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Bio & Pharma
Making the safest bio-based personal care material
BJ Biochem Inc. is a startup that develops various differentiated materials in the preservatives, disinfectants and surface active agent (surfactant...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Zuckerberg meets with Samsung executives over Meta Quest Pro
SILICON VALLEY – Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc., has met with senior officials of Samsung Electronics C...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Experts define goal of AI tech development as cooperation with humans
Renowned artificial intelligence (AI) scholar Masashi Sugiyama said his research goal is to develop AI that can work and learn alongside people.Su...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea rejects patent claims for AI-invented products
South Korea’s intellectual property office has rejected patent applications that claimed an artificial intelligence system as their inventor, ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom commercial feature AI human to promote content platform
South Korea’s major telecom company SK Telecom Co. has adopted a virtual human to feature in one of its commercial ads for the first time in t...
Sep 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG fridges, TVs to leverage embedded AI to distinguish human voices
LG Electronics Inc., an industry frontrunner in applying artificial intelligence to home appliances, has unveiled a new speaker identification techn...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Direct lending, middle market offer resilience: NYLIM
There is no doubt that headwinds to economic and market growth are picking up. Globally, supply chain and energy disruptions have contributed to hig...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Samsung family’s shareholdings shrink by $8 bn in one year
Samsung Group’s four heirs to the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee have seen their group company shareholdings shrink by a combined 11 trillion won (...
Sep 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon late founder’s family inherits all his shares
The wife and two daughters of Nexon’s late founder Kim Jung-ju have inherited all his shares in the game developer’s holding company NXC...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Precision Biosensor enters Italy with chemical test kits
South Korea’s diagnostic devices supplier Precision Biosensor Inc. has signed an export contract with Italian medical device company Borden Ch...
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG unveils AI ethics principles focusing on respect to humans
LG Group announced on Wednesday artificial intelligence ethics principles focusing on respect for humans that employees in the sector must follow as...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Popular app operators in South Korea race to create super apps
App operators in South Korea are in stiff competition to create super apps – as clear winners have emerged in different business sectors.The d...
Aug 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s top beauty chain CJ Olive Young puts IPO on hold
CJ Olive Young, South Korea’s top beauty store chain, has suspended its process to seek a stock market listing, becoming the latest major loca...
Aug 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup CEOs suffer depression, anxiety: survey
About one-third of South Korean startups' chief executives are more prone to stress and depression than general adults, with funding constraints and...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Samsung Elec. showcases virtual playground on Roblox
Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled a virtual playground within Roblox, the world’s top metaverse game platform with 54 million users a day, as t...
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink to hold K-pop’s first in-game concert on PUBG mobile game
Blackpink, the female K-pop idol group, will hold an in-game concert, the first such event by Korean pop artists, in collaboration with Krafton Inc....
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startups turn to restructuring amid liquidity concerns
Hit by shrinking liquidity around the globe, startups in South Korea are coming up with different ways to cut costs, most notably in human resources...
Jul 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
DeepBrain AI to bring back deceased loved ones – virtually
Perhaps we will soon not be remembering our loved ones only through photos.Imagine a virtual rendition of the deceased speaking at his or her memori...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Pet health: Korean genetic testing firms' new target market
South Korean direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing companies are rushing to the veterinary diagnostics market where they see greater potential gr...
Jun 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Mirae Asset Securities develops world's first virtual trading system
Mirae Asset Securities Co. announced Thursday it has developed the prototype for the world’s first virtual trading system (VTS,) which allows ...
Jun 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
LG CNS launches virtual factory and lab business
LG CNS announced Thursday it will launch a new business of developing virtual factories and labs as part of its broader digital transformation offer...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Virtual humans expand territory in real world
Virtual humans are taking an active part in the real world, expanding their influence in various sectors such as advertising, music, commerce and ed...
May 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
VA Corp. to build Asia’s largest virtual studio with LG’s LED displays
VA Corp. (VAC), a South Korean visual effects production startup, is building Asia’s largest virtual studio complex equipped with super-large ...
May 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus eyes metaverse niches for office workers, kids
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. will target specific groups of customers such as office workers and preschoolers for its metaverse platforms, set...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
SUV, minivan sales reach 52% of car market in Q1
Sales of leisure vehicles in South Korea, primarily sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and minivans, exceeded half of domestic finished car sales in the ...
Apr 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Group’s confectionery and food shares jump 5% on merger news
Shares of both Lotte Confectionery and Lotte Food rose more than 5% Thursday on expectations of synergy effects from their upcoming merger. A d...
Mar 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Korean ad agencies vying for bigger slice of virtual space
South Korean advertisement agencies, led by Innocean Worldwide Inc. and Cheil Worldwide Inc., are stepping up efforts to acquire digital technology ...
Mar 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung family set to sell $320 mn worth of SDS shares
Samsung Group family is set to sell a 3.9% stake in Samsung SDS Co. worth 390 billion won ($319.5 million) through a block deal. The seller is one o...
Mar 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shares in Nexon, two listed arms rise on M&A hopes
The unexpected death of Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju stoked market speculation about a possible change in its ownership structure and top management, s...
Mar 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Zuckerberg-backed family office bets on Korean golf platform
ICONIQ Capital, a US family office backed by Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has invested 50 billion won ($42 million) in Smartscore, a South ...
Jan 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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