future technologies office
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung, LG go head-to-head in AI components market
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. and LG Innotek Co., two major South Korean suppliers for Apple iPhones, are going head-to-head in the artificial intel...
Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Roche to use Biodyne’s tech for cervical cancer diagnostic kits
Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company, is set to use a South Korean company’s technology for cervical cancer diagnostic kits.Biodyne...
Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Orion to buy control of biotech startup LegoChem for $415 mn
South Korea’s snack and confectionery maker Orion Group has agreed to buy a controlling stake in LegoChem Biosciences Inc., a Korean biotech s...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
WeWork’s downsizing plan in Korea to hit office market
Coworking space provider WeWork Inc. plans to downsize its business in South Korea, according to banking sources on Sunday. Market watchers say inve...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Hyundai Motor launches 'Hyundai Future Adventure' on Roblox
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it will launch a new game "Hyundai Future Adventure" on the popular metaverse platform Roblox, where user...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
JW Pharma takes gout drug Epaminurad to Malaysia for phase 3
South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical Corp., announced on Monday that it has received approval from the Malaysian National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Age...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai unveils IONIQ 5 N concept NPX1 in Japan
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Friday that it unveiled the high-performance electric vehicle (EV) IONIQ 5's N Performance Concept model NPX1 for the...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Hyundai, Samsung-backed startups vie for spotlight at CES
LAS VEGAS – At CES, big tech names often take center stage but this is also a dream place for underdogs to become rising stars with unconventi...
Jan 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Samsung, Harman move in lockstep to advance in-vehicle technology
LAS VEGAS – South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. and its wholly owned US subsidiary Harman International Industries Inc. hav...
Jan 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro establishes Global Resources Office for securing core minerals
South Korean battery materials manufacturer EcoPro Co. announced on Tuesday that it has established a "Global Resources Office" to expedite the acqu...
Jan 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea’s Hancom buys document software firm Clipsoft
Hancom Inc., a homegrown office suite developer in South Korea, said on Friday that it has acquired local business-to-business (B2B) digital documen...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha to develop own gas turbine engine for future growth
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province – Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, is set to double its local gas turb...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG to inject $700 million in startups in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, WV – LG Electronics Inc. will form a fund with the State of West Virginia to inject $700 million over the next five years to foste...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Samsung to unveil new Odyssey gaming monitors at CES
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it will unveil new Odyssey OLED gaming monitors at CES 2024, the world's largest IT and consum...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
LG Display to unveil future mobility panels at CES
LG Display Co., the world’s leading organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will unveil its next-generation automotive display produc...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia to revamp R&D organization
Hyundai Motor Co. ’s and Kia Corp. are undergoing a comprehensive restructuring of their research and development (R&D) organizations. Thi...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis' auto parts sweep safety, technology awards
South Korean auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said Thursday that 10 of its new technologies received or or are finalists for awards from external ...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korean office, warehouse transactions plunge in Q1-Q3
The South Korean commercial real estate market saw its transaction value during the first three quarters of this year reach 10.9 trillion won ($8.4 ...
Dec 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Hyundai Motor’s themes at CES 2024: Hydrogen, software
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is set to present its blueprint for a hydrogen energy ecosystem and software under the theme of ...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai builds VR shipyard Twin FOS
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Co. announced on Wednesday that it completed the building of a virtual reality shipyard, the first stage of its Futur...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Hyundai’s Supernal to unveil life-size UAM at CES 2024
Supernal LLC, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it will participate in CES 2024 ne...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom, Thales jointly strengthen 5G security
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it collaborated with global data security company Thales for 5G security.According to the com...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, UAE’s Mubadala to collaborate on future business projects
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and the United Arab Emirates’ sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co. have agreed to...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea Housing Finance Corp. opens New York office
Korea Housing Finance Corporation announced on Wednesday that it has opened a New York office to serve as a hub for its overseas fund procurement ac...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, ASML to build joint research plant in Hwaseong
Samsung Electronics Co. and ASML Holding NV plan to build their joint research plant in Dongtan township in Hwaseong, South Korea, in which the me...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR promotes Keith Kim in Seoul office to partner
KKR & Co. Inc. has promoted Keith Kim (Kim Yang-han), managing director at the private equity giant’s Seoul office, to partner.Kim, who ma...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI, cloud to rule video surveillance market in 2024: Hanwha Vision
Hanwha Vision Co., formerly Hanwha Techwin, expects the global video surveillance market to undergo a major upgrade with the development of artifici...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
ASML, Samsung to build R&D center in Korea for $760 mn
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Samsung Electronics Co. and ASML Holding N.V. have reached a preliminary agreement to build a research and development fac...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
POSCO Future M included in DJSI Asia Pacific Index
South Korea’s battery materials maker POSCO Future M Co. announced on Tuesday that it was listed on Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific In...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung launches new growth engine control tower at mobile division
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips and smartphones, has created a business control tower within its Digital eX...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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