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Business & Politics
Japan’s pressure mounts on Naver as LY CEO demands ties cut
Pressure from the Japanese government is building on Naver Corp. as LY Corp., the operator of the popular mobile messenger app Line in Japan, is pub...
1 HOURS AGO
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom eyes tangible results from AI business in 2024
South Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is set to accelerate investments in artificial intelligence to bring more tangible outcomes ...
14 HOURS AGO
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Fashion
Native Korean fast-fashion brands poised to snatch market
South Korea’s homegrown fast-fashion brands are expected to continue making big strides at home as cost-conscious consumers shifted toward mor...
19 HOURS AGO
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Medison buys AI medical startup Sonio
South Korea’s Samsung Medison, a medical equipment subsidiary of the global memory chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co., is taking over France&rs...
22 HOURS AGO
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Earnings
Coupang to keep investing against Chinese players despite loss
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s No. 1 e-commerce platform facing fierce competition from Chinese rivals, dipped into the red in the first quarter,...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung tops global OLED market in one year
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it achieved the number one sales position in the global OLED monitor market one year after enter...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startups bet on affluent Gen X in Korea’s senior living market
Elder-care startups are rushing to build high-end senior homes in South Korea targeting affluent Generation Xers set to retire in five years on expe...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Hasty overseas expansion hurts Korean entertainment sector
South Korea’s entertainment and content industries suffered from hasty expansions with investments of billions of dollars in the global market...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
UAE to invest up to $1 bn in S.Korean ventures
The United Arab Emirates is set to invest a maximum of $1 billion in South Korean startups via a joint venture, as a part of its mid- to long-term p...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM gets Platinum ESG rating from EcoVadis
HMM Co., South Korea’s flagship sea carrier, announced on Tuesday that it achieved the Platinum rating from EcoVadis, a global environmental, ...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korean anti-obesity drugmakers eye niche demand
The global weight management market has entered a new chapter following the arrival of blockbuster weight-loss medication Wegovy, and South Korean l...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix, Samsung set to benefit from explosive HBM sales growth
Sales of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the red-hot DRAM product essential to artificial intelligence devices, will significantly grow in the coming y...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics unveils 114-inch Micro LED
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it unveiled its 114-inch Micro LED to expand its Micro LED lineup to include 89-inch, 101-inch.&nb...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung sets up team to win AI chip deal from Nvidia
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, established a team for a billions-of-dollars high-bandwidth memory chip supply deal...
May 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Life Science invests in US biotech firm Latus Bio
Samsung Life Science Fund, managed by Samsung Group’s venture investment arm, has invested in US biotechnology firm Latus Bio Inc. during the ...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Osstem to buy Brazil’s No. 3 dental implant maker Implacil
South Korea’s Osstem Implant Co., the world’s fourth-largest dental implant maker, is slated to acquire Brazilian peer Implacil De Borto...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix’s HBM chip orders fully booked; 12-layer HBM3E in Q3: CEO
ICHEON, Gyeonggi Province – SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Thursday i...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean brokerages' foreign profits up on IB, bond trading
South Korean brokerage firms expanded their net profits from overseas operations last year, backed by increased gains from their investment banking ...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Overseas projects boost Korean builders’ earnings; GS profit cut in half
Large-scale overseas construction projects boosted major Korean builders’ quarterly results while lackluster domestic construction work, coupl...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korean retailers, hotels enjoy tourist boom in May holidays
South Korean retailers and hotels are enjoying a boom thanks to an expected surge in tourists at home and abroad as more than 180,000 foreigners are...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung shifts gears to focus on HBM, server memory chips
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday it will adjust its memory chip product mix to increase the output of advanced memory...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Vuno, Canon to target AI diagnostic market in Japan
South Korea's medical device startup Vuno announced on Monday that its Japanese partner M3AI signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Canon M...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean battery maker SK On expects business turnaround in H2
SK On Co., the battery unit of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., said on Monday it expects a business turnaround in the seco...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
MBK to delist Korean e-commerce Connectwave after tender offer
MBK Partners, one of the largest Asian private equity firms, is set to delist South Korea’s leading e-commerce operator Connectwave Co. from t...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem to supply switchable glass films to Webasto
LG Chem Ltd. is venturing into the automotive smart glass film market as it has won an order to supply its switchable glazing films to German auto p...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung holds Odyssey event with T1 in Chengdu
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it held an Odyssey gaming monitor experience event with the T1, the top-tier League of Legends team...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean botox sales gain momentum in US, China
South Korea is ramping up exports of botulinum toxin to the US and China, the world’s two top consumers of the neurotoxin protein, with its pr...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Malaysia, OCI’s base set to beat Chinese polysilicon rivals
SARAWAK, Malaysia – OCI Group, South Korea’s leading chemical and green energy conglomerate, is expanding its polysilicon facility in Ma...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung's Jay Y. Lee visits Zeiss to reinforce EUV ties
Samsung Electronics Co. is deepening ties with Zeiss Group, the sole provider of optical systems to the world’s only extreme ultraviolet (EUV)...
Apr 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to commit $1.1 billion to external managers in 2024
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) will select domestic general partners (GPs) to manage about 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) worth...
Apr 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)