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Korean games
WeMade accuses Shengqu Games of withholding $600 mn in royalties
WeMade Co. on Monday asked the South Korean government to intervene in its ongoing copyright dispute with China’s Shengqu Games, accusing the ...
Apr 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Games
S.Korea’s Krafton to nurture 6 new game studios in India
Krafton Inc., the publisher of global mega-hit “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (PUBG), has selected six new Indian game studios to...
Apr 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix bets on 3D HBM as next game-changer in AI chip race
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s top DRAM memory chipmaker, aims to redefine the competitive landscape in artificial intelligence memory chips with ...
Apr 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
S.Korean gaming giant Netmarble eyes headquarters building sale
Netmarble Corp., a leading South Korean gaming company, is seeking to sell its headquarters building in Seoul, which could fetch up to 800 billion w...
Apr 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble gets tailwind from new titles, BTS comeback
Netmarble Corp., a leading South Korean gaming company, expects to gain new growth momentum from the launch of nine new titles and the anticipated f...
Apr 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton buys India’s Nautilus Mobile, fueling IP race in Korean game scene
Krafton Inc., one of South Korea’s top four market-cap gaming firms, has taken over Indian game developer Nautilus Mobile for $14 million, upp...
Mar 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Games
Krafton invests in 10 overseas game startups in 2024
Krafton Inc. invested in 10 overseas game developers in 2024 in search of the next big franchise intellectual property (IP) following its mega-hit t...
Mar 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble to launch new game 'RF Online Next'
Netmarble Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer, is slated to roll out “RF Online Next” on March 20, a revamp of the old tit...
Mar 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Games
Chinese games expand foothold in South Korea
Chinese games are making deep inroads into South Korea, increasing their presence in the mobile gaming market amid a lack of restrictions on foreign...
Mar 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
South Korea’s forex reserves dip to nearly 5-year low in February
South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves diminished to the lowest level in nearly five years last month, largely due to the expanded forex swap...
Mar 06, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Gaming company NXC looks to unload stroller maker Stokke
NXC Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s Nexon Games Co., is looking to unload Stokke AS, a premium baby stroller brand, for around 700...
Mar 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon becomes 1st Korean game publisher with over 4 trillion won in sales
Nexon Co., the parent of Nexon Games Co., became the first Korean game developer to achieve the 4 trillion won ($2.8 billion) sales milestone in 202...
Feb 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte Biologics eyes first ADC CDMO order in 2025
SAN FRANCISCO -- Lotte Biologics Co., the drug consignment development and production unit of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group, will seek to wi...
Jan 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display unveils industry’s brightest OLED panel for AI TVs
LG Display Co., the world’s top organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, on Thursday unveiled a fourth-generation screen optimized for...
Jan 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
Diary of a Dead North Korean Soldier Reveals Grisly Battlefield Tactics
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Jan 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
DOR sets sights on TikTok-like virtual world for gamers
South Korean startup DOR Corporation has thrown down the gauntlet to Discord, a popular global social platform for gamers, with its TikTok-like soci...
Jan 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
NPS initiates strategic currency hedging to unleash up to $48.2 billion
The National Pension Service (NPS), South Korea’s state-run pension fund and the country’s largest institutional investor, is set to beg...
Jan 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai Rotem delivers driverless metro cars to Taiwan
Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean rolling stock and defense equipment maker, said on Friday it held a ceremony to mark the arrival of the first ba...
Dec 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
South Korea to ease foreign exchange regulations, expand FX swap line
South Korea’s foreign authorities said on Friday they will ease foreign exchange regulations to allow more dollars into the domestic financial...
Dec 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix develops high-capacity SSD for AI data center
SK Hynix Inc. unveiled on Wednesday its high-capacity solid-state drive (SSD) product PS1012 U.2, designed for AI data centers with 61 terabyte (TB)...
Dec 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean game firms invest in Poland
South Korean game developers and publishers focus on investment in Poland. NCSoft Corp. said on Wednesday it signed a new intellectual property...
Dec 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon to release The First Berserker: Khazan in China
South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. said on Monday it signed a deal with China's Tencent Games to publish its new action rol...
Dec 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's Smilegate invests in GTA producer's studio
Smilegate, the South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, said on Tuesday it invested in the US-based medi...
Dec 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures named Google Play's Best Game
"Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures", the globally popular mobile game of South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp., was selected the Best for Googl...
Nov 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Shilla Duty Free opens Guerlain Ultimate Boutique at Incheon Airport
South Korea's Shilla Duty Free Shop announced on Tuesday it opened the Guerlain Ultimate Boutique, the first flagship store in a global airport, at ...
Nov 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C wins $725 mn Saudi Arabia HVDC line order
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) said on Tuesday it has bagged a $725 million order to build a power transmission line i...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
GS Group, Notion to team up on AI capabilities
South Korea's GS Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Notion, the US-based popular collaboration software company to enhance its ...
Nov 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
DevSisters, VNG Games sign Cookie Run Asia publishing deal
South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp. said on Friday that it signed a publishing agreement with Vietnamese game company VNG Games for "Cookie...
Nov 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia reveals teaser images of The New Sportage
South Korea's Kia Corp. unveiled the teaser images and videos of The New Sportage, the facelift model of Kia's flagship compact sport utility vehicl...
Oct 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
NCSoft to spin off AI, game divisions into four units
NCSoft Corp., a leading South Korean game developer and publisher, said on Monday it will spin off its artificial intelligence R&D and game deve...
Oct 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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