industry-academia cooperation
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Bio & Pharma
President of Latvia visits S.Korea's Daan Cancer Lab
Daan Cancer Laboratory under Severance Hospital said on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Latvian government to streng...
Nov 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Card, UnionPay to cooperate on marketing
South Korea's KB Kookmin Card said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China's UnionPay to cooperate on marketing. ...
Nov 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T, LS Electric to establish US solar JV
South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. and LS Electric Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday to expand solar power projects in the U...
Nov 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LS Electric shares jump on $358mn HVDC transformer order news
LS Electric Co., a South Korean industrial energy facility and systems supplier, is expected to sign a 500 billion won ($358 million) deal with a GE...
Nov 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
S.Korea to restructure ailing petrochemical industry
South Korea plans to restructure the struggling domestic petrochemical industry amid intensifying competition with Chinese rivals and oversupply by ...
Nov 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LS Cable, Denmark's CIP sign LOI for floating offshore wind
South Korea's LS Cable & System Ltd. said on Wednesday that it signed a letter of intent (LOI) for offshore wind cooperation with Copenhagen Inf...
Nov 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix affiliate Solidigm unveils industry’s highest-capacity 122TB eSSD
Solidigm, the NAND flash-making subsidiary of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc., said on Wednesday it has launched a 122-terabyte (TB) enterprise...
Nov 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s DL Group to sell hotels for $462 mn in further restructuring
DL Group, South Korea’s petrochemical-to-construction conglomerate is putting some hotels on the market to raise an estimated 650 billion won ...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Paradise targets Taiwanese MICE market
Paradise Co., a South Korean casino operator, said on Tuesday it held the 2024 Paradise Taipei MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibiti...
Nov 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display develops industry's most flexible display
LG Display Co., South Korea’s leading display maker under LG Electronics Inc., has developed the industry’s first display that can be st...
Nov 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
First Korean American US Senator vows to cement Seoul-Washington ties
NEW YORK – Democratic US Representative Andy Kim, the first Korean American elected to the US Senate, has pledged to strengthen the relationsh...
Nov 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Allies fret over Trump presidency as authoritarian axis challenges US-led order
Donald Trump is returning to the White House as the world is embroiled in two widening regional wars, America’s rivals are coalescing into a new...
Nov 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Daedong opens autonomous robot subsidiary Daedong Robotics
Daedong Group, South Korea's leading agricultural machinery manufacturer, said on Monday it established Daedong Robotics, an intelligent autonomous ...
Nov 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Perigee, Quantum Aero to cooperate on military UAV
South Korea's small space launch vehicle startup Perigee Aerospace Inc. said on Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Quantum Ae...
Nov 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Tesla in talks with SK Hynix for $725 mn eSSD order
Tesla Inc. is in talks with SK Hynix Inc. at the US electric vehicle giant’s request for a possible 1 trillion won ($725 million) order of ent...
Oct 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Samsung SDS, Korea Air Force to cooperate on military logistics
South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. said on Tuesday it signed an agreement with the Korea Air Force Headquarters to cooperate on the digital transformatio...
Oct 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, SNU, POSTECH, KIST build joint robotics lab
Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that it established a joint robotics research lab in collaboration with South Korea's top research institution...
Oct 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group wins Cars.com's 2025 Top Pick EV Awards
Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday Hyundai Motor Co. ‘s IONIQ electric vehicles (EVs) and Kia Corp. ‘s EV9 have each been awarded 202...
Oct 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Superb AI, Cisco to strengthen AI network cooperation
South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) startup Superb AI said on Tuesday it was awarded Select Developer from the global network giant Cisco Syst...
Oct 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics, Baropharm to cooperate on pharmaceutical logistics
South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Monday it signed a strategic partnership and exclusive pharmaceutical logistics contract with Baropharm, an integ...
Oct 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Asset taps US for Korean defense ETF listing
Hanwha Asset Management Co., a financial service sibling of South Korea’s major defense and aerospace developer Hanwha Aerospace Co., is seeki...
Oct 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT, KT SAT, Nara Space to launch satellite data biz
South Korea's KT Corp. said on Monday it will pursue a joint project utilizing satellite data with KT SAT and Nara Space Technology Inc.The plan is ...
Oct 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C, Surbana Jurong to team up on power projects
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) established a cooperative network with Singapore's largest public-sector ...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
LX Pantos, Kazakhstan to cooperate on logistics
South Korea's LX Pantos said on Thursday that it plans to strengthen its logistics business in Central Asia, focusing on Kazakhstan.Lee Yong-ho, CEO...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
Hyundai Motor Group expands R&D partnership with Singapore
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, has expanded its research partnership with Singapore into energy, artificial intelli...
Oct 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
KIS hosts 2024 Stifel Research Forum in Seoul
Korea Investment & Securities announced on Tuesday that it hosted analysts from Stifel Financial Corp. at its headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, fo...
Oct 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis to mass-produce parts to double EV charging speed
UIWANG, Gyeonggi Province – Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s fifth-largest auto parts maker, plans to mass-produce a component that double...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries gets AIP for 2,300 ton submarine
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said on Thursday it received Approval in Principle (AIP) for its 2,300-ton export submarine from the...
Oct 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
FTC fines Kakao Mobility $55 mn for alleged unfair taxi-hailing service
South Korea’s antitrust body has fined Kakao Mobility Corp., the country’s largest taxi-hailing app operator, 72.4 billion won ($54.9 mi...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung, NTT Docomo to cooperate on AI technology
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NTT Docomo, Japan's largest mobile telecommunicati...
Oct 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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