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Business & Politics
Korea’s Big Four conglomerates likely to regain FKI membership
South Korea’s four largest business conglomerates – Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK and LG – will likely return as members of the count...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to unveil vision for chips resembling human senses at Tech Day
Chipmakers around the world have long aspired to develop semiconductors that can replicate human senses such as smell, hearing, vision, taste and to...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Bullet maker Poongsan chief Ryu’s new role: Korea’s top business lobbyist
Jin Roy Ryu, chairman of South Korea’s leading copper smelter and defense equipment maker Poongsan Corp., has been chosen to lead the ...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Naver posts record Q2 operating profit on e-commerce, content
South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. on Friday posted record operating profit in the second quarter, driven by robust sales growth in i...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Big Bang deregulation poised to bolster S.Korean ST market
South Korea’s fractional investment market is gearing up for a grand opening after the government earlier this year unveiled security token of...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
SK C&C begins to construct S.Korea's first ATS
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group announced on Wednesday it has started constructio...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung Electronics opens future tech office in DX Division
Samsung Electronics Co. has conducted an internal reshuffle by opening a future technologies office to discover “non-existent” technolog...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s Bespoke Jet AI sweeps global acclaim
Bespoke Jet AI, the cordless stick vacuum cleaner of Samsung Electronics Co., continues to receive international recognition for its superior techno...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec to provide HBM3, packaging service to Nvidia
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is set to provide high-performance semiconductors and packaging service to the glob...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG developing technology to produce cathode without precursors
LG Chem Ltd. has embarked on a new technology development to produce cathodes without precursors in a bid to slash battery manufacturing costs and m...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Gencurix joins US gov't Cancer Moonshot project
South Korean cancer molecular diagnostics company Gencurix Inc. announced on Monday that it joins US President Joe Biden's cancer-conquering project...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
S.Korea's top four accounting firms to cut hiring 30%
South Korea's top four accounting firms -- Samil PwC, Samjong KPMG, Deloitte Anjin and EY Hanyoung -- are expected to cut hiring this year more than...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace, KAIST to jointly develop off-road self-driving techs
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have launched a joint project to develop off-r...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Labs opens door to unconventional idea seekers
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. has launched LG Labs, a playground for those wanting to test unconventional ideas that ...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Poshmark launches Posh Lens with Naver's AI tech
South Korea's Naver Corp. announced on Thursday that Poshmark, the US-based social e-commerce C2C (consumer-to-consumer) marketplace, has launched a...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KKR leads $190 mn Series C funding of fashion platform Musinsa
South Korea’s leading fashion platform Musinsa said on Wednesday it has attracted 240 billion won ($189.7 million) in its Series C funding rou...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT to cooperate with Mongolian gov't on DX techs
South Korea's telecom service provider KT Corp. disclosed on Monday its plans to collaborate with the Mongolian government to usher in a digital tra...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Doosan Enerbility, Johnson Matthey to develop ammonia cracking tech
South Korea’s power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Monday that it signed an R&D agreement with the UK-based chemical com...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Nongshim, the ‘Parasite’ food maker, aims big in US
Nongshim Co., South Korea’s largest instant noodle maker, is a beneficiary of the success of the Oscar-winning film Parasite as well as the ou...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
KCC boosts output of semiconductor-sealing material
South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. is expanding its production lines for the semiconductor-sealing material epoxy molding compound...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung launches 98-inch Neo QLED 8K in S.Korea
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it launches a new 98-inch Neo QLED 8K TV in South Korea. The new model is part of Samsung's effor...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Electronics aims to transform into platform-based tech firm by 2030
When LG Electronics Inc. made a surprise move to ungracefully exit the mobile phone business, one of its mainstay businesses, two years ago, investo...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
HD Hyundai Infracore uses AR to service Develon construction equipment
South Korea's construction equipment and engine maker HD Hyundai Infracore Co. on Wednesday said its new augmented reality (AR) guidance app easily ...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung improves 4 nm foundry yields, on par with TSMC: analyst
Samsung Electronics Co. has improved its chip foundry manufacturing yield for the 4-nanometer node to the level shown by its archrival Taiwan Semico...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy Industries captures ship's underwater noise
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries revealed on Tuesday that it has attained cutting-edge technology enabling the precise analysis of ...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics revamps itself into tech-based company
South Korea’s CJ Logistics on Monday said it has revamped its internal organization that it had maintained since its foundation in 1930. ...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix in next-generation HBM chip supremacy war
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – have fiercely competed to advance their ch...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Ad-tech unicorn Moloco’s endeavor to unlock potential continues
SILICON VALLEY – Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup valued at more than $2 billion, is dreaming big to become a vers...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO gears up for big stride as green materials firm with Hyper NO
South Korea’s steel pioneer POSCO under POSCO Holdings Inc. is preparing to take another big stride as an eco-friendly materials provider with...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung faces scrutiny under new EU digital market rules
Samsung Electronics Co. is facing scrutiny by the European Union over its leading position in the internet browser market under the Digital Markets ...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)