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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT Cloud to adopt liquid immersion cooling system for data centers
South Korea’s KT Cloud on Tuesday said it signed a deal with Immersion 4, a Swiss provider of liquid cooling solutions, to install next-gene...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Music copyright trading platform Musicow attracts $46 mn from STIC
Musicow Inc. has garnered an additional 60 billion won ($45.8 million) from Seoul-based venture capital and private equity firm STIC Investments Inc...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon Industries to develop biodegradable plastics
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, is embarking on the development of biodegradable plastics using food wast...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems soon to install radar on S.Korea fighter jet
The active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar developed jointly by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and defense contractor Hanwha Sys...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2023
Funding gap creates opportunities in private real estate debt: ASK 2023
Global real estate investors will see the funding gap continue for a while, which creates opportunities for private debt in the sector. The office s...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK C&C to develop solution to prevent recycling fraud
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it is developing a system for t...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems, KAI sign contracts to develop SAR satellites
Hanwha Systems Co. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., Korea’s two leading aerospace and defense companies, have clinched deals with a govern...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
K-Bio Lab Hub, Japan's iPark to jointly support bio startups
South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Friday that it has reached the previous day an agreement with Japan's iPark Institute duri...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems wins $34.5 mn CMS order from Philippine Navy
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. revealed on Friday its bid to provide its domestically developed combat management system (CMS) to six 2,400-t...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Electronics' German affiliate gets partner for vehicle front development
ZKW Group of Germany, an automotive lighting and headlight affiliate of LG Electronics Inc., on Thursday said it signed a memorandum of understandin...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lemonex signs MOU with WHO mRNA vaccines tech hub
South Korea's gene therapeutics developer Lemonex announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the World Health ...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hyundai AutoEver, LS Electric adopt Ieum 5G for production lines
South Korea's automotive internet sales company Hyundai AutoEver and electrical equipment and automation specialist LS Electric Co. have adopted Ieu...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung foundry backlogs top $74.6 bn for logic chip biz goal
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 2 foundry player, has secured contract semiconductor manufacturing order backlogs of more than 100 tr...
Apr 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO to supply steel, lithium byproducts as ceramic materials
South Korea's POSCO Group announced on Friday that it will support the pottery and craft industry by utilizing byproducts generated during the produ...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s GEPS to begin investing in global buyout, growth funds
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) is set to inject 100 billion won ($74.7 million) to make its first investments in gl...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
In South Korea, innovation is subject to regulatory approval
In a country like South Korea with few natural resources to run its economy, innovations or brilliant business ideas are crucial to its survival.It ...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s public spending on maternity, child care falls short of OECD average
South Korea’s government budget for tackling the nation's low birth rate has risen to 2.25% of GDP, but housing support accounts for a major p...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korean gov’t to export domestic tax service system abroad
South Korea's National Tax Service (NTS) is looking to export its world-renowned electronic tax administration system after successfully implementin...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Upstage beats Amazon, Nvidia to rank first in global AI competition
South Korea’s artificial intelligence startup Upstage on Monday said it ranked first in four categories at the International Association for P...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT launches AI-enabled freight info service Brokarry 2.0
Lolab Co. Ltd., KT's digital logistics subsidiary, released its Brokarry 2.0 freight brokerage and transportation service, which incorporates artifi...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis test-drives 'crab walking car' on public roads
South Korea's Hyundai Mobis has verified through test-drives of a demonstration vehicle on public roads the real-life use of the company's e-corner ...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
POSCO, three telcos to build communication systems against disasters
South Korean steel giant POSCO said on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with three domestic telecommunications companie...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean gov’t pledges additional $7.9 bn for startups amid fund squeeze
The South Korean government will spend an additional 10.5 trillion won ($7.9 billion) to shore up the country’s startups and venture capitalis...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Export of Korean medical devices to Vietnam to be easier
South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Thursday that the public procurement regulations of the Vietnamese government, which had...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to raise R&D's share of defense budget to 10%
South Korea will develop a reconnaissance and interception system to respond to North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile threats from space by rais...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai develops S.Korea's first offshore supply base for ammonia
HD Hyundai Co., the largest shipbuilding conglomerate in South Korea on Wednesday said it developed for the first time in the country a vessel for s...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GeneOne Life Science gets patent for coated microneedle tech in China
South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company GeneOne Life Science Inc. on Tuesday said it received a patent from the China National Intellectual Pr...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea to adopt cornerstone investor system to vitalize IPOs
South Korea is set to introduce a system of cornerstone investors who agree in advance to subscribe to a forthcoming listing with conditions of lock...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Lotte Data Communication, Lotte E&C, UK Skyports tie up for VTOL
Lotte Data Communication Co. announced on Friday that it has signed a business agreement with Lotte Engineering & Construction and UK-based urba...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae supports int'l expansion of S.Korea's promising fashion brands
South Korea's Shinsegae Department Store has launched activities to support the overseas expansion of up-and-coming domestic fashion brands. The com...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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