luxury e-commerce platforms
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Executive reshuffles
Shinsegae hires Alibaba Korea head to lead online mall Gmarket
Shinsegae Group, South Korea’s retail giant, on Wednesday launched sweeping top-level management overhauls for Gmarket Inc. and SSG.COM. to ti...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Jeju casinos, hotels bask in return of Chinese tourists; luxury shops fall
Following the pandemic, hotels and casinos are enjoying a renewed tourist boom with Chinese tourists returning to South Korea, particularly its top ...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Noul, CDC to start Malaria diagnosis project in Kenya
South Korea's Noul Co., an in-vitro diagnostics maker and artificial intelligence (AI)-based blood and cancer diagnostic platforms company, said o...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to produce Genesis cars in Kazakhstan
Hyundai Motor Group will produce Genesis models from its knock-down (KD) plant in Kazakhstan to bolster the South Korean auto giant’s luxury m...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s SK Telecom, Moloco join hands for AI ad platform
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has teamed up with Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup, for the glo...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Ecoplant's Wayble Decarbon gets GIS certification
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. announced on Friday that its corporate carbon management platform Wayble Decarbon has obtained the country's first gre...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang fined $102 mn for alleged search algorithm manipulation
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, was fined 140 billion won ($102 million) on Thursday for allegedly manipulating searc...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Affluent Gen Xers lead e-commerce shopping in South Korea
Affluent Generation Xers, also pioneers in the digital landscape who navigated the early days of personal computing and witnessed the advent of the ...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai E&C, KAERI partner to commercialize next-gen reactors
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Wednesday that it signed a public-private partnership agreement for the so...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Bank, Hyosung TNS, LG CNS to co-work for AI banking
South Korea's Shinhan Bank announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyosung TNS and LG CNS to implement future banking...
Jun 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
HYBE accelerates transition into platform company
HYBE Co. is accelerating its push to transform into a platform company as it prepares to launch a new digital fan community platform. This platform ...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus, GIST to build metaverse campus
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday a business agreement with the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) to develop a uni...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Shinsegae Dept. Store to sell luxury wines in Gangnam
South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group is set to sell luxury wines with price tags up to tens of thousands of dollars in Seoul, as demand for pre...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus analyzes ad performance with GenAI
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Monday that it has introduced generative AI technology to its integrated advertising platform U+AD, adding...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Naver's online comics unit eyes Nasdaq listing in June
South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. is planning to list its Los Angeles-based affiliate Webtoon Entertainment Inc. on the Nasdaq thi...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
OTT platform TVing gets tailwind from CJ ENM's TV series
TVing, the second-largest over-the-top (OTT) platform in South Korea, has been gaining momentum from hit series such as “Lovely Runner,”...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai E&C to build Korea's 1st electrolysis-based hydrogen plant
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) has broken ground on South Korea’s first hydrogen production plant using water el...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s Shinsegae building unit to raise $478 mn to cut debts
South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group’s building unit, suffering amid difficulties in the local real estate project financing sector, is s...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Qoo10 launches K-Avenue for S.Korean products
Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. announced on Tuesday that it launched K-Avenue, a sales channel for Korean products, on the newl...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Yanolja gains momentum with cloud, overseas trip businesses
SoftBank-backed Yanolja Co. cheered stellar earnings in the first quarter after its new businesses – cloud and outbound trip services – ...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS' marketing platform MOP surpasses 800 corporate customers
South Korea’s LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of LG Corp., announced on Thursday that its Marketing Optimization Platform (MOP), la...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton's Overdare conducts alpha test in SE Asia
South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will conduct an overseas alpha test for Overdare, a mobile user-generated con...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Bank, Cambodian Central Bank to build payment system
South Korea's KB Kookmin Bank announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Bank of Cambodia to establish...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
South Korea to ban Chinese online products without KC certification
South Korea will ban products purchased online through overseas shopping platforms but without the KC certification amid growing concerns about prod...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Korea’s LX Pantos, China’s Sinotrans agree to launch logistics JV
LX Pantos Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s LX Group, said on Thursday it will launch a multimodal transport joint venture with Sinotra...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai’s first full-size electric Genesis GV90 to roll out in late 2025
The Genesis, Hyundai Motor Co.'s standalone premium brand, will launch its first full-size electric sport utility vehicle, the GV90, late next ...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus unveils Yonsei Univ. Metaverse Campus
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that its university metaverse platform Uverse unveiled a dedicated metaverse campus called Meta Yo...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Land Retail to enter convenience store market
South Korea's E-Land Retail, the operator of Kim's Club, NC Department Store, and New Core Outlet operator, plans to enter the convenience store mar...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shilla Duty Free to co-work with China's largest lifestyle info platforms
South Korea's Shilla Duty Free Shop announced on Thursday that it partnered with Meituan and Dazhong Dianping, China's largest travel and lifestyle ...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK E&S builds world’s largest hydrogen liquefaction plant
SK E&S Co., a South Korean liquefied natural gas importer, has built the world’s largest hydrogen liquefaction plant in Incheon, west of S...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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