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Korean food
South Koreans puzzled over rising seaweed prices despite bumper crop
Dried seaweed prices are rising at a fast pace despite handsome growth in production, leaving South Koreans puzzled over what is behind the steep pr...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
NewJeans surpasses 5 billion cumulative Spotify streams
K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed five billion combined streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, its agency, Adore, announced o...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Nongshim to build export-only ramen factory in Korea
South Korea’s instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. will build a local plant dedicated to producing ramen — or ramyun, as the company spells...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korea’s airlines to use SAF starting from Japan routes
South Korea’s airlines are set to use fuel mixed with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for international routes, starting from services to Japa...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS logs 9.71% return in H1 led by US tech stocks
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, posted a 9.71% investment return for the first half of ...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hanwha’s heir apparent to unearth new drivers, tighten grip
Hanwha Group has appointed the eldest son of Chairman Kim Seung-youn to lead the investment division of the group’s eco-friendly energy unit i...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils industry’s 1st 10-nanometer DDR5, aims for top spot
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., has emerged as the dominant player in the sought-aft...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Hyundai Mobis showcases 42 new techs utilizing AI, VR
South Korea's Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Thursday that it held the M-Sphere 2024 exhibition at its Uiwang Research Center in Gyeonggi Province from...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
IGIS, Naver Labs to develop tech convergence space platform
South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with six companies, including Nav...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils new AI-enhanced side by side refrigerator
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday that it launched a new side-by-side refrigerator, featuring enhanced artificial intelligence (AI) technolo...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
HYBE replaces ADOR CEO; Ex-CEO Min barks at sacking
HYBE Co. has finally removed Min Hee-jin from ADOR, the label behind girl group NewJeans, as chief executive some four months after it failed to kic...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSOFT to seek recovery momentum with open-world game
South Korea’s gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. is set to develop an open-world massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) while launchin...
Aug 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
HD KSOE buys Finnish fuel cell maker Convion for $81 mn
HD Hydrogen, a unit of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE), has acquired Convion Ltd, a Finnish hydrogen fuel cell maker,...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG kicks off SPARK 2024 to share AI, new tech with Big Tech, startups
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, is holding a three-week multifaceted technology innovation festival to share ideas on new...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Liner ranks 9th in generative AI services selected by a16z
South Korea's generative AI startup Liner said on Friday that its search service ranked 9th in the web services category of the Top-100 Gen AI Consu...
Aug 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s new 2 nm foundry process to cut chip size by 17%
A new contract chipmaking technology, dubbed the backside power delivery network (BSPDN), will reduce the size of a 2-nanometer chip by 17%, compare...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Samhwa Paint launches anti-rust product Knok-Stop
South Korea's Samhwa Paint Industrial said on Wednesday that it has introduced a new water-based primer, Knok-Stop, designed to convert rust on meta...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG to seek most of profit from new growth engines
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to generate most of its profit from future growth drivers by 2030 as the South Ko...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Bibigo dumplings enters New Zealand food market
South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will launch Bibigo dumplings at supermarket chains New World and PAK’nSAVE i...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s Mirae Asset to open AI business unit in New York
Mirae Asset Group, the pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry, plans to set up an artificial intelligence business unit in New York as ...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
CPPIB global private equity head Suyi Kim to leave
Suyi Kim, global private equity head at Canada Pension Plan Investments Board (CPPIB), is set to leave the world’s seventh-largest pension fun...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax NBT gets more FAPAS certification
Cosmax NBT, Inc., a health supplement original development manufacturing (ODM) affiliate of South Korea's Cosmax Group, announced on Monday that it ...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Tighter emissions rules boost HD Hyundai Marine margin
HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., a ship parts manufacturing and after-sales service company, has reported the highest-ever operating profit margin in...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Financial opens new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City
South Korea's Shinhan Financial Group opened a new headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Shinhan Financial held an inauguration ceremony for t...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver Cloud takes the lead in Korea’s public AI business
South Korean online giant Naver Corp.'s cloud subsidiary is expanding its presence in the country’s public artificial intelligence market by w...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business
KT Corp., one of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers, is on a roll in the hotel business despite its late foray into the hospitality indus...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hanwha Aerospace to spin off non-core units for defense sector
Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s answer to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has decided to separate its non-core units to concentrate on the defen...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSOFT develops new game Doguri Adventure
South Korea’s major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. has begun developing a casual game Doguri Adventure, featuring the character bra...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin establishes subsidiary in Singapore
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation, a logistics arm of Hanjin Group, announced on Wednesday that it opened a subsidiary in Singapore to expedite ...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Fashion OEM Hansae bids for GM Korea supplier Erae AMS
The holding company of Hansae Co., a leading global apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM), is eyeing expansion into auto parts production by...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)