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Korean games
Line Games launches global service for Uncharted Waters Origin
Line Games Corporation, an affiliate of South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., announced on Tuesday the launch of Uncharted Waters Origin, ...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI to develop flight training simulator with 3D game company
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) is partnering with Epic Games Korea to develop a virtual reality (VR) flight training system.The South Korean ...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kyochon sets sights on Western expansion with Canadian franchise deal
Kyochon F&B, the operator of South Korea's premier fried chicken brand Kyochon Chicken, said on Tuesday that it has secured a master franchise a...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korea game sector remains in dark after poor earnings
South Korea’s game publishers reported dismal quarterly earnings, deepening concerns over their outlook this year amid doubts over measures su...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release
NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major game developing and publishing company, has recently laid off about 20% of its North American operation, joi...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea's science minister calls small modular reactors 'game changers'
Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho on Thursday pledged full support for the development of small modular reactors (SMRs), which he called a "ga...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG UltraGear selected as official monitor for League of Legends
LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday that its UltraGear gaming monitor, with enhanced gamer-specific features, has been selected as the official moni...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Orchestra PE acquires KFC Korea for about $50 mn
Asia-focused Orchestra Private Equity agreed on Wednesday to buy a 100% stake in the South Korean operations of fast food chain KFC for around 60 bi...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon teams up with 'Parasite' film production company Barunson E&A
Nexon, one of South Korea's top three game giants, on Tuesday said it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Barunson Entertainment &am...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Com2uS to release host of new games this year
Com2uS Corps. will release a variety of new game titles this year with the goal of reaching 100 billion won ($78.6 million) in global sales for each...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's Smilegate RPG named in 3 categories of Steam game awards
South Korea's video game developer Smilegate RPG (Role-playing Games) on Thursday said its leading massively multiplayer online role-playing game (M...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
WeMade signs partnership with Chinese digital asset exchange
WeMade said on Wednesday that it would sign a non-fungible token (NFT) partnership with Zhongchuanyuezhong Cultural Development Co. which operates a...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, BYD, Polestar adopt Nvidia’s cloud gaming service
Nvidia Corp., a US technology company, said on Tuesday that its cloud-based gaming service GeForce NOW was adopted for cars produced by the Hyundai ...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's gaming industry reaches $15.7 billion in scale
South Korea's game industry in 2021 saw sales of over 20 billion won ($15.7 billion), ranking the country fourth on the global market. The Kore...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Qatar, UAE spend most on Korean games, pushing back China, US
Middle Eastern countries have emerged as a blue ocean for the South Korean game industry, ranking first in both per-capita usage amount and playtime...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to showcase high-performance OLED panels for gaming at CES
LG Display Co. said on Thursday that it would unveil new 45-inch ultra-wide OLED panels and 27-inch OLED panels optimized for gaming at CES 2023, th...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics unveils 43-inch gaming monitor Odyssey Neo G7
Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday said it will release in Korea the Odyssey Neo G7, its new 43-inch large-screen gaming monitor.The monitor sp...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Netmarble joins UNGC to strengthen ESG management
Netmarble Corp. said on Monday that it has joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to strengthen its environmental, social, and governance (...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Kakao Games to launch Eversoul with 1.3 mn pre-orders
Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., said on Dec. 23 it will launch the global service of mobile role-p...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Korean gaming giants racing for metaverse win
Have you ever wondered what the metaverse really is? So far, the consensus is that it's a virtual world that can accommodate pretty much every socia...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils gaming experience zone at Selfridges London
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest chipmaker and a global electronics giant, announced on Sunday it will open a gaming simulator experience ...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics to enhance Minute Maid Park digitally
Samsung Electronics Co. has been selected as an official partner for display solutions at Minute Maid Park, the home stadium of the 2022 Major Leagu...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to debut university-specific metaverse platforms early next year
South Korea's mobile telecom operator LG Uplus said on Thursday that it would introduce a specialized metaverse platform for which all universities ...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea's golf course market doubles in value over 10 years
The value of South Korea's market golf course market now equals 98.5% of Japan's.The Korea Leisure Industry Institute (KLII) on Thursday released a ...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics to launch two OLED gaming monitor models in US
South Korea's electronics giant LG Electronics Co. announced on Monday that starting on the same day it would release the world's first OLED gaming ...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Naver affiliate Line Games seeks $756 million IPO in Korea
Line Games Corp., an affiliate of South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., plans to list its shares on the Korean stock market via an initial...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
K-chicken chain BB.Q opens second restaurant in New York
BB.Q Chicken, the country’s leading franchise, said on Friday it opened its second restaurant in Manhattan on Dec.1. This restaurant is BB.Q...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
HYBE and Kakao Games to be released from mandatory escrow this month
The Korea Securities Depository said on Wednesday that 225.5 million shares of a total of 58 listed stocks registered as mandatory escrow will be li...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Biden hails SK Siltron’s investment in Michigan as 'game changer'
BAY CITY, Michigan – For the first time since taking office, United States President Joe Biden toured a US subsidiary of South Korean conglome...
Nov 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Gaming firm NCSOFT wins S.Korea’s largest AI R&D competition
South Korean game developer NCSOFT Corp. announced on Friday that it won first place at this year’s Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenge, h...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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