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  • Leadership & Management
    SK On Vice Chair Chey Jae-won sees greater growth potential in 2024

    Chey Jae-won, executive senior vice chairman of SK On Co., a leading South Korean battery maker, said on Thursday he expects the...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Robotics
    S.Korea to spend $2.3 bn to quadruple robot market by 2030

    South Korea’s public and private sectors will together invest more than 3 trillion won ($2.3 billion) by 2030 to nearly qu...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Aerospace & Defense
    KAI inks support deals for exported fighter jets to Poland

    Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, agreed with Polish companies on ...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Food & Beverage
    Fried chicken chain bhc to enter Thailand in 2024

    South Korea’s No. 2 fried chicken brand bhc Group announced on Thursday that it signed a master franchise agreement with...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Pension funds
    Korea's NPS taps Jun Ahn as real estate investment head

    National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, appointed Jun Ahn (Ahn Jun-sang) as...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Robotics
    Doosan Robotics to expand cobot business in Europe

    Doosan Robotics Inc., the robot-developing unit of South Korea’s Doosan Group, will supply collaborative robots to Amsterd...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Leadership & Management
    Booyoung Group donates 600 buses to Laos

    South Korea’s Booyoung Group donated 600 buses to Laos. According to the group on Thursday, the Chairman of Booyoung Grou...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Leadership & Management
    Hankook prepared to defend MBK Partners’ takeover bid: Chairman Cho

    Cho Hyun-bum, chairman of Hankook & Company Co., the holding firm of South Korea’s top tire maker Hankook Tire & T...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Batteries
    POSCO develops EV battery material for lithium extraction

    POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Thursday it has developed a key material used for recovering lithium from ore and saltwater jointly...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    SK Telecom launches AI-based phone interpreting service

    South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. has launched an artificial intelligence-based telephone interpreting servi...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean games
    NCSOFT included in DJSI Asia Pacific Index

    South Korea’s major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. announced on Thursday that it was listed on the Dow Jones ...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Energy
    SeAH Wind bags $1.1 bn wind turbine monopile order in UK

    South Korean steelmaker SeAH Steel Holdings Corp. said on Thursday its UK subsidiary SeAH Wind Ltd. has won a £900 million...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Bio & Pharma
    Lunit acquires NZ-based AI diagnostics firm Volpara

    South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Thursday that it will acquire New Zealand-based AI breast cancer diagnostics ...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Fintech
    Line Next attracts $140 mn to globally expand NFT platform

    Line Next Corp., a digital asset affiliate of South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp., has attracted $140 million in a fund...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean chipmakers
    Samsung to relocate packaging unit workplace to lure talent

    Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is set to relocate its advanced packaging department’s wo...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Food & Beverage
    CJ Foodville attracts $54 mn investment from Arges PE

    CJ Foodville, the food service subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group and the operator of bakery brand Tous les Jours announced on...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Hyundai Motor to offer China-made Sonata taxis in S.Korea

    Hyundai Motor Co. will import Sonata taxis manufactured in China to South Korea in response to strong demand from local taxi dri...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean innovators at CES 2024
    Kia to unveil new PBV lineup at CES 2024

    Kia Corp. announced on Thursday that it plans to participate in the world’s biggest consumer technology trade show CES. ...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)