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Robotics
KT to start outdoor robot delivery in Seoul from Q4
South Korea’s KT Corp. from the fourth quarter will start outdoor robot delivery of food and daily necessities in Seoul’s upscale distri...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KT, Naver chosen as suppliers of S.Korea’s hyperscale AI project
South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) have enlisted four tech enterprises — KT Corp., Nav...
Jun 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT Cloud to adopt liquid immersion cooling system for data centers
South Korea’s KT Cloud on Tuesday said it signed a deal with Immersion 4, a Swiss provider of liquid cooling solutions, to install next-gene...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT to open medical checkup center in Hanoi, Vietnam
South Korea's KT Corp. next year will launch a medical checkup center in Hanoi, Vietnam, under a strategy to advance its digital healthcare business...
May 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT pursues digitalization of health care with ezCaretech
South Korea's KT Corp. on Friday said it will jointly enter the health care sector with electronics health records company ezCaretech.Both companies...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Korean KT Cloud to raise $452 mn from IMM via rights offering
KT Cloud Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp., is set to raise 600 billion won ($452 million) from a unit of Seoul-base...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
KT launches two new AI serving robots
South Korea's KT Corp., said on Tuesday that it has unveiled two new AI service robots with upgraded features for enhanced driving stability and w...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT Submarine to install part of undersea cable for Google, Meta
South Korea’s undersea cable company KT Submarine Co. said on Thursday that it has signed a 9.2 billion won ($6.85 million) contract with Japa...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT, Eluon aim to use domestic equipment for 5G network
South Korea's KT Corp. on Tuesday said it developed a small cell gateway with partner and tech startup Eluon.The small cell gateway is a system that...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT launches AI-enabled freight info service Brokarry 2.0
Lolab Co. Ltd., KT's digital logistics subsidiary, released its Brokarry 2.0 freight brokerage and transportation service, which incorporates artifi...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO conducts pilot release of rare metal ferrochrome
South Korea's steelmaker POSCO and the government-run Korea Mine Rehabilitation and Mineral Resources Corp. (KOMIR) on Friday announced the first pi...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT launches AI-based email security solution to combat APT attacks
KT Corp. said on Tuesday that it has unveiled an email security solution based on artificial intelligence (AI) advanced persistent threat (APT) anal...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea Coal Corp. to sell Mongolian mine amid energy resource boom
Korea Coal Corporation, a South Korean state-owned firm, is preparing to sell its Khotgor Shanaga coal mine in Mongolia, which it acquired in 2010...
Apr 10, 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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Construction
Eugene Corp. develops concrete production simulation system
South Korea's Eugene Corporation, which specializes in ready-mixed concrete and construction material distribution, announced on Wednesday that it h...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Korea's Mirae Asset, SK Telecom tie up for security token ecosystem
Mirae Asset Securities Co. and SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top brokerage house and mobile carrier, are set to join hands to establish an eco...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G claims sweeping victory against activist funds
Activist funds such as Singapore-based Flashlight Capital Partners Pet. (FCP) on Tuesday failed to gain approval on almost all of their proposals ma...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
KT Cloud, DigitalBridge join hands for data center biz in Korea
KT Cloud Co., the cloud computing unit under South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier KT Corp., and US infrastructure investment firm Digit...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KT faces protracted leadership vacuum amid political meddling
Yoon Kyoung-lim, the sole nominee to be KT Corp.’s next chief executive, has offered to resign, sending the selection committee of the top S...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT, Amano Korea join hands to develop smart parking solutions
South Korean telecom operator KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a business agreement with parking control system specialist Amano K...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Oil from S.Korea’s red ginseng alleviates prostate enlargement: study
Oil from South Korea’s famous hongsam (red ginseng) can prevent enlargement of the prostate, according to a study. A joint research team ...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Elon Musk’s SpaceX set for tie-up with KT SAT for Starlink service in Korea
SpaceX, the rocket and spacecraft manufacturer founded by Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk, will likely join forces with KT Corp. to lau...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
NHN, KT, Naver to jointly build AI semiconductor farm
Three large cloud service providers (CSPs) in South Korea will participate as a team in the project K-Cloud pursued by the government to verify dome...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the world's two biggest advisory bodies for shareholder voting rights, have recommended op...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
KT expands use of self-driving delivery robots to campgrounds
South Korea's KT Corp. has launched a delivery service for campgrounds using self-driving robots.The telecom giant on Tuesday said it signed a memor...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT launches open beta version of metaverse platform Genieverse
South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Monday the launch of an open beta version of its business-to-consumer (B2C) metaverse platform, "Genieverse."The...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's Indent Corp. raises $8 mn for AI-based video review marketing
Indent Corporation, a South Korean startup that operates an AI-based video review marketing solution called VReview, announced on Tuesday that it ha...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G’s hidden saviors in activist fight: In-house funds
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, will likely get support from in-house shareholders in a battle against activist funds...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
S.Korea's KT Studio Genie provides romantic comedy to Amazon
KT Studio Genie, a content production subsidiary of the South Korea's telecom giant KT Corp., announced on Monday that it had signed a global conten...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
S.Korea’s KT&G engulfed in lawsuit against activist funds
The world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker KT&G’s battle against activist investors intensified as a group of funds sued the South Kore...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)