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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM gets Platinum ESG rating from EcoVadis
HMM Co., South Korea’s flagship sea carrier, announced on Tuesday that it achieved the Platinum rating from EcoVadis, a global environmental, ...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s factory output backpedals, but spending recovers in March
South Korea’s factory activity weakened in March on a fall in manufacturing output, stoking concerns about Asia’s fourth-largest economy...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hanwha Life to buy stake in Indonesia's Lippo-owned bank
South Korea’s second-largest insurer Hanwha Life Insurance Co., with 109 trillion won ($79.4 billion) in total assets as of end-September 2023...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai, Philly Shipyard cooperate to enter US
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. announced on Wednesday that it has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for desig...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to mass-produce industry’s fastest LPDDR5X DRAM in H2
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday it has developed an LPDDR5X DRAM chip that supports the industry’s fastest d...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Daesung PE tops Korean venture funds by return in 2018-2023
Daesung Private Equity Inc. in South Korea has become the top local venture capital manager in terms of realized capital gain between 2018 and 2023,...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Lotte Innovate, Kolon Benit to cooperate on AI Solutions
South Korea’s Lotte Innovate (formerly, Lotte Data Communication Co. ) announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kolon...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startup CEOs away from home lead global expedition
South Korea’s promising startup founders, who normally double as chief executive officers for their companies, are leaving their home turf to ...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Wia targets Chile's advanced arms market
Hyundai Wia Corp., an auto parts and defense unit of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Thursday that it unveiled advanced weapons systems at the 202...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to build advanced packaging plant in Indiana for $3.9 bn
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s leading high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip producer, will plow in $3.87 billion to build advanced packaging and resea...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Blight of failing e-commerce startups in South Korea
Linkshops, once touted as a future unicorn candidate in South Korea, declared bankruptcy last month even after garnering 15.4 billion won ($11.4 mil...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix, TEMC develop industry’s first neon gas recycling technology
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., and its South Korean partner TEMC Co., have jointly ...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Money pours in for technology to reshape Korean restaurants
Investors are betting big on food service technology startups in South Korea as the adoption of self-service systems in the country’s food and...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s factory output rebounds in February on chip recovery
South Korea’s factory activity last month bounced back in three months thanks to strong recovery in the country’s semiconductor sector b...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung set to triple HBM output in 2024 to lead AI chip era
SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will likely triple its high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip ...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
STX to supply car CKD to Bangladeshi company
STX Corp., a South Korean general trading company, announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to supply the complete kno...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Craft beer maker Jeju Beer sells stake to car repair company
South Korea’s leading craft beer maker Jeju Beer Co. has sold a controlling stake owned by its founder and family to a small domestic car main...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to supply hybrid camera lenses to Hyundai
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, plans to begin supplying hybrid lenses for automotive camera modules ...
Mar 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to use recycled neon gas in chip manufacturing
Samsung Electronics Co. will use recycled neon gas in chip production for the first time in the world, a move expected to stabilize the cost and sup...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha seeks further legal action vs HD Hyundai amid Navy project rivalry
Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is seeking new legal action against HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. over the bigger ...
Mar 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korean EV battery makers to unveil tech for industry recharge
South Korea’s three major electric vehicle battery makers are gearing up to invigorate the global green car market with new technologies they ...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HPS, CE-TEK to develop onboard carbon capture system
Hyundai Heavy Industries Power Systems Co. (HPS) will join hands with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE) and CE-TEK Ltd. to...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Kakao Ventures invests in AI optimization startup Omelet
Kakao Ventures Corp. has made an undisclosed amount of seed investment into Omelet, a South Korean early stage startup developing industrial operati...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor unveils 2024 Staria Hybrid
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Wednesday that it will begin pre-orders for the upcoming Staria Hybrid model and the 2024 Staria on Feb. 28. H...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon Industries, SK Microworks to set up industrial film JV
South Korea’s major chemical materials producer Kolon Industries Inc. will team up with SK Microworks Co. to regain ground in the Chinese film...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung doubles down in HBM race with largest memory
Samsung Electronics Co. has developed the industry’s first 36-gigabyte (GB) 12-layer high-value, high-performance memory chip in a bid to rest...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Kolon Industries upgrades aramid smart factory system
Kolon Industries Inc. has upgraded its smart factory system to ensure its doubled production capacity of super fiber aromatic polyamide fibers (aram...
Feb 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace, home of Korea’s next-generation space industry
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province – South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. aims to establish a foothold in the global rocket industry domi...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia aim to raise Indian sales after record output
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest automakers, aim to raise sales by 4.2% in India this year after logging record vehi...
Feb 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha, Saudi gov't to cooperate in defense industry
Hanwha Aerospace Co. and Hanwha Systems Co. announced on Tuesday that they signed a three-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) for defense cooper...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)