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Sephora to exit S.Korean market in May
Sephora, the world's leading multi-brand beauty retailer and an affiliate of French luxury conglomerate LVMH, announced on Tuesday that it will exit ...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Solo Leveling: Arise, Netmarble's webtoon-based game to spur turnaround
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday it is set to launch “Solo Leveling: Arise” — a new title based on a pop...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix mass-produces HBM3E chip to supply Nvidia
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s No. 2 memory chipmaker, began mass-producing HBM3E, the best-performing DRAM chip for AI applications, for the first...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Commodities
Korea struggles with surging copper scrap exports to China
South Korea’s nonferrous metal industry is scrambling for the procurement of copper scrap as China, the world’s top copper consumer, has ...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Elec triples new TV preorders powered by AI
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top TV manufacturer, said on Sunday it is enjoying strong demand for new TVs, especially premium ultra-lar...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea’s Kumho Tire to invest $751 mn to build plant in Europe
Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, plans to invest more than 1 trillion won ($750.8 million) by 2027 to build its first plant in E...
Mar 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Elec expands workforce to enhance AI cyber security
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, is actively increasing its workforce to improve artificial intelligence cyber security ...
Mar 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Korea Zinc, LG Chem team up for US recycling business
Korea Zinc Inc., the leading global zinc and lead smelter, and LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top petrochemical producer, joined hands for the pla...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea's Shinhan, Hana accelerate overseas push after record profits
South Korean major banks aim to accelerate their expansions in other countries as their overseas investments paid off with record profits last year a...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Ecoplant opens US recycling plant for data center servers
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm, said on Thursday it launched a recycling plant for data center se...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
PUBG’s Krafton expands in India with localized games
South Korean gaming giant Krafton Inc., renowned for its global mega-hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), aims to expand its market share ...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EV charging speed, battery sector’s emerging battlefield
South Korea’s three major battery makers are rushing to shorten times for electric vehicle charging, the main issue for consumers reluctant to ...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI to develop future aerial mobility, single-seat aircraft
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, plans to develop future aerial mobility to secure a n...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
AliExpress sells top K-food maker’s products in S.Korea
AliExpress, an e-commerce arm of China’s Alibaba Group, on Thursday started selling products of CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s top f...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor launches trade-in program to revive EV sales
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, said on Thursday it introduced a trade-in program in the country for electric vehicles to boost...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korea probes AliExpress as Chinese e-commerce threat grows
South Korea’s antitrust body launched a probe into alleged violations of consumer protection regulations by China’s AliExpress, as Chines...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
JPMorgan Chase’s growth driver: offline community branches
NEW YORK -- Global banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been expanding brick-and-mortar branches across the US with investments of billions of ...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s inflation rebounds, BOK to keep interest rates in H1
South Korea’s headline inflation rebounded in February from a six-month low on higher prices of oil and agricultural products, adding to expect...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Naver to unveil world’s first web platform-enabled robotics OS
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. is set to make inroads into the global robotics operating system market by unveiling the world’s f...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s GNI per capita rebounds in 2023 as won stabilizes
South Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita rebounded last year as the won currency stabilized amid signs of a recovery in exports fro...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Tesla, Korea's EcoPro presumed to enter battery materials deal
Tesla Inc., the world’s No. 2 electric vehicle maker, is believed to have agreed to procure battery ingredients from South Korea’s EcoPro...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korean EV battery makers to unveil tech for industry recharge
South Korea’s three major electric vehicle battery makers are gearing up to invigorate the global green car market with new technologies they w...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
CSCEC, SK Ecoplant in $1.9 bn Egypt renewable energy deal
China State Construction Engineering Corp. (CSCEC), the world’s largest builder, and South Korea’s SK Ecoplant Co. are set to team up on ...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Mubadala ties up with Korea’s Woori for global investments
Mubadala Investment Co., Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, has joined hands with Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest fin...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma aims to boost Alyglo sales sixfold in the US
CHEONGJU, North Chungcheong Province -- South Korea’s major pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp. aims to raise the sales of Alyglo, its im...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung targets gene therapy sector through US investments
Samsung Group is targeting the gene therapy business through investments in US biotechnology companies as the leading South Korean conglomerate is se...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom sees rise of personal AI assistants as game changer
BARCELONA – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, sees the emergence of personal artificial intelligence assistants as a game...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
While the World Was Looking Elsewhere, North Korea Became a Bigger Threat
SEOUL—In March 2022, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked out of a massive hangar wearing a bomber jacket and dark sunglasses. He pointed to t...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
S.Korean boiler firms expand exports
Despite a global economic slowdown, South Korea's overseas exports of boilers and water heaters increased 4.9% year over year by $478.3 million in 20...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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