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Retail
Shinsegae, CJ to tie up for product delivery, food launch
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
YouTube, Coupang offer Shopping affiliate program in Korea
YouTube has started offering its Shopping affiliate program in South Korea in partnership with the country’s No. 1 e-commerce platform company ...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy wins certification for ammonia fuel VLAC
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries announced on Wednesday that it obtained Approval in Principle (AIP) from Lloyd's Register for the design of an...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Doosan Bobcat ramps up Chennai plant in India
Doosan Bobcat Inc., the construction and agricultural machine manufacturer of South Korea’s Doosan Group, announced on Wednesday that it comple...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor launches 2025 model year of Grandeur
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Wednesday that it launched its flagship sedan Grandeur's model year the 2025 Grandeur. The Grandeur is Hyundai Motor's...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, ADI tie up for fast-charging EV battery technologies
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 3 electric vehicle battery maker, joined hands with US chipmaker Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) on advanced...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG-Kakao EV charger JV LG Uplus VoltUp sets sail
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, and the country’s largest taxi-hailing platform Kakao Mobility Corp. official...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS unveils PerfecTwin ERP Edition in US
South Korea’s LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of LG Corp., announced on Wednesday that it unveiled its testing solution PerfecTwin E...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Dog meetup app MMDC aspires to be AI pet nanny
Some call it social media for dogs, others say it's a dating app for their four-legged friends. No matter what you call it, the Meet My Dog Challenge...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
South Korean steelmakers run plants only at night as demand plummets
South Korea’s major steelmakers are running their plants only at night to cut costs as demand for rebars, or reinforced bars, widely used in th...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea’s non-financial firms rush to issue perpetual bonds
Perpetual bond offerings by non-financial firms in South Korea are poised to hit new records this year as many companies have flocked to the hybrid b...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
CJ Logistics, Libiao Robotics partner to co-work for robotic system
South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic partnership with global robot...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Korea’s Kakao Mobility unveils global ride-hailing app to court Uber
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s top ride-hailing service provider, on Tuesday introduced the release of its global app, taking on global gi...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ultium Cells Spring Hill: LG, GM’s EV battery bastion in North America
NASHVILLE – Some 60 km south of Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, lies a huge plant churning out battery cells that will eventually land in ...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS fund defaults on loan linked to German office
A 370-billion-won ($270 million) real estate fund managed by IGIS Asset Management Co. faces a heavy loss from its investment in Trianon, a landmark ...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Dongbu Corp exceeds $730 bn in new orders
South Korea's Dongbu Corporation surpassed 1 trillion won ($727 million) in new orders this year by securing a 200 billion won ($145 million) railway...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air, Lion Air codeshare Incheon-Bali route
South Korea’s budget carrier Jeju Air Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a codeshare agreement with Indonesia's largest low-cost airline, ...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae guarantees PE firms’ SSG.COM exit amid delayed IPO
Shinsegae Inc. and its supermarket chain operator E-Mart Inc. will bring in at least one investor by the end of this year to buy shares in SSG.COM fr...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Eco-friendly cars reboot Hyundai, Kia’s US sales in May
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., car manufacturers of the global No. 3 automaker Hyundai Motor Group, reported a rebound last month on sales in the U...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Tata Daewoo wins order for 130 Maxen trucks in Colombia
South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company announced on Tuesday that signed a contract to sell 130 units of its large truck Maxen to Colomb...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s KT, Microsoft form strategic alliance on AI, cloud sectors
South Korea’s leading telecommunications service provider KT Corp. has formed a strategic alliance with US tech giant Microsoft Corp. to collab...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
WeWork closes major office in Seoul for restructuring
Coworking space operator WeWork Inc. is slated to shut down a major office in Seoul, once one of the largest WeWork offices in Asia, in September as...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Sampyo Group enters automated robotic parking business
South Korea's SP&Mobility, a robotics unit of Sampyo Group, unveiled its MPSystem on Monday, an automated robotic parking system designed to repl...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
HD Hyundai supplies large hydrogen forklifts to Korea Zink
South Korea's HD Hyundai XiteSolution announced on Monday that it deployed its four 5-ton hydrogen forklifts in Korea Zinc Inc.'s Onsan Refinery and ...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Gas eyes commercial operations of LNG power plant in 2nd half
SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier seeking to transform into a clean energy company, has moved a step cl...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung releases 2024 lineup of gaming monitors
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it launched its new 2024 lineup of gaming monitors, Odyssey OLED, and high-resolution monitors, Vie...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Daesang to scale up meal kits, kimchi production in Vietnam
Daesang Corp., South Korea’s leading food maker, said on Monday its two Vietnamese operations have each completed their second plant in the cou...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Glovis, EcoPro team up for EV battery recycling business
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, and EcoPro Co., the country’s leading electric vehicle batte...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea’s LS Group to operate brokerage firm LS Securities
South Korean cable-to-energy giant LS Group said on Monday that it has renamed brokerage subsidiary eBest Investment & Securities to LS Securitie...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG screens World Environment Day campaign in New York, London
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it has screend the World Environment Day (June 5) campaign video on its outdoor billboards in New York's...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Point Mobile
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DCM
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Fridays Lab
Published: Jun 30, 2023
Last updated: Nov 10, 2023
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AIOBIO
Published: Oct 07, 2020
Last updated: Jun 08, 2021
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iCore
Published: Oct 07, 2022
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Grip
Published: Apr 19, 2021
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