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Electronics
LG unveils new air conditioner with AI smart care
LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday announced that it released 2024 LG Whisen Objet Collection Tower air conditioner, which features an artificial intel...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor to launch advanced vehicle platform R&D division
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group will launch an advanced vehicle platform (AVP) research and development division, combining it...
Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Kia to launch mid-sized purpose-built vehicle PV5 in 2025
Kia Corp., the No. 2 automaker in South Korea, is set to launch its first mid-sized purpose-built vehicle model (PBV) in 2025 and start a customized...
Jan 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung eyes biotech investments via Flagship Pioneering
Samsung C&T Corp., Samsung Biologics Co. and Samsung Bioepis Co. will ramp up investments in US biotechnology startups in collaboration with Fla...
Jan 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec opens customer experience space in Ho Chi Minh
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday the unveiling of a customer experience space called "Another Saigon" in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where the...
Dec 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
HD Hyundai aims to double number of female employees by 2030
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s largest shipbuilding group, will introduce a childcare leave system to make the male-dominated conglomerate an att...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Hyundai’s Supernal to unveil life-size UAM at CES 2024
Supernal LLC, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it will participate in CES 2024 ne...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung launches new growth engine control tower at mobile division
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips and smartphones, has created a business control tower within its Digital eX...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Generational shift in SK leadership with chairman’s cousin on front line
SK Group is setting out for a new era, tapping younger leaders in their 40s and 50s to lead South Korea’s second-largest group in its mission ...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Supreme Court affirms Affinity, GIC's exit value on Kyobo Life
South Korea’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the ruling that would allow the Affinity Equity Partners-led consortium, including Singapore&r...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte mulls Lotte World Tower spruce-up to rival Azabudai Hills Tower
Lotte Group is considering sprucing up the Lotte World Tower in Seoul, the tallest building in South Korea, to maintain its position as a landmark s...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae seeks sale of HK Goldin assets to recoup investment
Mirae Asset Securities Co., South Korea’s largest brokerage house, plans a public tender of assets held by debt-laden Goldin Financial Holding...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank opens regional headquarters in Bangladesh
South Korea's Woori Bank announced on Friday it opened its new regional headquarters in Bangladesh. In 1996, the bank launched its first branch...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Engineering secures $349 mn bio plant deal
South Korea's Samsung Engineering secured a deal for the Songdo Bio Raw Material Plant construction project from the global life sciences and labora...
Nov 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
CS Wind eyes $2.2 bn sales in 2024 with Bladt
CS Wind Corp., a South Korean wind turbine tower manufacturer, expects its sales next year to double from last year’s to reach about 3 trillio...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
LG Electronics boosts 'Life's Good' campaign in Tennessee
South Korea's electronics giant LG Electronics Inc. has commenced various community support initiatives in Tennessee, one of its key production hubs...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Dongwon founder vows to acquire Korea’s top container line HMM
Dongwon Group, South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate, has vowed to acquire HMM Co., the country’s top container ship ...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung offers guide to greener, smarter life with SmartThings
BERLIN – Concerned about extreme weather and skyrocketing energy bills? “Keep calm” and head to Berlin where Samsung Electronics C...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Hanwha Life sees cumulative profit in 15 years in Vietnam
Hanwha Life Insurance Co.’s Vietnamese subsidiary has reported a cumulative profit in 15 years, marking the first South Korean insurers’...
Aug 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics cuts H1 costs by $1.6 billion on stable supply chain
LG Electronics Inc. has slashed raw material and transportation costs by 2.12 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in the first half thanks to a stable sup...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Tokio Marine seeks to sell SE Asia units to S.Korean companies
Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is seeking to sell its units in Southeast Asia for $1 billion to major South Korean companies looking fo...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
CJ Bioscience to launch microbiome analysis service in 2024
South Korea's CJ Bioscience Inc. announced on Friday that it plans to officially launch the microbe analysis platform "EzBiome Bioinformatics app" (...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung's Bespoke Goes On campaign video exceeds 20 mn views
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its Bespoke Goes On campaign video for the Bespoke refrigerator has surpassed 20 million views on ...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samyang Foods Group rebrands as Samyang Roundsquare
South Korea's food-oriented Samyang Foods Group said on Monday it rebranded the group and the holding company Samyang Naturals Co.'s name as Samyang...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung Elec joins global 4-day workweek push for work-life balance
Samsung Electronics Co. is joining the global four-day workweek move, albeit only partially, under its chief Jay Y. Lee’s leadership that emph...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Woori, ABL Life commit to Rubicon’s infrastructure debt fund
South Korea’s Woori Global Asset Management Co. and ABL Life Insurance Co. have committed a sizeable amount of capital to a first closing of a...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung's Bespoke life: Beyond customized to stylish
Samsung Electronics Co. has expanded the concept of Bespoke home appliances from creating customized products to creating "a stylish life" to better...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea's Jeju Dream Tower Casino exceeds $7.6 mn in net monthly sales
Jeju Dream Tower Casino, located on South Korea's top tourist island of Jeju and run by Lotte Tour Development Co., broke the 10 billion won ($7.6 m...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C to develop future residential model All Life-care House
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) has announced plans to create a future residential model, the All Life-care H...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hanwha Aerospace invests in US secondary battery startup
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. on Tuesday said it invested in Forge Nano, an American startup with precision nano-coating technology that exte...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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