2023 Wards 10 Best Engines and Propulsion Systems
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Pension funds
Korea’s NPS bets on more local semiconductor stocks in Q2
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund with 975.6 trillion won ($754.2 billion) in assets under...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea chip exports to rebound in Oct; car, cell exports to stay firm
South Korea expected overseas sales of semiconductors, the country’s top export item, to rebound from October while the auto, secondary batter...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems pursues space internet service
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. on Tuesday announced completion of its registration the day before as a facility-based communications operator with...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel to open carbon-neutral steel lab by 2023
Hyundai Steel Co., a unit under South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Group, is set to kick off research on hydrogen-based steelmaking as its new la...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Engineering to enter EV charging maintenance, service market
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of Hyundai Motor Group, unveiled its ambitious plans on Mon...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korean startups feel bite of funding drought in H1
The drought in venture capital funding worsened in South Korea in the first half of this year, taking an especially heavy toll on platform and b...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
POSCO Int'l to build 1.26 mn tons of green hydrogen infrastructure by 2035
South Korea's largest trading company POSCO International revealed on Friday its strategy to establish a green hydrogen supply infrastructure with...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
KTO releases 49 Korean Wave tourism products
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said on Friday that it has selected 49 tourism routes developed by 19 different travel agencies, centered aroun...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
HD Hyundai Infracore to develop hydrogen gas turbine engine
HD Hyundai Infracore Co., a construction equipment unit of South Korea’s HD Hyundai Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Samsung Electronics creates $216 bn social wealth in 2022
Samsung Electronics Co. created 281.4 trillion won ($216 billion) worth of social wealth in 2022, meaning it distributed that amount of wealth to ot...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Hyundai-LG’s Indonesia battery financing chosen as Asia deal of 2022
The $711 million financing organized by Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. last year for their battery joint venture in Indonesia has bee...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Wia completes flying drone interception test
Hyundai Wia Corp., an auto parts and defense unit of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Thursday that the first shooting trial of its anti-drone syst...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
S.Korea’s best-selling premium fashion brand Time to go global
Handsome Corp., a fashion house of South Korea’s major retailer Hyundai Department Store Group, will launch The Time, an upmarket collection...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Lunit participates in Saudi's SEHA Virtual Hospital project
South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Wednesday that it will participate in the "SEHA Virtual Hospital" project, a key initiative of Sa...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
FDI pledges to S.Korea set fresh record in H1 2023
Foreign direct investment pledges to South Korea from January to June of this year soared 54.2% on-year, hitting a record high for the first-half pe...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
SK C&C to release Kospi-focused AI investment strategy service
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, will create an artificial intelligence (AI) inve...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's T&R Biofab secures patent in Japan for 3D-printed liver
South Korea's regenerative medicine company T&R Biofab Co. on Monday said it obtained a patent in Japan for production technology for liver or...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE bags $2.3 bn in vessel orders, achieves 90% of 2023 target
South Korea’s biggest shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) has recently bagged over 3 trillion won ($2.3...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Uplus, Kakao Mobility to form EV charging JV
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and transportation company Kakao Mobility announced on Monday their strategic allian...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 6 shows off 3rd-longest driving range in US
The IONIQ 6, the first fully electric sedan by Hyundai Motor Co., has been named one of the top three distance champions in the US based on tests by...
Jul 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG sees $76 bn in 2023 vehicle system order backlog
The automotive electronics business is emerging as a new cash cow for South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc., a household name in the home applianc...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Nongshim’s Baeksansu, Disney to collaborate character products
South Korea's instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. announced on Friday that it will release a collaborative product featuring Disney character images o...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI expands cooperation with EV makers
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, is expanding cooperation with its customers including General Motors C...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS logs 8.6% return on investment as of end-April 2023
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has logged an 8.63% profit in fund management in January-April this year thanks to strong equity ...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
CJ Olive Young to develop inner beauty as new growth engine
South Korea's top beauty chain CJ Olive Young said on Thursday that it plans to capitalize on the growing market for inner beauty, positioning it as...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 named Best EV of 2023 in US
Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric vehicle IONIQ 6 has been named Car and Driver's 2023 EV of the Year on Thursday. According to Hyundai Motor, IONIQ...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Arkema buys S.Korea's PI Advanced for about $800 mn
Arkema, a French specialty materials producer, on Wednesday signed an agreement to purchase a 54.07% stake in South Korea’s PI Advanced Materi...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS develops AI coding solution based on ChatGPT
LG CNS, the information technology service arm of LG Group, announced on Wednesday that it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based code ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to inject more than $2.3 bn in quantum science, tech by 2035
South Korea will pour more than 3 trillion won ($2.3 billion) into quantum science and technology by 2035, aiming to become the world’s fourth...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics targets EdTech market in US
LG Electronics Inc. is showcasing a lineup of acclaimed products designed for the education sector at the International Society for Technology in Ed...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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