iF Design Awards 2024
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Kia to unveil new PBV lineup at CES 2024
Kia Corp. announced on Thursday that it plans to participate in the world’s biggest consumer technology trade show CES. The company will ret...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group to be named NACTOY 2024
Hyundai Motor Group confirmed its victory in the utility vehicle category of "North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle (NACTOY) of the Year 202...
Dec 13, 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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Tech, Media & Telecom
IT device recovery to power Korean parts makers in 2024
Global sales of consumer information technology electronics such as smartphones, PCs and TVs are expected to rebound in 2024, fueling hopes of an ea...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
UAE, Korea’s Naver Z join hands for virtual reality tech
South Korea’s Naver Z Corp., the operator of virtual world platform Zepeto, said Monday it will join forces with the United Arab Emirates&rsqu...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea’s Growth Champions 2024 by Statista, Korea Economic Daily
Statista, the world’s leading data and intelligence company, has teamed up with The Korea Economic Daily to identify South Korea’s faste...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korea’s Growth Champions 2024 list by Statista, Korea Economic Daily
List of Korea’s Growth Champions 2024 Rank Company Absolute Growth Rate Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) Revenue 2019 Revenu...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Carmakers to expand affordable EV, hybrid lineups in Korea
Carmakers in South Korea are slated to unveil new electric vehicle models at cheaper prices next year to revive the sputtering EV market and also ro...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia’s car exports to top 2 mn units for 1st time in 7 years
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest automakers, are set to export more than 2 million cars in 2023 for the first time i...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LIG Nex1 to buy quadruped robot maker Ghost Robotics for $240 mn
LIG Nex1 Co., a South Korean weapons system developer, has agreed to buy a 60% stake in Ghost Robotics Corp (GRC), a Philadelphia-based robot develo...
Dec 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz
As with the launch of every new E-Class, the flagship model of luxury German car brand Mercedes-Benz, the phrase “evolution, not revolution&rd...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Songzio opens pop-up store in Printemps dept. store
Songzio, the South Korean first-generation designer brand, opened a pop-up store at Printemps Haussmann, a prestigious Parisian department store k...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai unveils redesigned SUV Tucson
Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday unveiled The new Tucson, the partially redesigned model of its flagship mid-sized sports utility vehicle (SUV). Tuc...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Semiconductor export recovery powers S.Koreans’ income in Q3
A recovery in semiconductor exports led an increase in South Koreans’ income in the third quarter, although the earnings growth momentum may n...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG collaborates with BoConcept for TV interior design
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it is collaborating with the European premium furniture brand BoConcept to showcase the interior desig...
Dec 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Access Bio opens second plant in New Jersey
The US-based in-vitro diagnostic device company Access Bio Inc. announced on Monday that it opened its second factory in Monroe Township, New Jersey...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Hyungji Elite selected as official partner of FC Barcelona
South Korea’s school and corporate uniform company Hyungji Elite announced on Monday that it was selected as the official partner of FC Barc...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia EV9 sweeps European awards, sees strong US pre-orders
The Kia EV9, the flagship large all-electric sport utility vehicle of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is sweeping major industrial awards in Eu...
Dec 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix expect high 2024 profits as memory market returns
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, expect to post decent chip profits next year as DRAM pri...
Nov 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK chief says rates need to stay high for over 6 months
South Korea’s central bank chief on Thursday said interest rates will have to stay high for more than six months, leaving the door open for an...
Nov 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare's Remsima SC to be launched in US in 2024
Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Thursday that its autoimmune disease treatment Zymfentra (the US product name for Remsima SC) is set to be lau...
Nov 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Ocean to develop submarine technology to evade detection
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. has consecutively secured contracts for naval technology-related vessel research projects. The company recently annou...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Car sales may sputter in 2024 amid EV policy risk: Research
The global automobile market is on track to recover to pre-pandemic levels this year and is expected to grow at a moderate pace amid a prolonged eco...
Nov 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver to launch global version of Whale browser in Q1 2024
Naver Cloud, the infrastructure subsidiary of South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp., plans to launch a global version of its Whale browser in...
Nov 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Samsung Engineering designs Sarawak green hydrogen project in Malaysia
Samsung Engineering Co., the construction and engineering unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, said on Friday it has begun th...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Naver invests in AI operations automation startup
Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), a tech startup investment and support project, announced Thursday that it invested in a startup with AI operations ...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to launch low-power, high-speed AI chips in 2024
Samsung Electronics Co. will launch low latency wide (LLW) DRAMs next year, designed to improve the power efficiency of artificial intelligence appl...
Nov 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
ADNOC awards steel pipe order contracts to Korea’s SeAH
South Korea’s SeAH Steel Holdings Corp. said on Tuesday it has signed a five-year contract to provide 200,000 tons of steel pipes to Abu Dhabi...
Nov 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s new Tucson: Trendsetter with a taste for futuristic design
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled the facelifted design of its compact sport utility vehicle, the Tucson, whic...
Nov 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy may produce mid-nickel EV batteries from 2024
South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. plans to mass-produce mid-nickel, high-voltage lithium batteries as early as next year, one year ahead o...
Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)