Ministry of Health and Welfare
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Bio & Pharma
Syntekabio expands to US with local CRO
South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) drugmaker Syntekabio Inc. has partnered up with a US clinical research organization (CRO) to enter the wor...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korean gov't, L'Oréal to jointly support beauty tech startups
South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups has joined forces with the L'Oréal Group to provide support for beauty tech startups.During the Vi...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Galaxy Watch's alarm of abnormal heartbeat gets approval in S.Korea
Samsung Electronics Co.'s new feature on the Galaxy Watch, which detects heartbeats and alerts the possibility of risks such as arrhythmia, can now ...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to supply 1,300 hydrogen buses in Seoul by 2026
Hyundai Motor Co., along with South Korean Ministry of Environment, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, SK E&S and Tmap Mobility, signed a memora...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's trade deficit hits 15th straight month
South Korea last month suffered its 15th straight month of trade deficit, its longest streak since the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, due to the de...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C to develop future residential model All Life-care House
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) has announced plans to create a future residential model, the All Life-care H...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea mulls adding national pension benefits to raise birth rate
South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare is considering adding national pension benefits for married couples to raise the ever-declining birth r...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Cellid applies for Phase 3 clinical trials in S.Korea for COVID-19 vaccine
South Korean bio-venture Cellid Co. announced on Tuesday that it has applied for the clinical Phase 3 trial of the COVID-19 Omicron variant-specific...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS maintains good grade despite heavy losses: finance ministry
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund with 939 trillion won ($713 billion) in assets as of end...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
CJ Bioscience conducts paid-in capital increase of $50 mn
South Korea's CJ Bioscience Inc., a pharmaceutical company specializing in intestinal microorganisms called microbiomes, will conduct a paid-in capi...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
S.Korea to launch first cyber office for small, medium businesses
South Korea's Minister of SMEs and Startups Lee Young on Monday said the country will launch its 18th office for small and medium enterprises (SME) ...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
InBody to release big data-based health management solutions
South Korea's InBody Co., the global leader in analytic devices for body composition, is entering the health management solution field in 2023.Usi...
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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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung unveils new Galaxy Watch OS with enhanced sleep management
Samsung Electronics Co. revealed on Thursday its new operating system, One UI Watch 5, for its Galaxy Watch series. The updated OS includes improved...
May 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Merck to build biopharma raw material plant in Korea
Global pharmaceutical company Merck is considering a plan to establish a biopharmaceutical raw material production facility in Daejeon.South Korean ...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Asleep forms partnership with National Sleep Foundation of US
South Korea's sleep technology startup Asleep, which was part of an economic delegation accompanying President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent state visit to...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea, UL Solutions sign agreement for supporting domestic startups
The South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on Thursday that it has signed a business agreement with global certification agency UL Sol...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
WeMade signs MOU with Ministry of Investment Saudi Arabia
South Korea's game publisher WeMade Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Investment ...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kolmar BNH gets approval for health functional food ingredient in US
Kolmar BNH Co. has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a domestically developed health functional food ingredient.K...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean gov't to support domestic startups in Saudi Arabia entry
South Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups held on Wednesday the "K-Deep Tech Startup Meetup" event at Startup Alliance & Space in Gangnam dist...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Samsung unveils HealthStack at US healthcare tech exhibition
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it will showcase Samsung HealthStack ver. 1.0 at the "2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Ex...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea sees release of generic diabetes drugs after Forxiga patent expires
South Korea's pharmaceutical companies are competing to sell generic drugs to raise their presence on the domestic market for diabetes treatment wit...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
S.Korea seeks to restore volume of int'l flights to pre-COVID-19 levels
Resuming flights from Incheon International Airport to and from Prague, Czech Republic, and Zurich, Switzerland, to expand its air traffic, South Ko...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Drug instructions to be provided via QR codes, URLs in S.Korea
South Korea's the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Friday that it had revised the "Risk Management Plan (RMP) Guidelines" to allow for ...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hugel names ex-CEO of LG Household & Health Care as chairman
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Hugel Inc. on Friday said it appointed Cha Suk-yong, former CEO and vice chairman of LG Household & Heal...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's LifeSemantics establishes health functional food subsidiary
Digital healthcare company LifeSemantics Co. has entered the health functional food business by creating a new subsidiary, NutraSemantics. The South...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
South Korea says US Chips Act subsidies have too many requirements
SEOUL—The U.S. Chips Act is dangling billions of dollars in subsidies in front of the world’s biggest semiconductor manufactur...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
H2O Hospitality signs MOU with Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia
H2O Hospitality Ltd., a South Korean company specializing in digital transformation in the hospitality and leisure industries, announced on Monday t...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lunit receives $1 mn in tech fees from Guardant Health of US
The US operations of South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) medical company Lunit have received a major boost after the company got the green li...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea clears environmental hurdle for new Jeju airport
South Korea’s environment ministry conditionally approved the construction of a new airport on Jeju Island with a 6.7 trillion won ($5.2 billi...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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