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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang plans to globalize Korean street food
South Korea's food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is set to launch a range of Korean street food as new products, aiming for global expansion. The compa...
May 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems wins $34.5 mn CMS order from Philippine Navy
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. revealed on Friday its bid to provide its domestically developed combat management system (CMS) to six 2,400-t...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s new Bespoke line: It's time of reckoning for device chief
Han Jong-hee, Samsung Electronics Co.'s vice chairman, has been in charge of the South Korean tech giant’s digital experience or DX division, ...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
SK Telecom launches Seoul, LA tours in metaverse
SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, said Monday it has created a virtual space of tourist attractions on its metaverse platform Ifland...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
CJ CheilJedang gets FDA approval for biodegradable packaging material
South Korea's largest food and bio company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Thursday that its biodegradable material polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) has...
May 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor unveils XCIENT fuel cell tractor in N.America
Hyundai Motor Co. showcased the mass-production model of its XCIENT Fuel Cell Tractor, a 37.2-ton 6x4 truck specifically designed for long-distance ...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy Industries develops next-generation FLNG
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has developed a new model for its floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) production facility, aimed...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
NuScale in talks to build SMR plant in S.Korea: NuScale CEO
NuScale Power Corp., the world’s leading small modular reactor (SMR) developer, may land in South Korea sooner than its rivals with its unriva...
May 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung faces $303 mn jury verdict in memory patent lawsuit in US
Samsung Electronics Co. lost a semiconductor patent infringement lawsuit filed in the US. The South Korean company received a jury verdict to pay ab...
Apr 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
POSCO Holdings opens new R&D center in Pohang
POSCO Holdings said on Thursday that it has opened a headquarters for POSCO N.EX.T Hub, which will lead the R&D efforts for the entire POSCO G...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to raise R&D's share of defense budget to 10%
South Korea will develop a reconnaissance and interception system to respond to North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile threats from space by rais...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea’s five major companies form data network alliance
South Korea's five major companies have joined forces to make a combined data product that consolidates their respective information, ranging from c...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
AbClon shows promising results in clinical tests of leukemia treatment
South Korean companies are standing out in the global competition to develop chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) treatments, dubbed "dream" a...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai launches marketing offensive in China with N brand
Hyundai Motor Co. will launch its high-performance vehicle brand Hyundai N in China in the second half of the year as part of its offensive on the r...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
HD Hyundai Infracore targets Middle East and African markets with new brand Develon
HD Hyundai Infracore (formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co.), a South Korean construction equipment maker, has ventured into the Middle East and Afr...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KCCI, JCCI hold a working level meeting in six years
Business representatives from South Korea and Japan gathered for the first time in six years, with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Mom's Touch signs franchise agreement with Mongolian firm
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Tuesday that it has signed a master franchise agreement with loca...
Apr 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea's tech special IPOs face criticism on poor earnings of ventures
Around 200 South Korean ventures have debuted on the country’s secondary Kosdaq market through the technology special listing program since 20...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
S.Korea to cut COVID-19 quarantine from seven days to five in May
South Korea’s mandatory quarantine for confirmed COVID-19 patients from May will be cut from seven days to five, as the country is expected to...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korean beef poised for export to Malaysia by end-April
South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on Tuesday the successful conclusion of negotiations with Malaysia, allowing...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korean startup investments rapidly dry up in wake of SVB debacle
The shock from the collapse of American startups’ main financing artery Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has been deeply felt in the South Korean sta...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s KCC develops AI-based color matching system
South Korea’s chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. on Monday said it developed the K-Smart system of using an artificial intelligence (AI)-...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK to acquire Korea’s top FCCL maker NexFlex for $407 mn
MBK Partners agreed to buy NexFlex Co., South Korea’s top flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCL) producer, as the leading Northeast Asian priva...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
US burger giant Five Guys set for June S.Korea debut
Five Guys, one of the top three burger brands in the US, will open in June its first branch in South Korea in Seoul’s posh Gangnam District. W...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
S.Korea's Taekwang Industrial acquires ISO 45001 certification
Taekwang Industrial Co., a textile and petrochemical subsidiary of Taekwang Group, announced on Sunday that it has achieved ISO 45001 certification ...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Huons gets approval to supply anesthetics to Canada
Huons Co., a South Korean pharmaceutical company, has announced plans to expand its presence in the North American market by offering two anesthetic...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kyochon sets sights on Western expansion with Canadian franchise deal
Kyochon F&B, the operator of South Korea's premier fried chicken brand Kyochon Chicken, said on Tuesday that it has secured a master franchise a...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's Engel coefficient rises sharply amid COVID-19 pandemic
South Korea’s low-income households are feeling the pinch of rising food prices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by a local t...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Samsung C&T to cancel $2.3 bn worth of treasury shares, stocks up
Samsung C&T Corp.’s share price zoomed on Thursday on news that the company will cancel its entire treasury stock holdings worth about 2.9...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Innotek targets XR device market with new substrate
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. aims to lead the market for components of the extended reality (XR) device industry, which is expected to surge b...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Seoul appeal: Korean art captivates Indonesia’s affluent connoisseurs
- 2 CJ CheilJedang scraps $3.5 bn green bio sale, shifts gears to expansion
- 3 Trump Jr. meets Korean business chiefs in back-to-back sessions
- 4 Samsung in talks to supply customized HBM4 to Nvidia, Broadcom, Google
- 5 Kookmin Bank raises $700 mn in forex bonds amid strong demand