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K-pop
SM Entertainment, S.Korean startup Jienem to build K-Pop hotel
South Korea's residence operator startup Jienem announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kreation Music Rights (K...
Jul 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai gives advanced air mobility demo in Indonesia
Hyundai Motor Group on Monday unveiled its advanced air mobility (AAM) technology and demonstrated an AAM prototype aircraft, or a flying car, in In...
Jul 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korean soju makers likely to log strong quarterly profit
HiteJinro Co., South Korea’s leading soju maker, will likely post its best-ever quarterly profit in the second quarter as the clear distilled ...
Jul 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
S.Korea fines AliExpress $1.4 mn for alleged privacy breach
South Korea’s privacy authority is punishing AliExpress with measures including a $1.4 million fine for allegedly not providing measures to pr...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Electronics posts record Q2 profit, to accelerate transition into AI leader
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean electronics maker, on Thursday posted its highest quarterly operating profit and sales for the April-Jun...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s economy slows in Q2, but on growth course
South Korea’s economy unexpectedly slowed in the second quarter on softer private consumption and business investments, reinforcing expectatio...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS, Aeon to collaborate on EdTech in Japan
South Korea's LG CNS announced on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aeon, an education company operating over 300 direct l...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Spear Korea to acquire AI medical firm Life Semantics
South Korea's aerospace materials company Spear Korea will acquire artificial intelligence (AI) medical firm Life Semantics Co. Life Semantics ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial's quarterly profit hits record on interest margin growth
South Korea’s largest financial holding group KB Financial Group Inc. has logged its record quarterly profit in the April-June period, thanks ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver launches Saudi digital twin project for smart cities
South Korean internet giant Naver Corp. and the Saudi Arabian government have started a five-year project to build digital twin platforms for Riyadh...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Nongshim to build smart farm in Saudi Arabia
South Korea's food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Tuesday that it was selected as a participant in the Smart Farm Export Promotion Pro...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean qualifies to compete for US Navy MRO
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Monday that it signed a Ship Maintenance Relations Agreement (MSRA) with the US Navy. It got the right t...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG to foster smart factory business as new B2B growth driver
PYEONGTAEK, Gyeonggi Province -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to foster its smart factory business as a new gr...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Hanwha Group to expand stock compensation to team chiefs
South Korea’s No. 7 conglomerate Hanwha Group will expand its restricted stock units (RSUs) to encourage employee interest in the company&rsqu...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean banks raise mortgage rates despite looming rate cut
South Korean banks are raising mortgage rates again as the government strives to curb household debt growth that grew at its sharpest pace in three ...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean cosmetics makers see record Q2 profits led by exports
South Korean cosmetics original development and design manufacturers (ODMs) such as Cosmax Inc., Kolmar Korea Co. and Cosmecca Korea Co. are estimat...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GM Korea’s 2024 sales growth likely stunted due to protracted labor strike
GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of US auto giant General Motors Co., faces growing disruptions to its vehicle production amid a protracted labor...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s fastest LPDDR5X validated on MediaTek’s Dimensity chipset
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday it has completed the performance verification of its latest LPDDR5X chip for use in ...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong wins permission for Nabota in Argentina
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Monday that its botulinum toxin Nabota received product approval from Argentina's National Ad...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sports
Twentysomething women become mainstream Korean baseball fans
South Korea is a fast-aging country, where one in every five people is 65 years old or older. But it is a different story for the country’s pr...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Financial mulls non-banking M&As for growth: CEO
Hana Financial Group, one of South Korea's top five financial groups, is mulling mergers and acquisitions in non-banking sectors in a bid to seize n...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Millie Seojae introduces AI book reader
Millie Seojae, the e-book platform subsidiary of South Korea's KT Corp., announced on Thursday that it introduced an AI text-to-speech (TTS) feature...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Content platforms
Lotte Home Shopping's Bellygom debuts in Taiwan, Japan
South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping announced on Wednesday that its character Bellygom will enter the Taiwanese and Japanese content market,following ...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
PharmaResearch acquires TuringBio for digital therapeutics
PharmaResearch Co., a South Korean company specializing in regenerative medicine, announced on Wednesday that it acquired TuringBio, an AI-based dig...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation to host Global Forum in US
South Korea's SK Innovation Co. announced on Wednesday that it will host the “SK Innovation Global Forum” on July 13 in San Jose, Califo...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Coupang opens Rocket Growth seller website
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, announced on Tuesday that it opened a dedicated website for sellers (sell.coupang.com...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s GS Entec to invest $217 mn in wind power business
South Korea’s GS Entec Corp. is set to invest 300 billion won ($216.8 million) in facilities to manufacture wind power equipment as it shifts ...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Lunit eyes developing markets with AI cancer diagnostics
Lunit Inc., a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, will accelerate its inroads into developing markets grappling with inadequate cancer diagn...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
FG Korea to open Five Guys stores in Japan
FG Korea, the operator of the American handcrafted hamburger brand Five Guys in South Korea, will open its stores in Japan in the second half of nex...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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