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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare enters top 10 in hospital prescriptions in Turkey
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare Co. on Thursday said it ranked in the top 10 out of 400 companies last year on the Turki...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom, SNU Hospital to develop AI diagnosis tool for autism
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and Seoul National University Hospital have developed an AI-powered diagnosis tool for the early det...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Samsung Electronics gets highest-level certification from AWS
South Korea's electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. has achieved the highest level of "Platinum" certification from the Alliance for Water Stewa...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Ecoplant Americas completes fuel cell project at US hospitals
SK Ecoplant Americas has completed a project to supply and install solid oxide fuel cells at US hospitals in collaboration with Bloom Energy. The pr...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Samsung suspends business with select software partner companies
Samsung Electronics Co. has recently “suspended transactions” with select software partner companies through regular auditing, with arou...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
H2O Hospitality signs MOU with Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia
H2O Hospitality Ltd., a South Korean company specializing in digital transformation in the hospitality and leisure industries, announced on Monday t...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
H2O Hospitality rebrands itself as it eyes Middle East expansion
H2O Hospitality, a hospitality tech company that provides digital solutions for the hotel and tourism industry, said on Tuesday that it has rebrande...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fraud scandals
Hankook Tire chairman arrested for alleged embezzlement
The head of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, was arrested on Thursday on charges of embezzlement, breach of tr...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Yoon’s US visit to test Biden’s trust as ally over chip, battery issues
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s summit meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden next month will celebrate 70 years of the Korea-US sec...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
NGeneBio's diagnostic products start to be used in clinical tests in Vietnam
South Korea's medical diagnostics company NGeneBio Co. said on Wednesday that it is expanding its business in the Southeast Asian precision diagnost...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lunit exports AI imaging analysis solution to Brazil
South Korea's medical imaging startup Lunit said on Monday it has signed a software licensing agreement with Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean hospitality startup Jienem enters Vietnam with local partners
Guesthouse accommodation service provider Jienem is revving up to enter the Vietnamese market.The South Korean startup announced Wednesday that it s...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Korean startup CEOs’ ethical scandals emerge as major risk factor
Several South Korean startups have recently been hit hard by their CEOs’ unethical behavior and business-related misconduct, leading to a lo...
Nov 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
CHA Healthcare buys major Australian fertility center
South Korea’s medical center operator CHA Healthcare Co. said on Monday it has acquired the management rights of Fertility Specialists of West...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Rolls-Royce awards Hanwha Aerospace for trusted partnership
South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co., has been chosen as one of the best partners of Rolls-Royce, the world’s leading aircraft engine ma...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Hyundai Robotics, Vodafone to provide service robots in Germany
South Korean robotics firm Hyundai Robotics Co. announced it signed a letter of intent for a business partnership with global telecommunications gia...
May 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Koh Young’s medical robot conducts 100 brain surgeries a year
Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean 3D imagery tech company listed on the Kosdaq, announced on Tuesday that its medical robot Kymero has condu...
Jan 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
KT, Samsung Medical Center extend ties in building robot-driven hospitals
KT Corp. and Samsung Group’s medical facility Samsung Medical Center (SMC) have made another step forward in creating a next-generation hospit...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Koh Young’s medical robot KYMERO expands foothold in Korean hospitals
Koh Young Technology Inc., Korea’s leading maker of 3D optical inspection devices used in electronics manufacturing, has further strengthened ...
Jul 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Korean medical robot opens a new era of neurosurgery in large hospitals
South Korea’s first neurosurgery robot, developed by 3D inspection device maker Koh Young Technology Inc., is ready to join the medical robot ma...
Nov 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Teachers’ Pension picks as CIO ex-Ascendas-Singbridge Korea head
South Korea’s Teachers Pension said on Sept. 5 that it has chosen as chief investment officer Kyuhong Lee, ex-CEO of Ascendas-Singbridge Korea, a Sing...
Sep 05, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ascendas buys $69 mn Seoul hotel from KTCU-backed fund
Singapore’s Ascendas Hospitality Trust has acquired a hotel in downtown Seoul for 77.5 billion won ($69 million) from a South Korean real estate fund ...
Nov 30, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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KDB Infra invests $60 mn in Turkey’s hospital PPP debt
KDB Infrastructure Investment Asset Management Co. Ltd. (KIAMCO) has invested 65 billion won ($61 million) in a debt on one of Turkey’s largest hospit...
Jan 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Ascendas-Singbridge buys mid-sized building in Seoul for $92 mn
Singapore’s Ascendas-Singbridge Group closed the acquisition of a newly-built office building in Seoul for S$124.3 million ($92.3 million) this week, ...
Nov 24, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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NPS concerned over loss of trust; CIO calls for going back to basics
The ongoing investigations into the National Pension Service (NPS) by special prosecutors have crippled the South Korean fund’s operations, and its ch...
Jan 03, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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