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Cryptocurrencies
WEMIX listed on US virtual asset exchange Tapbit
South Korean game publisher WeMade Co. announced on Thursday that its cryptocurrency WEMIX will be listed on the US cryptocurrency exchange Tapbit.&...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
LG H&H's The Whoo unveils Cheongidan renewal line in Shanghai
LG H&H Co. announced on Thursday its strategy to focus on the Chinese market by unveiling a renewal version of "Cheongidan," the flagship produc...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung releases SD card brand highly resistant to water, drops
Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday said its new Pro Ultimate line of secure data (SD) cards features enhanced speed and stability.The brand’...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Smilegate to launch video communication service
The face on a video call screen changes into a game character, making the conversation fun. This is the main function of P.Pool, a video communicati...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Virtual bands, emerging stars to fuel global K-pop craze
Virtual bands have emerged as new stars to accelerate the K-pop craze across the world. An artificial girl quartet attracted more than 25 million vi...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung launches AI-based diet suggestion platform
Samsung Electronics Co. has launched Samsung Food, an integrated food platform that offers a personalized eating experience and connects to the comp...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Samsung Display showcases QD-OLED monitor at Gamescom
South Korea's Samsung Display Co. teams up with the gaming and entertainment company HYBE IM to showcase quantum dot-organic light-emitting diode (Q...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai Rotem unveils ultra-large servo press line
Hyundai Rotem, a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group and a South Korean railway system manufacturer, announced on Thursday that it held a demonstrat...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to unveil world's first dual UHD gaming monitor at Gamescom
Samsung Electronics Co. will unveil its latest gaming monitors at this year's Gamescom, Europe's largest trade show for video games, that runs Wedne...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte’s intra-group merger, business integration fare well
Lotte Mart and Lotte Super are leading Lotte Group’s efforts to streamline the overlapping businesses of its units. Their second-quarter resul...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to apply gaming-specific tech to Nexon’s new title
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. announced a partnership with domestic video game developer Nexon Co. on Monday to release the world's first ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KT to hold AI coding lectures at universities
South Korea’s KT Corp. is expanding operations of its artificial intelligence (AI) coding education platform AI Codiny.The company on Sunday s...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Gaming giant Krafton to pour additional $150 mn into India
South Korean gaming giant Krafton Inc., renowned for its global mega-hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), is slated to ramp up investment...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LX Group may bid for container line HMM in four-way race
South Korea’s logistics-to-trading conglomerate LX Group is expected to join the race for the country’s No. 1 shipping company HMM Co. i...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
WeMade partners with three companies for WEMIX Play onboarding
South Korea's game developer and publisher WeMade Co. announced on Friday that it has signed onboarding agreements with several domestic and interna...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to boost Palisade, Tucson output at the cost of sedans
Hyundai Motor Co. is preparing to ramp up the production of its two popular SUV models Tucson and Palisade at its South Korea-based plants to meet g...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
CJ Olive Young to expand men's product line
South Korea's health and beauty store chain CJ Olive Young on Thursday said its study of customer data over the past three years found that the prop...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
NCSOFT gears up to take on Naver, Kakao for AI language model
NCSOFT Corp. has unveiled a large-scale Korean language model as the first South Korean game developer to advance into the local-language generative...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korean game market needs new titles for breakthrough
South Korean game developers are struggling to revive gamers’ interest without releasing new blockbuster titles to fill the big shoes left by ...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korean game developers look to revive heyday with reboots of old hits
South Korea’s game developers are rushing to remake classic titles to recover profitability by appealing to former fans with hit intellectual ...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Smilegate to host CFS Summer Championship 2023 in Vietnam
Smilegate Entertainment, a South Korean game developer and publisher, announced on Monday that it will host the "CFS Summer Championship 2023" in co...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Toray Advanced Materials reviews film line expansion in S.Korea
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. (TAK) is reviewing its film line expansion in South Korea as part of its 300 billion won ($229 million) capital ...
Aug 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Com2uS' Minigame Party surpasses 1 mn global downloads
South Korean game company Com2uS Corp. announced on Friday that its mobile game "Minigame Party," which was simultaneously released worldwide on Jul...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon launches hit RPG Blue Archive in China
South Korea’s major game company Nexon Co. on Thursday said it officially released on the Chinese market Blue Archive, a subculture mobile rol...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea’s mobile app spending hits record high in H1 2023
South Korean consumers' spending on mobile apps recorded the highest-ever in the first half of this year.Mobile data and analytics platform data.ai ...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean companies rushing to launch exotic AI-based services
Lowered barriers in South Korea to the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) have fueled the growing popularity of unique AI services. The em...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea's SM buys shipping line HMM shares ahead of bidding
South Korea’s SM Group has increased its ownership in HMM Co., the country’s top container shipping line. The 30th-largest conglomerate ...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Com2us launches RPG game ‘Heir of Light: Eclipse’ in Canada, Indonesia
Com2us Holdings Corp. announced on Wednesday that its new role-playing game (RPG), Heir to Light: Eclipse, is now available on Google Play in ...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
KakaoBank posts record H1 profit; costs hurt Kakao Games’ Q2 earnings
KakaoBank Corp., a leading South Korean internet-only bank, saw its first-half net profit rise to a fresh record high, driven by decent growth in in...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C bags $145 mn order to build HVDC line in Saudi Arabia
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has won a $145 million deal in Saudi Arabia, boding well for the leading South Korean builder’s bus...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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