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Electronics
LG boosts accessibility to home appliances for disabled people
LG Electronics Inc. on September 1 will unveil its Universal Up Kit, which enhances accessibility to home appliances, at this year's IFA, Europe&rsq...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Falling on deaf ears: Costco Korea cart pusher's death
Costco Wholesale’s co-founder Jim Sinegal had said South Korea was a “fantastic market,” where it ran its largest store in terms o...
Aug 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
S.Korea's Hanon Systems hits 'home run' with heat pump for EVs
Hanon Systems, a leading South Korean maker of automotive thermal management systems, posted surprising results in the second quarter in blowing awa...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics’ projectors sweep world’s No. 3 golf market
Screen golf centers have become another gold mine for LG Electronics Inc. thanks to Koreans’ unwavering golf enthusiasm, which has made the wo...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Advanced memory is strategic asset for Korea’s chip supremacy: Hwang
South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – has been the dominant...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Daesang's spicy rice cake project launches two products
With tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) drawing attention at home and abroad amid a South Korean food craze worldwide, domestic food company Daesang Corp....
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG unveils new home appliances upgradable like smartphones
LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a new set of home appliances upgradable through apps just like a smartphone as the company aims to transform...
Jul 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
HD Hyundai Infracore to sell excavator on TV home shopping
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Infracore Co. will be the nation’s first to sell an excavator, a piece of heavy equipment weighing nearly two...
Jul 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Road near SK On’s US plant in Georgia named SK Blvd
South Korean battery maker SK On announced on Thursday that a road near its US corporation, SK Battery America's (SKBA) site, has been renamed "SK...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Novomics expands presence in Chinese cancer market
South Korean molecular diagnostics company Novomics Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Chinese molecular d...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries gets early jump on green vessel market
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. by late next year will develop mid-size engines for ammonia-powered ships using its own technology and...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
South Korea's whisky imports surge 50% to record high
South Korea's whisky imports surged by 50% in the first half of 2023, reaching an unprecedented peak, according to trade data the Korea Customs Serv...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR Co-CEO Joe Bae meets NPS, KIC execs in S.Korea
KKR Co. Co-Chief Executive Joseph Bae made a visit to South Korea last week to meet with senior managers of the country’s top limited partners...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Electronics aims to transform into platform-based tech firm by 2030
When LG Electronics Inc. made a surprise move to ungracefully exit the mobile phone business, one of its mainstay businesses, two years ago, investo...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung's Bespoke Goes On campaign video exceeds 20 mn views
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that its Bespoke Goes On campaign video for the Bespoke refrigerator has surpassed 20 million views on ...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
CJ CheilJedang simplifies organizational structure in global push
CJ CheilJedang Corp., the South Korean food giant with more than 200 operations worldwide, has streamlined its organizational structure to facilitat...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
LG Electronics collaborates with German Playmobil for figurines
LG Electronics Inc. unveiled its collaboration with the famous German toy brand Playmobil on Thursday, creating home appliance figurines. South Kore...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
S.Korea’s contents export size surpasses home appliances, textiles
South Korea's contents export size recorded $13.3 billion last year, surpassing the export values of home appliances ($8 billion) and textile produc...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Convenience store giant BGF Retail signs IPR deal with YG Plus
South Korea's BGF Retail, which runs the leading domestic convenience store chain CU, on Monday said it will sign a deal with YG Plus, which special...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics launches TV-specific camera LG Smart Cam
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has released a TV-specific camera, LG Smart Cam.LG Smart Cam supports full HD high-resolution sho...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s KHNP wins project for tritium removal plant in Romania
State-backed Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has won a €200 million order to build a tritium removal facility (TRF) at a nuclear pow...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Elec, SM to launch home fitness app in July
LG Electronics Inc. and SM Entertainment Co. will jointly launch next month a home fitness app nine months after the project was delayed in Septem...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GM names Hector Villarreal as new CEO for S.Korean operations
General Motors (GM) on Friday named Hector Villarreal as the new president of GM Korea. After more than 40 years with the company, GM Korea Presiden...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
S.Korea’s mobile carriers seek future from service robots
South Korea’s mobile carriers are strengthening the service robot business as the sector, combined with their know-how in the telecommunicatio...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
CJ Darcl certified as best workplace in India by GPTW
CJ Logistics announced on Thursday that its Indian affiliate CJ Darcl has been certified as a 2023-2024 Best Workplace in India by GPTW, a research ...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung Elec joins global 4-day workweek push for work-life balance
Samsung Electronics Co. is joining the global four-day workweek move, albeit only partially, under its chief Jay Y. Lee’s leadership that emph...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils 2023 model TV, home appliances in China
Samsung Electronics Co. announced that it held the 2023 China Tech Seminar in Beijing, China, on Friday, unveiling the new TV and home appliance tec...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung's Bespoke life: Beyond customized to stylish
Samsung Electronics Co. has expanded the concept of Bespoke home appliances from creating customized products to creating "a stylish life" to better...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung perfects the home theater with top-notch multichannel soundbar
Samsung Electronics Co. is not only the world’s biggest TV and memory chip maker but also the global No. 1 soundbar brand thanks to its top-no...
Jun 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean AI startup ActionPower poised to outdo OpenAI, Google: CEO
ActionPower Corp. founded in 2016 is small and young compared to Big Tech companies or heavily funded startups like OpenAI but it is mighty enough t...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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