Soft Foundry Research Center
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Hydrogen economy
Lotte Chem, Air Liquide Korea launch JV for hydrogen business
South Korea’s chemical firm Lotte Chemical Corp. and Air Liquide Korea, the Korean unit of the French company Air Liquide SA, announced on Tue...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Future transport center to make UAM, autonomous vehicle transfer easy
The Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Metropolitan Area Transportation Committee said on Sunday that it would promote establis...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems completes training center for Philippine Navy
Hanwha Systems Co. on Friday said it held a ceremony the day before to mark its completion of a combat system training center for the Philippine Nav...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Foundry: Driving force behind digital transformation
As the contract chip manufacturing, or foundry, business is quickly emerging as the next battlefield for the world’s major chipmakers, The Korea...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Shell-First: Samsung Foundry’s custom-tailored new operation strategy
As the contract chip manufacturing, or foundry, business is quickly emerging as the next battlefield for the world’s major chipmakers, The Korea...
Nov 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung sets sights on GAA tech to overtake TSMC in foundry
As the contract chip manufacturing, or foundry, business is quickly emerging as the next battlefield for the world’s major chipmakers, The Korea...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang to invest in logistics automation
Coupang Inc. is poised to invest in the automation transformation of its logistics system, according to industry insiders. Headquartered in Seo...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q CELLS to join EU project for cutting-edge solar batteries
Hanwha Q CELLS Co. on Thursday said it will join an R&D project for next-generation solar cells that has received 15 million euros (around 20 bi...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Korean ministry, Incheon airport to develop distribution center for SMEs
The Korea SMEs and Startup Agency (KOSME) and Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) on Wednesday announced their signing of a contract to bui...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
JW Pharmaceutical relocates US research center from Seattle to Boston
JW Pharmaceutical announced on Wednesday that it has relocated its US research center to Boston from San Diego. JW Theriac was first establishe...
Nov 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang rebrands porridge line as Hetbahn Soft Meal
CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced Wednesday it has changed the name of its line of porridge products from Bibigo Jook to Hetbahn Soft Meal. CJ Het...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Chipmaker Netsol unveils first STT-MRAM in South Korea
South Korea’s fabless memory semiconductor design house Netsol announced on Friday that it developed the country’s first STT-MRAM, a nex...
Nov 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Mobis to build $69 mn integrated logistics center in Korea
South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Thursday it will spend 94.8 billion won ($69 million) to build an integrated ...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Internet giant Naver to introduce same-hour delivery by year’s end
South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp. plans to introduce same-hour delivery service by year’s end. Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon ann...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao's Q3 profit drops 12% on games, data center construction
South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. announced its third-quarter earnings on Nov. 3, including quarterly operating profit of 150.3 ...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
Korea should open retail electricity market for renewables
South Korea on Oct. 26 officially launched the carbon neutrality commission based on laws for green growth, which took effect last March, amid the g...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Korea must embrace diversity to sustain K-culture: Sam Richards
When Penn State University sociology professor Sam Richards introduced Korean pop culture into his lectures three years ago, he compared its power t...
Oct 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec to expand foundry business to tackle TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest foundry company, is set to expand production technology of chips for automobiles, sensors ...
Oct 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung mulls new foundry plant in Europe, to expand outsourcing
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is considering expanding outsourced chip production and building a new foundry ...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean bio suffers as weak won lifts global clinical trial costs
South Korean biopharmaceutical firms are facing challenges in clinical trials overseas alongside the rising Korean won to the US dollar exchange rat...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hansol Group, KAIST to launch new tech, AI research center
South Korea’s Hansol Group and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have agreed to establish a research center to de...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Falling won yet to cool Koreans’ fever for overseas travel
The South Korean won has continued its decline to hit lows not seen since the 2008-09 global financial crisis on sustained concerns of an economic d...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS Asia, Quadreal to form JV for warehouse development in Korea
IGIS Asia Investment Management Pte., the Singapore-based subsidiary of South Korea’s largest real estate manager IGIS Asset Management, and V...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip foundry DB HiTek pulls the plug on fabless division spinoff plan
DB HiTek Co. has pulled the plug on the possible spinoff of its fabless division, named the brand business department. The decision comes on the bac...
Sep 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
ETRI bolsters semiconductor technologies for use in aerospace defense
Daejeon-based Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) is poised to further the development of semiconductor technologies for us...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Gaonchips rally on market talk of Samsung's investment in ARM
Shares in South Korea’s semiconductor chip design house Gaonchips Co. extended their rally for a second day on Friday on growing market talk t...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Bosung attracts $2 bn investment from TGK for Korea's largest data center
South Korea’s Bosung Group has attracted $2 billion from TGK Inc., a US infrastructure company, for its planned construction of Korea’s ...
Sep 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KAIST, NYU to operate joint campus in New York City from 2023
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea's most prestigious national research university, and New York University wil...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean warehouse project financing on brink of debt crisis
Warehouse development projects in South Korea, which boomed amid COVID-19, are facing challenges such as suspension of construction projects and ban...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup minister vows to support Korean firms' entry into overseas markets
South Korea’s startup minister Lee Young vowed to support the country’s startup ecosystem on Sunday, during her tour to the United State...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)