AD Awards of the year
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Global smartphone shipments to edge lower in 2023: IDC
Global smartphone shipments will decline 1.1% this year to 1.2 billion units, down from the previous 2.8% growth forecast due to weak demand and m...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korean inflation rises at slowest rate in 10 months in February
South Korea’s headline inflation gain eased in February, rising at the slowest pace in 10 months on a drop in oil product prices but utility p...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics wins US air conditioning award for 7th year
LG Electronics Inc. said on Monday that it has won a performance award from the Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), a US...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung launches new TV ad campaign in London ahead of global release
Samsung Electronics Co. is ramping up its marketing efforts for its latest line of high-end TVs, including the 2023 Neo QLED 8K model, with a giant ...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion ex-Chairman Seo set to return to management; group stocks rally
South Korea’s biosimilar giant Celltrion Group’s founder and Honorary Chairman Seo Jung-jin is readying to return to management just two...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.8 bn EV battery plant in US
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 electric vehicle battery maker, is set to build a plant in the US with General Motors Co., spending about 5...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
S.Korea's Igaworks inks deal with Thai ad agency for data solutions
Igaworks, a big data platform company from South Korea, announced on Thursday a strategic partnership and solution supply deal with YDM Thailand, th...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Korea's Innogrid wins contract for open cloud platform project
Innogrid Co., a South Korean company specializing in cloud computing and digital transformation, said on Thursday that it secured a three-year deal ...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea ranks fifth in global auto output for third straight year
South Korea’s auto production last year ranked fifth worldwide for the third year in a row.A report on world automotive output from the Korea ...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea's K Bank posts highest net profit in 2022
K Bank, a South Korean Internet-only bank, reported a net profit of 83.6 billion won ($63.6 million) in 2022, which nearly quadrupled compared to th...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s exports drop for 5th straight month in Feb on plunging chip sales
South Korea’s exports shrank 7.5% year over year in February on a plunge in shipments of its mainstay export item semiconductors amid the glob...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
EastarJet to resume flights after three years of suspension
South Korean budget carrier EastarJet will resume flights on the domestic Gimpo-Jeju route on Mar. 26 after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 ...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean e-commerce Coupang logs profits in Q3-Q4 2022
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. achieved record-high yearly revenue and operating profits for two consecutive quarters between July to De...
Mar 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK IE Technology mulls adding LiBS factory in US, says SKIET president
SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a global top lithium-ion battery separator (LiBS) player under South Korea’s energy and battery maker SK Innovat...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Huons gets approval to supply anesthetics to Canada
Huons Co., a South Korean pharmaceutical company, has announced plans to expand its presence in the North American market by offering two anesthetic...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hanwha Solutions receives green certification for recycled plastic materials
South Korean chemical and renewable energy firm Hanwha Solutions Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has received a global certification for its recy...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Iljin Materials to change its name to Lotte Energy Materials
Lotte Chemical Corp., a South Korean petrochemical giant, will rename Iljin Materials Co., the country’s second-largest copper foil maker, as ...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea's Kumho Tire sponsors Touring Car Championship
Kumho Tire Co. announced on Monday its title sponsorship of the Touring Car Championship (TCR), a global touring car competition, with the organizer...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Jetema applies to test its botulinum toxin in US from July
South Korea's bio-esthetic pharmaceutical company Jetema Co. will hold clinical trials in the US to advance to the American market, the world's bigg...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Elec honored with BPW Gold Award for advancing gender equality
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Sunday that it has been honored with the 28th BPW Gold Award from the Korea Federation of Business & Profession...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel's sustainability report wins gold prize in US
South Korea's steelmaker Hyundai Steel announced Sunday that its integrated report 2022 Beyond Steel has been recognized for its excellence by a wor...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Four Hyundai, Kia models win US IIHS top safety awards
Hyundai Motor Group’s four models earned the safest vehicle awards even with a tougher crash test by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safet...
Feb 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korean firms scurry to expand nickel, lithium supply chains
South Korea’s leading companies such as SK, POSCO, LG and LX are scurrying to expand their supply chains for lithium and nickel, key raw mater...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
OLED tech leads trends on premium TV market
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) products account for over 30% of the global premium TV market, attesting to the technology's emergence as the st...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia to join global small EV war with new models
Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, will aim at the world’s affordable small electric vehicle segments with new models as ...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group's 23 vehicle models win Editor's Choice Awards
Hyundai Motor Group made an announcement on Thursday, saying that its major vehicles had been selected as the best models at the 2023 Editor's Choic...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom, NTT Docomo jointly publish technical white paper
SK Telecom Co. announced on Wednesday that it had published a technical white paper on 6G common requirements and 5G base station power-saving measu...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
S.Korean investors eye VC, growth equity in tech: Adams Street
Many investors are questioning whether private markets will stay bullish amid uncertainty in 2023. The markets will continue to generate interesting...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea hits historic low fertility rate in 2022, adding to economic woes
South Korea saw its fertility rate, which has been already the world’s lowest in the past few years, hit its historic low of 0.78 last year, a...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung maintains No.1 position in global TV market
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. maintained its No. 1 position in the global TV market in 2022, accounting for nearly 30% of TV sales, ac...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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