology, will open a new quantum technology-dedicated graduate school with a consortium led b...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
POSCO beats Lotte to join S.Korea’s top 5 conglomerates
Steel giant POSCO has joined the ranks of South Korea’s top five conglomerates for the first time, supported by strong earnings from its rechar...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO to supply steel to Samsung Electronics under long-term contract
POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s top steelmaker, will supply steel to Samsung Electronics Co. under a long-term deal, which is ...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics to bolster B2B to transform into software company
LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s home appliance giant, will expedite its push to transform from a white goods manufacturer into a digital sol...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG paves way for $82 bn OLED TV, panel sales milestone
South Korea’s LG Display Co. is regarded as a pioneer in the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) market after it developed the world’s fi...
Apr 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung, LG show Korean War hero tribute videos on Times Square
A tribute video to honor Korean and U.S. veterans of the Korean War started screening on billboards in New York’s Times Square on Thursday. The...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won near 5-month low despite weak dollar; outlook dark
The South Korean won fell to the weakest level in almost five months, underperforming other currencies despite a softer dollar, as sluggish fundament...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG tops in market cap gain, beating Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor
The total market value of companies under South Korea’s fourth-largest business group LG increased the most in a year, beating out its bigger r...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korean battery firms seek benefits from US EV incentive details
South Korea’s battery industry has high hopes for details on requirements for US tax credits on electric vehicles to be announced this week as ...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea EV cell makers unveil new products to expand market
South Korea’s electric vehicle battery makers on Wednesday unveiled prototypes of new products, especially lithium iron phosphate (LFP) models,...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korean fashion brands rush to China for pent-up demand
South Korean fashion brands are poised to expand their stores in China, aiming to capture pent-up demand in the world’s top consumer market aft...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.8 bn EV battery plant in US
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 electric vehicle battery maker, is set to build a plant in the US with General Motors Co., spending about 5 ...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung leader eyes solid-state batteries as future growth engine
Samsung Group appears set to up its investment in solid-state batteries, a game changer in the electric vehicle sector, as South Korea’s top co...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea’s LG Uplus, Dell to develop open RAN platform tech
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and global IT giant Dell Technologies are set to jointly develop an open radio access...
Feb 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea’s LG CNS to enhance digital channel biz with Adobe
South Korea’s largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. joined hands with US computer software company Adobe Inc. to improve its digi...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ford, LG Energy to build Turkey EV battery plant for Europe
US automaker Ford Motor Co. and South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution Ltd. are targeting the electric commercial vehicle sector in Eur...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Will CATL’s bargain sales hurt Korean EV battery makers?
China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), the leading global electric vehicle battery manufacturer, has started a price war in the wo...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea's Yoon presses banking, telecom sectors over inflation
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday called for measures to stabilize mounting price pressure caused by "oligopolies" in the banking and...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Innotek targets XR device market with new substrate
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. aims to lead the market for components of the extended reality (XR) device industry, which is expected to surge by...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to boost premium TV lineup with 77-inch QD-OLED
Samsung Electronics Co. is set to launch a 77-inch quantum dot organic light emitting diode (QD-OLED) TV in South Korea, its largest-ever premium TV ...
Feb 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung to supply advanced 5G network equipment to KDDI
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has been chosen as the supplier of advanced fifth-generation network equipment to Japan’...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
SK Hynix set for largest-ever corporate bond issue at bargain prices
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is gearing up for its largest-ever corporate bond issue in South Korea at lower-tha...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
S.Korea's high-tech firms flood to US with heavy spending plans
South Korea’s large business groups are flooding to the US, with their pledged investments there exceeding $100 billion for the next two years....
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung’s next frontier: XR in partnership with Qualcomm, Google
SAN FRANCISCO – Samsung Electronics Co. is teaming up with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Google LLC to venture into the extended reality (XR) ...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Elec eyes profit from EV powertrain, car lighting biz
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s leading home appliance maker, aims to take profit from the electric vehicle powertrain and car lighting units ...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung hires two ex-Ericsson executives to lead network business
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has hired two former executives of Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson to boost its netw...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
LG Elec to increase partnerships for business expansion
LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, is seeking more partnerships with global leading companies and increasi...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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