J-tube position correction device
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Healthcare
Galaxy Watches gauge body indicators at level of specialized medical devices
The Galaxy Watch series of Samsung Electronics can gauge major indicators of human health with similar accuracy as that of professional medical devi...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
KAIST invents world's 1st rubber-like printed circuit board
South Korea's top science and technology university has invented the world's first printed circuit board (PCB) that bends and stretches like rubber ...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korean lunar orbiter sends 'Dynamite' BTS video to Earth
South Korea's unmanned space vehicle Danuri has sent texts and images from space to Earth, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced Monday. Da...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Meritz Securities posts positive third-quarter earnings surprise
Meritz Securities saw net profit rise 14% in the third quarter in stark contrast to other brokerages suffering from earning shocks due to the stock ...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Siltron, UK's IQE to produce high-efficiency wafers for Asian market
South Korean silicon wafer maker SK Siltron Co. has teamed up with UK-based wafer products supplier IQE plc to produce gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxi...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s new $2.8 bn OLED plant to benefit Korean device makers
South Korea’s electronics equipment manufacturers are set to benefit from Samsung Display Co.’s planned construction of a $2.8 billion n...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO says normalization of typhoon-hit steel mill unlikely until Q1 2023
POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, expects its steel mill in the southern port city of Pohang flood...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Korean fintech sector struggles amid liquidity drought
A three-year-old South Korean fintech company is having trouble raising money through a Series B funding round as investor sentiment on the sector h...
Sep 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
BofA names Korean American Mike Joo as head of North America GCIB
Bank of America Corp. has appointed Korean American Mike Joo as its new head of North America global corporate and investment banking (GCIB), accord...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Broadcom not to force S.Korean tech companies on deals
US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. has pledged to cease putting undue pressure on Samsung Electronics Co. and other South Korean tech companies to sign deal...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia post record sales in the US, poised to overtake Toyota
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. saw their monthly car sales rise to record highs in the US where carmakers will soon be ineligible for state subsidi...
Sep 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s Genesis ranks top in J.D. Power’s innovative tech study
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis has been recognized by industry analysts for its excellence in innovative technology and consumer experi...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's SD Biosensor to supply diagnostics kits to Japan in H2
SD Biosensor Inc., South Korea’s leading in-vitro diagnostics company, has signed an agreement to supply its COVID-19 self-test kits and other...
Aug 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Coupang posts first positive EBITDA, raises full-year forecast
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s answer to global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, said on Wednesday its second-quarter performance has improved signif...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung develops next-generation data storage device
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled an upgraded data storage device that significantly reduces the computer processing time and energy cons...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea startup unveils AI for sleep study with smartphones
A South Korean startup has unveiled an artificial intelligence model for medical analysis of sleep based on breathing sounds recorded by smartphones...
Jul 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea’s 5G, cryptography likely to be adopted as global standards
South Korea’s five technologies on 5G mobile networks, cloud computing and cryptography have been preliminarily chosen as global standards, a ...
Jul 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy surrenders No. 2 EV battery position to BYD
LG Energy Solution Ltd., South Korea’s leading battery maker, gave up its second-largest position in the global electric vehicle cell market...
Jul 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai showcases IONIQ 6, electrified streamliner
Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled the design of the IONIQ 6, its first all-electric sedan on an exclusive EV platform, with which South Korea&...
Jun 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Childcare app Piloto aims to instill healthy device use
Childcare app operator Piloto won first place at the May startup demo event hosted by D.Camp. The startup accelerator’s parent company,...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startups race for top talent to fill CTO positions
Just a few years back, fashion startups in South Korea rarely saw the need for a Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The same was true for the so-c...
May 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK invests in US digital healthcare firm Cala Health
South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. has dipped its toes into the rapidly growing digital healthcare market by investing in Cala Health, a US-bas...
May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Korea's top patient monitoring device maker targets pet sector
South Korea’s leading patient monitoring device maker Mediana Co. is targeting the pet medical industry while seeking an artificial intelligen...
May 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to step back from management of Hanjin KAL
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea has decided to shift its objective in holding shares of Hanjin KAL Corp., the parent company of Korean...
May 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix posts record Q1 sales buoyed by Solidigm, may build another fab
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it is considering building another chip fabrication line after p...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK buys power semiconductor maker for EV chip business
SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, has geared up its electric vehicle chip business development with the acquisition of a loc...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
COVID test kit maker SD Biosensor buys Italian medical device firm
SD Biosensor Inc., South Korea’s top manufacturer of COVID-19 test kits, said on Friday that it has signed a deal to purchase a 100% stake i...
Apr 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
LG Elec. targets North American digital healthcare market
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has made inroads into the North American digital healthcare market with US telehealth company Amwell as the ...
Mar 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Elec. to sell automotive wireless smartphone charging division
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. plans to drop its automotive wireless smartphone charging unit as the global home appliance giant exited fro...
Mar 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Poongsan, Korea Zinc to benefit from rising raw material prices
South Korea’s non-ferrous metal smelters such as Korea Zinc Co. and Poongsan Corp. are set to benefit from rising prices of raw materials in t...
Mar 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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