Milan Design Week
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Electric vehicles
Kia’s EV6 GT: Faster than supercars Lamborghini, Porsche and Ferrari
South Korea’s sports car enthusiasts now have one more supercar option to enjoy at an affordable price – one that is arguably as powerfu...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Display debuts world's first 17-inch slidable display PC
South Korea’s Samsung Display Co. announced the world’s first 17-inch slidable display PC prototype at the Intel Innovation developer co...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Self-driving startup 42dot unveils driverless shuttle
South Korea's autonomous transportation startup 42dot, owned by Hyundai Motor Group, on Monday unveiled a driverless electric shuttle installed with...
Sep 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Gaonchips rally on market talk of Samsung's investment in ARM
Shares in South Korea’s semiconductor chip design house Gaonchips Co. extended their rally for a second day on Friday on growing market talk t...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C wins $158 mn order for port facility construction in Kuwait
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. announced Tuesday it won a 220 billion won ($157 million) deal from Kuwait to add sev...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI center joins forces with Parsons School for creative AI development
South Korea’s LG Corp. announced it signed an academic collaboration agreement with the New York City-based Parsons School of Design on Monday...
Sep 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO partially restarts Pohang furnaces flooded by typhoon
POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, has partially restarted its blast furnaces at its main plant in ...
Sep 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Lotte Group to donate $10.4 mn to KAIST to build R&D, design centers
Lotte Corp. announced on Monday that it will donate 14 billion won ($10.4 million) to the prestigious Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Techno...
Aug 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics, Samsung C&T extends investment in US biotech firms
The Life Science Fund, jointly launched by Samsung Biologics and Samsung C&T Corp., announced Wednesday it invested $15 million in US biotech fi...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS chosen design consultant for Indonesia's $38 bn smart city project
LG CNS Co., a South Korean major information technology service provider, is set to consult on the design of an Indonesian smart city project worth ...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea inflation at 24-year high, adds to big step views
South Korea’s inflation accelerated to a 24-year high last month, reinforcing expectations that the central bank may raise interest rates by 5...
Jul 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's IONIQ 6 wins accolades for streamlined design
Hyundai Motor Co.’s first all-electric sedan IONIQ 6 has received accolades from foreign media for its streamlined design and low chassis, whi...
Jul 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korean Aerospace Ind.'s shares soar on Poland export hopes
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s military aircraft manufacturer, is emerging a winner in South Korea’s sagging stock...
Jul 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Washington D.C. recognizes Korea as origin of kimchi
Washington D.C. has joined the three US states of California, Virginia and New York to designate Nov. 22 “Kimchi Day,” and has acknowled...
Jun 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung nears 3-nano chip mass production ahead of TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co. is close to mass producing 3-nanometer chips based on a next-generation ultramicro fabrication process as a global first and...
Jun 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec CEO pledges cross-industry design innovation
MILAN, Italy – South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. will focus on upgrading its home appliance designs to reflect the latest design trends ...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility to launch car transport service in June
South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. will begin providing drivers for door-to-door auto transport from as early as mid-June, according to tech i...
Jun 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Iljin Materials aims to complete stake sale in August
Iljin Materials Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials maker, accelerated the process of the sale of a majority stake in a deal esti...
May 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Samsung Eng. wins plant design deal from Texas LNG
South Korea’s Samsung Engineering Co. has won a deal to design a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas, taking a step forward to secure a turnk...
May 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SwatchOn connects fabric wholesalers to overseas fashion designers
“We had the overseas market in mind from the get-go,” global fabric sale platform SwatchOn’s CEO Lee Woo-seok told The Korea Econo...
May 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK ties up with Bill Gates’ TerraPower for small nuclear reactor biz
SK Group, South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate, joined hands with TerraPower, an advanced nuclear power venture founded by billionaire Bill Gates,...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Hyundai Heavy likely to be added to MSCI Korea index
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder, is the strongest candidate to be included in the MSCI Korea Index next week as part o...
May 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea April inflation hits 13-1/2-year peak; bond yields up
South Korea’s consumer prices in April rose at the fastest pace since the 2008-09 global financial crisis, reinforcing expectations of further...
May 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
How Glenwood made twofold return from HanGlas without dividends
Seoul based-Glenwood Private Equity, founded in 2014, has been quietly building its presence in the South Korean M&A market, chasing assets deem...
Apr 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Hynix considers joint acquisition of UK chip designer Arm
South Korea's SK Hynix Inc. is considering forming a consortium with other strategic investors to buy Arm Ltd., a British semiconductor design compa...
Mar 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Biotech startup Voronoi withdraws IPO plans
South Korea’s biotechnology startup Voronoi Inc. scrapped its plan to go public this month. The new drug developer announced Wednesday it...
Mar 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Smart Monitor M8 available in S.Korea
The new Samsung Smart Monitor M8 is now available for sale in South Korea, Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Sunday.The product can stream serv...
Mar 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Korea’s Voronoi in talks with global firms on drug designs
South Korea’s biotechnology startup Voronoi Inc. is in talks with global biomedical companies on drug designs as it aims to expand the busines...
Mar 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia heavily exposed to Ukraine crisis; shares at 52-week lows
Shares of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. on Monday fell to their lowest levels in more than 52 weeks as investors engaged in panic selling on conce...
Feb 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai IONIQ 5, Kia EV6 rated top among electric cars in Germany
Hyundai Motor Co.'s IONIQ 5 and Kia Corp.'s EV6 have been recognized as the most competitive electric sport utility vehicles by Auto Zeitung, a high...
Feb 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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