2024 return
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Automobiles
Hyundai Wia unveils EV manufacturing specialized solution
Hyundai Wia Corp., a South Korean automotive parts manufacturer, unveiled its Mobility Manufacturing Total Solution specialized for electric vehicle...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung returns to top, to up ante against troubled Apple
Samsung Electronics Co. snatched the crown from its archrival Apple Inc. as the top global smartphone seller last month thanks to brisk sales of its...
Mar 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
2024 an intriguing year for Japan: Savills IM
The Japanese real estate market holds a prominent status in the global investment landscape, buoyed by robust fundamentals that have made it a sough...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils 2024 TV lineup at Changi Airport
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday hosted an event at Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore to unveil its 2024 new TV lineup, including Neo QLED, organ...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG OLED TV's new theme: Empathetic, personalized AI
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s No. 1 OLED TV producer, defines artificial intelligence as empathetic intelligence for customers. On Wednesda...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia, Hyundai sweep World Car Awards with EV9, IONIQ 5 N
NEW YORK – Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s No. 3 carmaker, has swept the 2024 World Car Awards, a global premier standard for automotiv...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung set to triple HBM output in 2024 to lead AI chip era
SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will likely triple its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip ...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia wins World's Greatest Auto Disruptors 2024
Kia Corp. won two categories of the Newsweek World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors Awards with the all-electric EV9 winning Research and Developmen...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Electronics named Energy Star Partner of 2024
LG Electronics Inc. has been named 2024 Energy Star Partner of the Year and Sustained Excellence by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to nearly double ultra-fast EV chargers by 2024
Hyundai Motor Group is set to increase its ultra-fast electric vehicle chargers across South Korea from current 286 to 500 by next year, the auto gi...
Mar 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea's drone market set for takeoff, led by startups
Starting in May, drones, not boats, will deliver parcels and even fried chicken to residents living on some of South Korea's remote islands unreacha...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Korea’s ramen exports on course to reach $1 bn in 2024
South Korea’s instant ramen noodle exports soared to a record monthly high in February, data showed, on course to hit the $1 billion mark in 2...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Proxy advisor KCGS backs Hanmi founder's sons return to board
South Korea’s top proxy advisory firm has recommended that shareholders of Hanmi Science Co. vote in favor of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group&rsquo...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Drug maker Boryung targets its highest-ever sales in 2024
Boryung Corp., formerly Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., aims to join the 1 trillion won ($748 million) sales club this year, driven by new chronic disea...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem to unveil carbon dioxide-based plastic in Bologna
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Wednesday that it will unveil an eco-friendly plastic material derived from carbon dioxide at Cosmoprof Worl...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Cosmax NBT targets Halal health supplement market
Cosmax NBT, Inc., a health supplement original development manufacturing (ODM) affiliate of South Korea's Cosmax Group, announced on Friday that it ...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung brings AI tech to its latest TV lineup to rival LG’s OLED TVs
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest TV maker, said on Wednesday it is bringing artificial intelligence technology to its 2024 TV line...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Tata Daewoo resumes truck exports to Algeria
South Korea's Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company announced on Tuesday that it resumed truck exports to Algeria under the Daewoo brand. Tata...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia EV9 named UK Car of the Year 2024
Kia Corp. 's EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, was named the UK Car of the...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
EQT sells Shinhan Financial stake in block deal at 30% IRR
EQT Private Capital Asia sold 415.5 billion won ($311.9 million) worth of shares in South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group Co. in a block deal ...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's CU opens first store in Kazakhstan
South Korea's BGF Retail, the operator of the leading domestic convenience store chain CU, announced on Thursday that it opened its first store in K...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s Family Hub Plus gets UL certification
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday that its 2024 Bespoke Refrigerator with Family Hub Plus has achieved the Diamond grade in an Internet of Thi...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai’s IONIQ 6: Most efficient electric vehicle in US
Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric sedan IONIQ 6 has been named the most energy-efficient vehicle in the US, further driving the South Korean automaker&rs...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG Electronics sweep honors at iF Design Awards 2024
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. have taken home the most trophies among nominees at iF Design Awards 2024, setting a benchmark in de...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korean ramyun exports increase by 40% in January
South Korea's ramyun(instant noodles) exports increased 39.4% year-over-year to $86 million in January, according to the Korea Customs Service. Th...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS logs record return rate in 2023 on stocks’ bull run
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, posted a 13.59% annualized return last year, makin...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor unveils 2024 Staria Hybrid
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Wednesday that it will begin pre-orders for the upcoming Staria Hybrid model and the 2024 Staria on Feb. 28. H...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung to launch its 1st Galaxy Ring in H2 2024
Samsung Electronics Co. will launch its first Galaxy Ring in the second half of this year as the South Korean tech giant is finalizing research and ...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics to release 2024 OLED, QNED TVs
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it will release the 2024 LG OLED TV and QNED (Quantum nano-emitting diode) TV with enhanced artif...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung to unveil its first Galaxy Ring at MWC 2024
BARCELONA - Samsung Electronics Co. is set to unveil its new health biometric tracker Galaxy Ring at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. T...
Feb 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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