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Pension funds
POBA favors data centers, senior housing in Europe: CIO
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a retirement fund with assets under management (AUM) of 26 trillion won ($19.1 bill...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Hanwha Foodtech opens R&D center in Seongnam
Hanwha Foodtech, a subsidiary of Hanwha Hotels & Resorts specializing in food and beverages, announced on Wednesday that it opened a research an...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor, Kia to develop alternative to rare earth materials
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have partnered with South Korea's universities to secure materials for vehicle electrification components.Hyundai Mo...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC eyes direct lending with high return potential: CEO
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) seeks opportunities in direct lending for companies that are not cyclically sensitive and g...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to develop hydrogen supercar for launch in 2026
Hyundai Motor Group, the global No. 3 automaker, is set to develop the world’s first hydrogen-powered supercar for launch in 2026 as the South...
May 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung SDS taps generative AI to counter logistics risks
Samsung SDS Co., the information technology service unit under Samsung Group, actively incorporates generative artificial intelligence and machine...
May 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Young rich Koreans set sights on M&As, commercial property deals
Young rich Koreans have emerged as big players in South Korea’s asset management market, expanding into M&As and commercial real estate, a...
May 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea’s Eduwill suffers credit-rating cuts, capital erosion
Eduwill Corp., South Korea’s leading provider of online and offline test prep courses for adults, has taken a hit from a series of credit-rati...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
HL Mando, Kakao Mobility to develop autonomous parking robots
HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea's HL Group, announced on Thursday that it signed a busine...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG to showcase Google AI-enabled home robots in June
LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s top home appliances maker, will unveil home robots featuring Google’s generative artificial intellige...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Ottogi, KTO partner to attract foreign tourists
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with domestic food company Ottogi to attract f...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Macquarie Korea Asset Management confirms two nominees
Macquarie Group has named two executives at its Seoul-based real asset investment unit, which manages the main Kospi-listed Macquarie Korea Infrastr...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung SDS unveils supply chain solution in US
South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. introduced a supplier relationship management (SRM) solution at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium 2024 in Orlando, Fl...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Netmarble sells stake in BTS label HYBE for $161 mn
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. is selling a stake in HYBE Co., the label behind global K-pop sensation BTS, for 219.9 billion won ($161...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver D2SF invests in image generation AI startup
South Korea's top online portal Naver Corp. announced on Wednesday that its startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) invested in the...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT, Nokia to collaborate on global 6G research
South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with global mobile communications equipment manufacturer Nokia Cor...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Aekyung Chemical develops hard carbon of SIB
South Korea's Aekyung Chemical Co. announced on Wednesday that it developed a high-performance hard carbon material that functions as the main anode...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kospi 200 firms' values sharply below MSCI developed market rivals
South Korea’s listed firms are undervalued compared with companies in public markets of developed and emerging countries, according to the Kor...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Life Science invests in US biotech firm Latus Bio
Samsung Life Science Fund, managed by Samsung Group’s venture investment arm, has invested in US biotechnology firm Latus Bio Inc. during the ...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems to build Jeju Hanwha Space Center
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. announced plans on Monday that it plans to establish the Jeju Hanwha Space Center in Jeju Special Self-Governing Pr...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Korea builds system to speed up naked short-selling ban
South Korea’s top financial regulator is set to build a centralized digital system to strengthen the prevention of naked short-selling as the ...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Networks establishes AI lab in Silicon Valley
South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Wednesday that it opened the PhnyX Lab, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology development organizati...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Bank launches All-care Solution for Real Estate Wealth
South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Tuesday that it launched the premium real estate wealth management service Hana Real Estate All-care Solution i...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea’s Smilegate unveils new RPG Chaos Zero Nightmare
Smilegate, the South Korean developer of the world’s top first-person shooter game Crossfire, on Monday unveiled a teaser for an upcoming role...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW to support Korean automotive startups at new R&D center
German luxury carmaker BMW Group is set to support South Korean automotive startups in their overseas expansion as it on Monday opened a new researc...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean theme parks recover to near pre-pandemic levels
Everland and Lotte World, South Korea’s two largest theme parks, posted their highest-ever profits in 2023, recovering from the COVID-19 pande...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK eyes stake in Korean software developer Tmaxsoft
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is eyeing shares of South Korean enterprise software developer Tmaxsoft Co. around two years aft...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, Toray to team up to develop mobility materials
Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Japan's Toray Industries Inc. to jointly develop carbon fi...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Holdings, KNOC to jointly secure lithium in Canada
POSCO N.EX.T Hub, the venture platform of POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the K...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Autech enters silver car market for seniors
South Korea's specialty vehicle company Autech Corporation announced on Tuesday that it plans to enter the silver car market for seniors. It al...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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