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Korean SMEs
Korea’s SFA Engineering aims for top spot in smart factory market
SFA Engineering Corp., a small South Korean equipment maker, has for decades been known for its automated machines used in the manufacture of displa...
May 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy's engine unit emerges as golden goose
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a South Korean shipbuilding giant, is seeing its marine engine business unit emerge as the company’s cash cow.Th...
May 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai's self-sailing ship set for maiden cross-Pacific voyage
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with autonomous sailing systems will embark on an ocean voyage next month to become the world's first large au...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy sells undelivered drillships to PEF
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has sold its four undelivered drillships to a domestic private equity fund for a combined 1.04 trillion w...
Apr 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics widens lead over Whirlpool as top home appliance maker
LG Electronics Inc. is consolidating its lead over Whirlpool Corp. as the world’s top home appliances maker, with $1 billion more in sales rev...
Apr 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Dell, SK team up for 5G mobile edge computing market
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. (SKT) has joined hands with Dell Technologies Inc. to launch a 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) platfo...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea shipbuilders aim for strong demand on tougher rules
South Korea’s shipbuilders targeted demand for new vessels and ship modification as tougher environmental regulations are scheduled to take ef...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai eyes LNG ship-to-floating storage unit conversion market
The ongoing war in Ukraine and tougher emission standards are creating a new market for shipbuilders: converting aged liquefied natural gas (LNG) ca...
Mar 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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War in Ukraine
Korean shipbuilders see material impact from sanctions on Russia
International sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine are set to have a material impact on South Korea’s three largest shipbuilders, ...
Mar 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Heavy targets $2.5 bn Saudi escort ships deal
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. targets Saudi Arabia’s project for new escort ships worth up to $2.5 billion. The wo...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AI startup InterMinds builds Smart Stores with conglomerates
Convenience stores are hotbeds for South Korean IT companies to test their artificial intelligence (AI) technology.That is because the establishment...
Mar 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Smart Monitor M8 available in S.Korea
The new Samsung Smart Monitor M8 is now available for sale in South Korea, Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Sunday.The product can stream serv...
Mar 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Smart factories drive Korea SMEs to reshore overseas plants
South Korea’s small and medium-sized enterprises adopted smart factories for survival as the digitalized facilities improve productivity and q...
Mar 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung, LG fret over shipping lines’ delivery halt to Russia
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s two major exporters, are jittery about global shipping lines’ decision to...
Mar 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Glovis aims to top global car transport market
Hyundai Glovis Co., the world’s second-largest car shipping company, aims to top the industry with an expansion of its fleet, specializing in ...
Feb 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
App-rich LG smart TVs blur lines with smartphones
From home workouts to math and science courses, thousands of apps now available on LG smart TVs are blurring the lines between TVs and smartphones.S...
Feb 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharmaceuticals
Celltrion, Humasis to ship $300 mn COVID-19 test kits to US
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. and diagnostic kit manufacturer Humasis Co. have signed contracts to supply their jointly-dev...
Feb 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai, Daewoo race for ship orders after merger fails
The world’s two largest shipbuilders Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. are battling it out t...
Feb 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial Intelligence
IGIS invests in Kakao Enterprise for AI-embedded real estate
IGIS Asset Management Co. and its venture capital affiliate are slated to invest 10 billion won ($8.3 million) in Kakao Enterprise Corp., an artific...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE bags $1.4 billion ship orders in first 2022 deals
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), Hyundai Heavy Industries Group’s intermediate holding company, has kicked off 2022 w...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy to showcase autonomous ship at CES 2022
Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, the world’s largest shipbuilder, is set to showcase its latest and next-generation mobility technology related...
Dec 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to adopt Siemens' digital factory technology
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. plans to adopt Siemens AG's smart factory technology to accelerate the digitization of its battery manufacturi...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai Oilbank attracts $20 million from Palantir ahead of IPO
South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Co. has attracted $20 million in investment from US data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. ahead of its...
Dec 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders win record LNG carrier orders; 2022 outlook bright
South Korea’s three major shipbuilders have swept global orders for LNG carriers, more profitable than oil tankers and container ships, amid s...
Dec 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Korea sets up smart farm in UAE, envisions more projects in Middle East
South Korea is building a smart farm in the Middle East desert with technology enabling the growth of various crops while minimizing water consumpti...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Celltrion to export COVID-19 treatment to Europe in 2021
South Korea’s pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. is set to export its COVID-19 treatment Regkirona to Europe by the end of this year as it se...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Robots, AI replace human workers at Kia’s EV6 manufacturing factory
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, has unveiled the automated manufacturing process at its smart factory for the EV6, its firs...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
LG Elec brings GeForce Now games to smart TVs
LG Electronics Inc., the global home appliance giant, will now enable gamers to enjoy Nvidia Corp.’s game streaming service GeForce Now on the...
Nov 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
AgTech attracts global billionaires’ investment
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Softbank Group founder Masayoshi Son have recently shown a common interest in a surpr...
Oct 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung aims to unveil autonomous ships in 2022
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. last month successfully completed a sea trial of its self-operating vessel technology, which enables two autonomous shi...
Oct 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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