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Korean startups
Uniqconn raises $7 mn in Series A round
South Korea's system semiconductor startup Uniqconn announced on Tuesday that it attracted 10 billion won ($7.24 million) in Series A roundThe fun...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Nvidia co-leads Series A round for AI startup Twelve Labs
Global chip giant Nvidia Corp. has co-led a $50 million Series A funding round for Twelve Labs, a South Korean artificial intelligence company speci...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor, Kia to develop alternative to rare earth materials
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have partnered with South Korea's universities to secure materials for vehicle electrification components.Hyundai Mo...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Hanmi to fire founder's wife, entering new round of family feud
South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group is set to enter a new chapter of an ongoing family feud less than two months after the founding famil...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Samsung Welstory completes new Vietnam logistics center
South Korean food and beverage company Samsung Welstory announced on Thursday that it completed a new logistics center with a cold chain system in B...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver D2SF invests in image generation AI startup
South Korea's top online portal Naver Corp. announced on Wednesday that its startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) invested in the...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Networks establishes AI lab in Silicon Valley
South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Wednesday that it opened the PhnyX Lab, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology development organizati...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Sandy Floor gets seed round from Kakao Ventures
South Korea’s casual multiplayer game developer Sandy Floor Games announced on Wednesday that it got a seed round investment from Kakao Ventur...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire-sponsored Formula E São Paulo Round 4 to be held
The 2024 São Paulo E-PRIX, the fourth round of the 10th season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, the world's premier electric vehi...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG, Jackson Lab to jointly develop AI models for Alzheimer’s, cancers
LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence research arm of South Korea’s LG Group, and the Jackson Laboratory (JAX), a US non-profit biomedic...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Vivid Health gets seed round from Kakao Ventures
Vivid Health, a South Korean startup that operates an obesity treatment management platform announced on Wednesday that it got a seed round investme...
Mar 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Wanted Lab, Digital Hearts to support S.Korean, Japanese startups
South Korea’s human resources (HR) management tech company Wanted Lab Inc. announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understand...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AI device solution startup Sorcerics gets seed round
South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) smart device solution startup Sorcerics, founded by former Google and Microsoft employees, an...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax targets Southeast Asia's halal perfume market
Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer in original design manufacturing (ODM), announced on Wednesday that it opened its new perf...
Feb 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Rebellions raises $124 mn to co-develop AI chip with Samsung
South Korean fabless artificial intelligence chip startup Rebellions Inc.’s plan to co-develop the next-generation AI chip with the world&rsqu...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver's Wattpad lays off 30 employees again
Naver Corp.'s subsidiary and North American original fiction platform, Wattpad, has once again carried out layoffs after a year. According to the we...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai N Vision 74 wins 2023 Good Design Award
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Thursday that its nine products across Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Corp., and premium brand Genesis have received top ...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Inventage Lab, Yuhan to co-work for obesity treatment
South Korea’s Inventage Lab Inc. announced on Friday that it has signed a joint development agreement with Yuhan Corp. for a long-acting inj...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea to sell $3.6 bn stake in NXC via private offering
The South Korean government is seeking to sell a 4.71 trillion won ($3.6 billion) stake in gaming giant NXC Corp. via private placement as the autho...
Dec 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, ASML to build joint research plant in Hwaseong
Samsung Electronics Co. and ASML Holding NV plan to build their joint research plant in Dongtan township in Hwaseong, South Korea, in which the me...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
CJ OliveNetworks to enter smart city business with Team Naver
South Korean digital service company CJ OliveNetworks announced on Thursday that it has signed a mutual cooperation agreement at Naver Corp.'s headq...
Nov 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea, Chile launch 8th round of FTA upgrade negotiations
The eighth round of negotiations for modernizing the Korea-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will take place in Seoul from November 29 to December 1....
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience to develop 2nd-generation Ebola vaccine
South Korea's SK Bioscience Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with the international non-profit research organization H...
Nov 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Hyundai Motor Group spins off three in-house startups
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Tuesday it spun off three in-house startups Eficar, Hcharge Lab, and 3I Solution. Eficar provides a service th...
Nov 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Naver-invested Bering Lab tops at Huawei startup contest
South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) legal technology startup Bering Lab, with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), receiv...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis opens smart logistics R&D center G-Lab
South Korean shipping and logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Wednesday it has opened a research and development (R&D) space for s...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Nvidia invests in Korean generative AI startup Twelve Labs
Nvidia Corp., a global chip designer, made its first investment in a South Korean generative artificial intelligence startup as Big Tech companies G...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Commodities
Korean lab-grown diamond maker KDT to build plant in India
South Korea’s sole lab-grown diamond producer KDT Diamond Co. will build its first overseas production facility in India by early next year to...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Synthetic diamonds with ESG value lure Korean shoppers
Lab-grown diamonds, cultured in laboratories wth advanced technologies, are garnering attention from South Korean consumers as they are produced mor...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Mirae Asset teams up with Polygon Labs for tokenized securities
South Korea’s Mirae Asset Securities Co. has partnered with Polygon Labs, a New York-based global blockchain company, for financial tokenizati...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Korea’s top cinema chains seek merger to counter box office slump
- 2 S.Korea’s GEPS to commit $143 million to foreign mid-cap buyout funds
- 3 CJ CheilJedang to open $72 mn dumpling plant in Japan
- 4 LG Electronics breaks ground on $600 million home appliance plant in India
- 5 KakaoBank posts record Q1 profit, eyes Thai expansion after Indonesia