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Bio & Pharma
Samsung to invest $52 mn in US biotech VC Flagship Pioneering
Samsung C&T Corp., its bio units Samsung Biologics Co. and Samsung Bioepis Co. and Samsung Venture Investment Corp. have committed a combined 72...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Kyobo Life nurtures 136 startups over 7 years
South Korea's Kyobo Life Insurance Group announced on Thursday that it nurtured 136 impact businesses (Impact-Ups) in seven years to create social v...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
CJ OliveNetworks wins Seegene DX business contract
South Korea's digital service company CJ OliveNetworks announced on Thursday that it secured a contract to operate IT services for Seegene Inc., a t...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Don’t dwell on Korea discount; light up visibility on global stage
To the world, South Korea is well known as home to the world’s top two memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., but it is...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Kakao supports startups with cloud services
Kakao Enterprise, an AI-based cloud solutions service subsidiary of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced on Thursday that it started the Rocket La...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korea’s top resort operator Sono buys T'way stake for $76 mn
South Korea’s top resort operator Sono International Co. has bought a stake in T'way Air Co., a local low-cost carrier (LCC), for 105.6 billio...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean fashion platform Ably to raise $144 mn from Alibaba, others
Ably Corp., South Korea’s top online fashion platform operator, is set to raise 200 billion won ($144 million) from foreign investors such as ...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong, Indonesia's IPB to co-research on primate
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Thursday that it signed a contract with Indonesia's Bogor Agricultural University (Institut P...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Amazon to back K-Beauty’s broader global reach
US e-commerce juggernaut Amazon.com Inc. will offer South Korean cosmetics producers one-stop support to enable them to reach millions of customers ...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
K-Sure to support Korean firms' participation in Vietnam's gas project
Korea Trade Insurance Corp. (K-Sure) announced that it will leverage medium- and long-term financial support to assist domestic companies in partici...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s KT, Microsoft form strategic alliance on AI, cloud sectors
South Korea’s leading telecommunications service provider KT Corp. has formed a strategic alliance with US tech giant Microsoft Corp. to colla...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
ADOR CEO behind NewJeans stays with HYBE after court win
A legal battle between South Korea’s entertainment powerhouse HYBE Co. and the chief of its sublabel ADOR will likely drag on as the internati...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea pledges $19 billion support package to revitalize chip sector
South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., has unveiled a record 26 trillion wo...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KCCI to support Korean companies expanding into US
The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) partnered with the Korean American Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles (KACCLA) to address th...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Asset to enter offshore wind power market
South Korea's Hyundai Asset Management Co. announced on Monday that it signed a business agreement with Cyan Renewables, a Singapore-based specialis...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KEPCO teams up with Kyrgyzstan for new energy technology
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the state-run utility company, has joined hands with Kyrgyzstan for new energy businesses including high-voltage...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Upbit’s staking deposits exceed $2.2 bn
The staking deposits of Upbit, South Korea's leading crypto exchange, surged past 3 trillion won ($2.2 billion) by the end of April, according to ...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Korea desperately seeks global bond index inclusion to rescue won
South Korea is desperately working for inclusion on a global major bond index to save the ailing won, the second worst-performer among emerging Asia...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial opens DinnoLab Vietnam Center
South Korea's Woori Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has opened the DinnoLab Vietnam Center in Hanoi.DinnoLab is a program by Woori ...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW to support Korean automotive startups at new R&D center
German luxury carmaker BMW Group is set to support South Korean automotive startups in their overseas expansion as it on Monday opened a new researc...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Korean catering firm Ourhome again engulfed in sibling feud
South Korea’s catering service provider Ourhome Ltd. faced another sibling dispute as its Chief Executive and Vice Chairwoman Koo Ji-eun faile...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
S.Korean gov’t selects six overseas cities for K-City Network
The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on Wednesday that it selected six cities including Indonesia's Jakarta, Vi...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Keppel REIT to sell Seoul-based prime office T Tower
Singapore’s Keppel REIT Management Ltd. is set to divest of its Seoul-based prime office building T Tower near Seoul Station.Real estate manag...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Kakao joins open-source community AI Alliance
Kakao Corp. announced on Friday that it joined the global open-source community The AI Alliance to support AI research and development.Established i...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Modetour, Air France-KLM strengthen SAF partnership
South Korea's travel agency Modetour Network Inc. announced on Thursday that it has extended its partnership with Air France-KLM to promote the use ...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung Galaxy AI expands to 16 languages
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it is expanding the translation and communication language support of Galaxy AI, first introduced...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Hyundai Card, MoMA partner to support young artists, curators
South Korea’s leading credit card company Hyundai Card Co. said on Tuesday it is collaborating with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New Yor...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Samsung C&T to build Korea’s first $103 mn hydrogen tank for power plant
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, has clinched a 140 billion won ($103 million) deal to...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KOTRA holds drone roadshow in Kazakhstan
Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Tuesday that the Korea-Kazakhstan Drone Roadshow opened in Astana, the capital of Kazak...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Electronics named Energy Star Partner of 2024
LG Electronics Inc. has been named 2024 Energy Star Partner of the Year and Sustained Excellence by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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