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Artificial intelligence
Samsung to apply GenAI to all home appliances from 2024
BERLIN, GERMANY - Samsung Electronics Co. from next year will incorporate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into all home appliances and de...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Galaxy Z foldables set early sales record in Europe
Samsung Electronics Co. 's Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 smartphones have set early sales records in Europe, with annual sales of the company's folda...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Energy Solution converts 56% of electricity into renewable energy
South Korea’s lithium-ion battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. on Monday released a report containing the company’s environmental, soci...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea to launch K-Ricebelt project in Africa
South Korea has launched an official development assistance (ODA) project for a "K-Ricebelt" to produce rice for 30 million people every year in Afr...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Samsung Electronics' smart factory project targets SMEs
Sales of Cookia, a small maker of tofu snacks in South Korea based in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, have jumped eight-fold in six years from 300 mil...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to supply chips for Intel's self-driving tech unit Mobileye
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chipmaker, has won a semiconductor production order from Israel-based Mobileye Global Inc., a le...
Apr 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
POSCO Flow to assist World Vision in transportation of relief goods
POSCO Flow, a logistics partner of World Vision, agreed on Tuesday to help transport relief and sponsorship goods for the humanitarian organization ...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea's fisheries ministry to transfer tech on Napoleon fish to SE Asia
South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries will transfer technology to Indonesia on farming the tropical Napoleon fish and reduce sea pollution ...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
Samsung to launch its first robot to assist with elderly care
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker, is set to launch its first robot later this year to care for the elde...
Jan 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Redbrick, Microsoft to cooperate on university campuses in metaverse
Redbrick, the developer and operator of metaverse platforms of South Korea, signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft Korea to cooperate o...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean life insurer eases bond market woes with buyback
A South Korean small insurer will buy back dollar perpetual bonds as scheduled, reversing its earlier decision not to recall the notes, to ease conc...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreigners in year's longest Korean buying streak; chipmakers top picks
Foreign investors have returned to the South Korean market, snapping up chip industry leaders such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. for ...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's data solution provider for small biz becomes unicorn
Korea Credit Data (KCD), a South Korean data solutions provider for small business owners, has become a Korean unicorn, or an unlisted company with ...
Oct 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung Medical Center jobs global top 10 in robot-assisted surgeries
Samsung Medical Center announced Tuesday that it performed more than 15,000 robot-assisted operations in the first of this year. Last yea...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Online study assistant operator Bebridge receives $1.9 mn in pre-Series A
South Korean startup Bebridge Inc. announced Thursday it raised 2.5 billion won ($1.9 million) in pre-Series A round from Magna Investment, Bluepoin...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
LG Group to invest $119 million into 300 startups through 2025
LG Group announced Thursday it will invest 150 billion won ($119 million) into 300 startups through 2025.The conglomerate hosted Superstart Brand ...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup ministry taps 60 future unicorns for $240,000 assistance
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced Wednesday it has selected 60 promising startups to which it will provide financial assistance and expert...
Jun 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Group head Chey to assume chair post at SK Telecom
SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won will assume an additional post as a chairman of SK Telecom Co.The conglomerate’s holding company SK Inc. announ...
Feb 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
VR star signs with K-pop label YG Entertainment
South Korean game developer and publisher Smilegate announced Monday that its virtual human signed an exclusive contract with an affiliate of global...
Feb 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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BTS’ NFT venture hits sour note with fans
SEOUL—When BTS unveiled plans last month to break into the NFT business, the South Korean boy band’s supporters revolted online, threate...
Jan 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
K-startups take note of growing demand for 'meta fashion'
Meta fashion, a combination of fashion, metaverse, and NFT, is becoming a global trend. The MZ generation, as those in their 20s and 30s are ca...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2021
NPS to up strategic partnerships with global institutions
The National Pension Service (NPS) will increase strategic investments with leading global institutional investors to boost overseas alternative inv...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Top industry talents launch AI chip startup; market takes note
South Korea-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Rebellions Inc. is drawing industry attention as AI chips become mainstays of the semiconduct...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG bonds
Kia to issue green notes as part of $500 mn global bonds for future mobility
Kia Corp., a unit of Hyundai Motor Group, plans to issue green bonds in overseas markets to raise money for future mobility investments, including e...
Jan 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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GEPS to invest $20 mn in dollar-denominated structured notes
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will allocate $20 million to US dollar-denominated structured notes based on South Korean credit defau...
Jun 26, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Editor's note
[Editor's Note] Korea funds warm up to private debts
Private debt products such as senior secured loans, collateralized loan obligation and mezzanine debt in the U.S. and European markets have become one...
Jul 06, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Editor's Note]Top Korean investors' views on Brexit
The National Pension Service, the world’s 3rd largest pension scheme, has just finished its “beauty contest” to select general partners to manage dome...
Jun 30, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Editor’s Note] Frustrated at shrinking returns, investment money are flowing out of Korea
Unlike the U.S. Fed’s quantitative easing program that had boosted U.S. equity markets for more than six years from 2009, the Bank of Korea’s five pol...
Jun 23, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Editor's Note] Moves: KIC greets new CIO; NPS lets three senior managers go, ahead of office relocation
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund managing $96 billion foreign exchange reserves, has recently named Kang Shin-w...
Jun 16, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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[Editor's Note] ASK 2016 Summit helps open korean investor's eyes to cat bonds
It was February, 2013 when Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer surprised Silicon Valley and business world by forbidding Yahoo staff from working remotely from ho...
Jun 07, 2016 (Gmt+09:00)
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