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Pre-IPOs
PIF, GIC to invest $964 mn in Korea's Kakao Entertainment
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have agreed to invest a combined $964 million in K...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hancom Frontis to develop AI digital human, 3D scanning project
Hancom Frontis, a Hancom Group company specializing in the metaverse, said on Tuesday that it has signed a three-way agreement with the Tech Univers...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S-1 calls AI video solutions core of this year's AI security market
Access management of facial recognition needs the most improvement this year and artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions such as intelligent cl...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ford in talks with LG Energy for Turkey EV battery plant
Ford Motor Co. is in talks with LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, to build a cell factory in...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kakao Pay likely to be included in MSCI index next month
South Korean mobile payment services firm Kakao Pay Corp. will be newly incorporated into the MSCI index next month, inducing an influx of more than...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startup Lemonbase attracts $5.6 mn Series A funding
Lemonbase, a South Korean developer and operator of performance management software as a service (Saas), raised 7 billion won ($5.6 million) in Seri...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Fly Gangwon fails to pay salaries again due to financial woes
Fly Gangwon, a low-cost carrier based at Yangyang International Airport in Gangwon Province, South Korea, is in serious financial trouble. As its fi...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
MyRealTrip launches overseas lodging booking service
Travel app MyRealTrip said Wednesday that it is launching an overseas hotel booking service that allows users to search, book, and pay for more than...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Korea’s Daol to sell another unit to secure liquidity
South Korea’s Daol Financial Group agreed to sell another unit as part of its efforts to raise money in preparations for a possible liquidity ...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Gmarket launches overseas hotel search service
Gmarket on Thursday say it will launch a customized search service for hotels abroad.Users can input hotel-related keywords into the Gmarket app's s...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KEXIM bank issues $3.5 billion in foreign currency bonds
The Export-Import Bank of Korea on Thursday said it issued a record-high $3.5 billion in global bonds to investors worldwide.The government-run bank...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver’s Japan-focused B2B unit swings to profit
Naver Corp.’s business-to-business (B2B) services provider Works Mobile Co. posted its first-ever profit in 2022, driven by a surge in Japanes...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, BYD, Polestar adopt Nvidia’s cloud gaming service
Nvidia Corp., a US technology company, said on Tuesday that its cloud-based gaming service GeForce NOW was adopted for cars produced by the Hyundai ...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Redbrick, Microsoft to cooperate on university campuses in metaverse
Redbrick, the developer and operator of metaverse platforms of South Korea, signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft Korea to cooperate o...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners
Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK Networks completes acquisition of local EV charging platform operator
SK Networks Co., a South Korean general trading firm, said on Jan. 3 it has completed the acquisition of SS Charger Co., a leading electric car char...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Sejong kicks off private 5G business for exclusive use for industrial safety
Sejong Telecom, Inc. a mid-sized facilities-based telecommunications business and ICT platform company in South Korea, will launch a private 5G bu...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean cloud startups get funding despite recession fears
The contraction of South Korea's investment market has not stopped startups specializing in software as a service (SaaS) to attract funds given that...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
GS Retail to introduce forex kiosks in convenience stores
South Korea's convenience store franchiser GS Retail said on Monday that it would introduce foreign currency exchange kiosks at its convenience st...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Is semiconductor chip rental doable?: Samsung says yes
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is looking to launch a high-end memory chip rental service as its new business ...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company
South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said on Friday that it will develop a web3 service for children to provide an immersive ex...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SAPEON X220 completes tech demo of fashion-specialized AI service
South Korea's artificial intelligence company Sapeon has completed a technology demonstration of its semiconductor SAPEON X220 on "Virtual Try-On," ...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Woori Financial wins MSCI ESG global leader rating for 2nd year
Woori Financial Group said on Thursday it has earned an AA rating for the second consecutive year in the global ESG rating announced by Morgan Stanl...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Medicox boosts unit for oral insulin, medical cannabis
South Korea's Medicox Co. on Wednesday said it will raise 40 billion won ($32 million) to boost its unit for oral insulin and cannabidiol (CBD).The ...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Samsung to unveil C-Lab startups, projects at CES 2023
Samsung Electronics Co. will showcase four projects and eight startups developed through its venture program C-Lab at CES 2023, the world's largest ...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund
South Korea’s four leading biotech firms plan to launch an investment fund of up to 50 billion won ($39 million) to support smaller domestic b...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
South Korea doubles gov't fintech innovation fund to $781 million
The South Korean government will double the value of its Fintech Innovation Fund, a source of financial support for the financial technology or fint...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korea-China air flights set to rise with Beijing’s eased zero-COVID policy
Air flights between South Korea and China are set to rise significantly next year with the Chinese government issuing new guidelines easing its stri...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Commercial building transactions plummet to 2008 financial crisis level
In October, commercial building sales in Seoul plunged to the level of the 2008 global financial crisis.According to an analysis of actual transacti...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Rights offerings
SK Innovation to inject $1.6 bn into SK On's rights offering
South Korea's top refiner SK Innovation Co. said on Dec. 21 it will invest 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in its electric battery maker unit SK On Co...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)