Defense Acquisititon Program Administration
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha expected to sign $751 mn howitzer deal with Romania
Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, is set to sign a 1 trillion won ($751 million) contract to s...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek establishes $108 mn win-win growth fund
South Korea's LG Innotek announced on Friday that it held the 2024 Win-win Growth Partnership Day on the previous day.LG Innotek signed the 2024 Fai...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Defy convention with long-run plans to upvalue Korean stocks
The South Korean stock market has been on an upward swing in recent weeks, with many partly attributing it to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s pledge...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor launches EVery care for electric cars
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it launched EVery Care, an integrated program that will take care of customers' electric vehicle (EV) l...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
HD Hyundai, Babcock to co-develop submarine for export
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. announced on Wednesday that it will collaborate with the UK-based renowned defense company Babcock Int...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's military fund, LIG Nex1, IBK to form $60 mn defense fund
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), a retirement savings fund for military personnel, will create an 80 billion won ($60 mil...
Feb 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha, Saudi gov't to cooperate in defense industry
Hanwha Aerospace Co. and Hanwha Systems Co. announced on Tuesday that they signed a three-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) for defense cooper...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 inks $3.2 bn missile defense deal with Saudi Arabia
South Korea's major defense system developer LIG Nex1 Co. has clinched a $3.2 billion deal to export its latest missile interceptor to Saudi Arabia,...
Feb 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Kia rides defense sector boom with military vehicles
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, has unveiled its next-generation military vehicle technologies at the largest defense exhib...
Feb 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea unveils next-gen howitzer plans for defense exports
South Korea introduced plans for the development of next-generation self-propelled howitzers to its existing customers as the country aims to foster...
Jan 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Innocean, HYBE launch Seventeen project in Bangkok
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it has launched a K-pop boy g...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Elec opens its first overseas EV charger plant in Texas
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has opened its first overseas EV charger factory in Fort Worth, Texas. The move comes as the global home app...
Jan 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Ocean, Gabler to collaborate for submarine MRO
South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a technical agreement w...
Jan 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
HK inno.N reveals differentiated clinical results for K-CAB
South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N has been expanding its market by steadily announcing differentiated clinical results for its gastroesophag...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
UAE, Korea’s Naver Z join hands for virtual reality tech
South Korea’s Naver Z Corp., the operator of virtual world platform Zepeto, said Monday it will join forces with the United Arab Emirates&rsqu...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
ISU Abxis gets patent for Alzheimer drug candidate in Taiwan
South Korea's ISU Abxis Co. announced on Friday that its Alzheimer's treatment candidate ISU203 has received a substance patent registration decisio...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha clinches $2.4 bn Australian armored vehicle deal
Hanwha Aerospace Co. has won a $2.4 billion armored vehicle supply deal to Australia, adding to expectations that the South Korean defense industry ...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hanwha to boost battery production equipment business
Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, is working to bolster its secondary battery manufacturing equipment business wi...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Foreign visitors to S.Korea on course to top 10 mn milestone
The number of foreign visitors to South Korea spiked 158.3% to 1.23 million in October from the month previous, the Korea Tourism Organization said ...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korean defense sector to offset semiconductor downturn: FT
South Korea’s defense sector is enjoying booming demand from countries across the world that are cutting their reliance on Russian weapons, of...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea to raise unskilled foreign worker visa quota to record high
South Korea is set to increase its visa quota for non-professional foreign workers to a record high and expand the sectors in which they can work to...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Hyundai Motor Group spins off three in-house startups
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Tuesday it spun off three in-house startups Eficar, Hcharge Lab, and 3I Solution. Eficar provides a service th...
Nov 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems to develop extra-large UUV platform technology
Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and air mobility unit of Hanwha Group, will develop technology that will pave the way for the development of Korea-m...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lunit participates in US gov't Cancer Moonshot
South Korea's medical AI company Lunit announced on Friday it will participate in the US President Joe Biden's cancer-conquering project Cancer Moon...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean AI startups Allganize, Neurophet raise over $35 mn
South Korea’s artificial intelligence technology startups Allganize Inc. and Neurophet Inc. raised about 47 billion won ($35 million) in total...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI participates in Thailand's Defense & Security 2023
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) announced on Monday it has participated in Defense & Security 2023 exhibition in Bangkok, ThailandThe comp...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Ocean to target Southeast Asian defense market
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. will participate in Defense & Security (D&S) 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. The company said on Thursday it ...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
ESTsoft, LG Energy sign AI human education program contract
South Korea's AI service specialist company ESTsoft Corp. announced on Tuesday it has signed an education content supply contract with LG Energy Sol...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hanwha Aerospace, KATECH to collaborate on hydrogen fuel cell
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Automotive Technology Institute ...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Johnson & Johnson more interested in Korean bio startups
Johnson & Johnson, a global pharmaceutical giant, showed more interest in South Korean bio startups with competitive innovation despite the rece...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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