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Banking & Finance
Samsung Asset wins iF Design Award
South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Friday that its exchange-traded fund (ETF) brand KODEX has won the top prize in the communicatio...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte puts Lotte Chemical Titan in Malaysia on market
Lotte Chemical Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 petrochemicals company, has embarked on the process of selling its Malaysian unit Lotte Chemical Tit...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Lotte Insurance's value rises with long-term care expansion
When South Korean private equity firm JKL Partners acquired a 77% stake in Lotte Insurance Co. for about 730 billion won ($546.3 million) in 2019, m...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Lotte Chemical, CIP to join hands on ammonia projects
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has reached a preliminary agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to purchase and sell blue...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Tesla, Korea's EcoPro presumed to enter battery materials deal
Tesla Inc., the world’s No. 2 electric vehicle maker, is believed to have agreed to procure battery ingredients from South Korea’s EcoPr...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Lotte, Neubility to develop autonomous security robots
South Korea's Lotte Data Communication Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a domestic autonomous robot service company Neubility on ...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
KTO, Orange Square to promote tourism for Japanese
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and South Korea's Orange Square signed a business agreement on Thursday to encourage more spending by Japanese ...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KT teams up with Amazon to bolster B2B generative AI
BARCELONA -- KT Corp., South Korea’s leading telecom services provider, said on Thursday it has signed a strategic partnership with Amazon Web...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Enmove, UK’s Iceotope to develop coolant for SK Telecom’s data center
South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. has partnered with UK-based precision liquid cooling system specialist Iceotope Technologies Ltd. t...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Zuckerberg to meet LG CEO for XR headset development
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc., will meet LG Electronics Inc. CEO Cho Joo-wan in Seoul around Feb. 28 to disc...
Feb 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung to unveil its first Galaxy Ring at MWC 2024
BARCELONA - Samsung Electronics Co. is set to unveil its new health biometric tracker Galaxy Ring at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. T...
Feb 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AIMMO’s global push gains speed with US foray
South Korean AI-powered data solution-providing startup AIMMO Inc. is expediting its global push with an aggressive advance into the US market, wher...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Chemical builds AI organizations
South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp. announced on Thursday that it has established artificial intelligence (AI) organizations tailored to the characte...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Lotte Chemical completes HEC plant in Yeosu
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. announced on Monday its commencement of commercial production at the plant of Hydroxy Ethyl Cellulose (prod...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
S.Korea to build new English disclosure system
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced on Feb. 18 that it will broaden the scope of its English electronic disclosure ser...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
S.Korean refiners’ competition in EV lubricants sector intensifies
Refiners in South Korea are in a race to expand their presence in the electric vehicle lubricants market through overseas production facilities and ...
Feb 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Networks looks to triple operating profit by 2026 with AI
SK Networks Co., a South Korean trading and rental company actively investing in tech firms in recent years, will step up its efforts to transform i...
Feb 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus validates next-gen 5G SW platform tech
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday that it has completed the technology verification of next-generation software platforms with Eric...
Feb 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung C&T develops new cooling system for data centers
Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Wednesday that it collaborated with the domestic cooling system tech company DataBean to develop and commercializ...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI to invest $76 mn in unmanned fighter jets
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) has announced that it plans to invest 102.5 billion won ($76.64 million) in the development of core technologi...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental, KB Capital to co-work for car rental
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic financial comp...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte to sell 7-Eleven’s ATM unit in Korea for around $38 mn
Lotte Group is set to sell the automated teller machine (ATM) business of Korea Seven Co., the operator of convenience store chain 7-Eleven in South...
Feb 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Rebellions, Superb AI partner to bolster vision AI
South Korea’s fabless AI chip startup Rebellions Inc. has joined hands with Y Combinator alumnus-led Superb AI Inc., an AI training data platf...
Feb 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Wellfood to produce Pepero in India
South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Wednesday that it plans to build a Pepero production line in India. Pepero is a thin cookie stick with...
Jan 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Group Chairman says to sell ailing units for new biz: report
Lotte Group plans to sell ailing units as the South Korean retail-to-chemical conglomerate is shifting its focus to new growth sectors such as bio, ...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec unveils OLED TV featuring world-renowned AI artist in US
LG Electronics Inc. collaborated with world-renowned artificial intelligence (AI) artist Stephanie Dinkins to showcase art pieces that explore commu...
Jan 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Lotte Mart debuts Korean street food store in Indonesia
South Korea's Lotte Mart has introduced its first specialized grocery store overseas, announcing the opening of its revamped Gandaria store in Jakar...
Jan 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Duty Free, Modetour to co-work for Vietnam tourism
South Korea's Lotte Duty Free announced on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Modetour Network Inc. to jointly devel...
Jan 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte gets exclusive right of Bacha Coffee in S.Korea
South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced on Thursday that is has secured the exclusive franchise and distribution rights for Bacha Coffee, M...
Jan 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte World Tower sees record-high visitors in 2023
Lotte Property & Development Co. (Lotte P&D) announced on Wednesday that the total number of visitors to Lotte World Tower and Mall last yea...
Jan 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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