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Bio & Pharma
Samsung to nurture biotech as next growth engine after chips: Lee
Samsung Group leader Lee Jae-yong, currently in the US, has vowed to make biotechnology the conglomerate’s second core strategic business afte...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Will Night Crows be Korean game developer WeMade’s savior?
WeMade Co. on Thursday officially launched Night Crows, a new massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG), in South Korea as the major do...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Engineering, SK Ecoplant to produce carbon-neutral hydrogen
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. and SK Ecoplant Co. are teaming up with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), a US micro modular reactor (MMR...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung Galaxy may use Bing as default search engine, not Google
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest smartphone maker, is considering switching the default search engine for its Galaxy mobile...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
HD Hyundai Elec commercializes DC distribution facilities for 1 MW bldgs
HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical power equipment and energy solution affiliate of South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai Co. Group, on Friday s...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Verismo's CAR-T therapy designated fast-track status by FDA
Verismo Therapeutics, a US affiliate of South Korean pharmaceutical firm HLB Co., has received fast-track designation from the US Food and Drug Admi...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT launches cloud-based engineering platform
KT Corp., South Korea's largest telecommunications company, announced the launch of its cloud-based high-performance engineering platform service on...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG Group Chairman names AI, bio, clean tech as new growth engines
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo has pledged to continue investing in future-oriented businesses and human resources despite the global economic slowd...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung accelerates nurturing chip talent at tech universities
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is expanding programs to foster talented semiconductor engineers and experts by...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy tops global 2-stroke engine production
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. became the world’s first shipbuilder to have marked 200 million brake horsepower (bhp) in cum...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung Elec boosts robotics as key growth engine: Vice chairman
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest chip producer, will go all out to expand its robotics business, Vice Chairman and Co-CEO Han Jong...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Wrtn Technologies joins latest AI fad, looking for prompt engineers
Wrtn Technologies Inc. has joined the latest generative artificial intelligence (AI) boom with its high-paying official job post for a prompt engine...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea to raise young chip engineers for Samsung, SK Hynix
South Korea plans to nurture more youths specialized in semiconductors at high schools to ease the worsening shortage of high-skilled workers at d...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
POSCO Engineering & Construction renames itself POSCO E&C
POSCO Engineering & Construction, the builder affiliate of South Korea's POSCO Group, has changed its name to "POSCO E&C" to mark the first ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korea's builders diversify biz portfolios to waste battery, other sectors
South Korea's construction companies are exploring other sectors to find new growth engines amid deteriorating profitability in the housing industry...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Electronics picks private 5G network as next growth engine
LG Electronics Inc. is seeking to make inroads into the private 5G network market, set to grow rapidly amid accelerated migration to automation in a...
Mar 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung leader eyes solid-state batteries as future growth engine
Samsung Group appears set to up its investment in solid-state batteries, a game changer in the electric vehicle sector, as South Korea’s top c...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korea's Hyundai L&C launches engineered stone Opimo
Hyundai L&C, an interior solutions provider under the Hyundai Department Store Co. Group in South Korea, announced on Monday the launch of its h...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea's SeAh poised to supply satellite parts to SpaceX
SeAh Changwon Integrated Special Steel Co. is in negotiations with SpaceX to supply steel used for rockets and satellites to become South Korea's fi...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
SK Networks to expand investment in tech firms for future growth
SK Networks Co., the general trading and rental arm of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group, will expand direct funding for tech ...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver, Creverse sign agreement for hyperscale AI education cooperation
Naver Corp., South Korea's largest search engine company, has signed an agreement with Creverse Co., an education company, to provide support for el...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
CJ Investment fosters Korean startups to discover new growth engines
CJ Investment, the corporate venture capital arm of CJ Corp., announced on Tuesday its plans to foster promising South Korean startups in order to d...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea's Hansol Technics enjoys profit on chip equipment unit
Hansol Technics Co., a South Korean company that makes modules for liquid crystal display (LCD) and solar panels, boosted earnings last year thanks ...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Enmove joins GRC's ElectroSafe Fluid Partner Program
South Korea's SK Enmove Co. said on Monday it will participate in the ElectroSafe Fluid Partner Program run by US-based specialist company GRC, whic...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Group buys HSD Engine for $175.9 million
South Korea's Hanwha Group will acquire ship engine maker HSD Engine in a move to shore up its shipbuilding unit following the conglomerate's takeov...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Kepco E&C takes first step in protecting nuclear power plants from drones
Kepco Engineering & Construction Co. has teamed up with South Korea's defense company Terra Defense to establish a system aimed at protecting nu...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Engineering builds nationwide EV infrastructure
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering on Sunday said the country's Ministry of Environment selected the company to receive electric vehicle (EV) infrast...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
3D content specialist NdotLight attracts $6 million
3D content technology startup NdotLight Co. said Wednesday that it has raised 8 billion won ($6.3 million) in Series A funding.IMM Investment, Naver...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
South Korean biotech firms tap Middle East as next key market
South Korean biotech companies are speeding up their foray into the Middle East to tap oil money as they seek new growth engines beyond fossil fuels...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering ends fears over stock overhang
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a subholding company for shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate HD Hyundai Co. ...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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