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Electronics
LG Display eyes turnaround on China's shift to OLED
LG Display Co., the world’s top large-sized organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will likely swing to profit this year for the fir...
Apr 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Naver, Kurly tie up to counter e-commerce giant Coupang
South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. and dawn grocery platform service provider Kurly Inc. have joined forces for a potential stake acquisit...
Apr 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils upgraded AI-powered OLED TVs
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday showcased its new lineup of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs with advanced artificial intelligence features...
Apr 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
ABL Bio lands $2.8 billion license-out deal with GSK
ABL Bio Inc., a South Korean biotech company, will license out its proprietary blood-brain barrier shuttle platform, called the Grabody-B, to UK-bas...
Apr 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Luxury fashion platform Balaan files for court receivership amid slump
South Korea’s top luxury goods e-commerce platform Balaan Co. said on Monday it has filed for corporate rehabilitation with a Seoul court as t...
Mar 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SM Entertainment acquires additional 11.4% stake in DearU for $9.2 mn
SM Entertainment Co., South Korea’s music powerhouse behind internationally popular boy and girl bands like EXO and aespa, has acquired an add...
Mar 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Koreans’ craving for luxury goods fades
Until recently, it was not unusual to see people waiting in a long line in front of foreign haute couture brands’ stores early in the morning ...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
Samsung Electronics' TV guru Han Jong-hee dies of cardiac arrest at 63
Han Jong-hee, vice chairman and co-chief executive of Samsung Electronics Co., has died from cardiac arrest, the company said on Tuesday. He was 63....
Mar 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
KB, Samsung SRA, Capstone named NPS’ core property fund operators
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has selected three asset managers to oversee its domestic core real estate platform fund — ...
Mar 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver’s Webtoon hints at ad business expansion in 2025
Webtoon Entertainment Inc., the Nasdaq-listed storytelling platform operator under South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., is set to expand ...
Mar 10, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis at forefront to acquire TMON
South Korea’s grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp., which has been looking to expand its e-commerce market at home and abroad, is seeking to ...
Mar 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korea’s beauty wholesaler to invest $10 mn in fashion platform Balaan
South Korea’s cosmetics wholesaler Silicon2 Co. is set to invest $10 million in financially troubled luxury fashion e-commerce platform operat...
Mar 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia CEO stands firm on electrification strategy, premieres EV4 in Europe
TARRAGONA, Spain – Despite a temporary slowdown in electric vehicle demand and intensifying competition from Chinese automakers, Kia Corp. rem...
Feb 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
S.Korea needs to allow short-selling for all listed stocks: FSS chief
Lee Bok-hyun, governor of South Korea’s top financial watchdog body, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), said on Thursday that there shou...
Feb 20, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean e-commerce platforms’ growth cools; Naver Shopping sales down
South Korea’s major e-commerce platforms, including Naver Shopping, are showing signs of slowing growth amid the rise of Chinese platform gian...
Feb 17, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon becomes 1st Korean game publisher with over 4 trillion won in sales
Nexon Co., the parent of Nexon Games Co., became the first Korean game developer to achieve the 4 trillion won ($2.8 billion) sales milestone in 202...
Feb 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Coupang Eats starts food delivery service in Japan
Coupang Eats, a food delivery app operated by South Korea's No. 1 e-commerce platform Coupang Inc., launched its first overseas service in Japan.Acc...
Jan 22, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NPS commits $800 mn to Almanac for strategic partnership
The National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) has committed $800 million to Almanac Realty Investors, the private real estate investment arm of Neuber...
Jan 16, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharmaceuticals, Eurofarma to set up AI epilepsy platform JV in US
South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. has signed a deal with Brazil’s Eurofarma Laboratórios S.A. to establish a joint venture ...
Jan 15, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
DOR sets sights on TikTok-like virtual world for gamers
South Korean startup DOR Corporation has thrown down the gauntlet to Discord, a popular global social platform for gamers, with its TikTok-like soci...
Jan 13, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean entertainment powerhouse K Wave Media to debut on Nasdaq in Feb
K Wave Media Ltd., an umbrella entity of South Korean entertainment companies, is set to go public on the Nasdaq next month in a bid to raise money ...
Jan 12, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2025
SK Hynix to collaborate with Nvidia on Cosmos physical AI platform: Chey
LAS VEGAS – SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, has agreed to collaborate with Nvidia Corp. on the top US AI chi...
Jan 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Fleetune continues evolving for smarter route optimization
Fleetune Inc., a South Korean transportation management service (TMS) platform-developing startup, is gearing up for a big leap next year with relen...
Dec 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Yanolja launches NOL Universe after merging OTA platforms
SoftBank-backed Yanolja Co., South Korea’s top travel and accommodation booking platform operator, on Friday introduced a new platform called ...
Dec 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Google unveils Android XR platform to launch on Samsung headset
SILICON VALLEY/SEOUL -- Global tech giant Google LLC on Thursday introduced a new operating system for extended reality (XR) devices to be installed...
Dec 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Samsung invests in AI security platform Axiado
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday it invested in the Series C funding round of Axiado, a US-based artificial intelligence (AI) security platf...
Dec 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Bespin Global, Upstage to co-work on AI platform
South Korea's cloud solution provider Bespin Global said on Monday it signed with Upstage, the domestic artificial intelligence (AI) startup, to bui...
Dec 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
DeepBrain AI to introduce AI anchor for Japanese terrestrial TV
South Korea's generative AI startup DeepBrain AI said on Thursday it partnered with Japan-based Nippon Electric Company (NEC) to introduce AI anch...
Nov 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Disney Plus bets big on Korean content to boost global presence
SINGAPORE -- Disney Plus, a global over-the-top (OTT) platform, is expanding its lineup of original Korean titles, buoyed by the popularity of K-dra...
Nov 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
TVing beefs up sports content, narrowing gap with Netflix
TVing, a South Korean over-the-top (OTT) platform, is beefing up its live sports programming and TV series featuring baseball players to catch up to...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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