Asian high-tech supply chain
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung showcases HBM3E DRAM, automotive chips
SILICON VALLEY -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday showcased a number of new-concept, next-generation DRAM chips, including the industry’s mo...
Oct 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix showcases cutting-edge CXL, AiM memory at OCP Summit
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Friday it showcased its next-generation memo...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Samyang Foods launches TomYum Buldak Ramen in US
South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. announced on Friday it began to release the new export-exclusive product of Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, or Buldak Rame...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Lee's urges to keep ‘super gap’ in semiconductor technology
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Thursday visited the construction site of the global memory chip giant’s new semiconductor rese...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung eyes next-generation 5 nm eMRAM auto chip by 2027
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it aims to develop a next-generation 5-nanometer-processed aut...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
HD Hyundai Infracore to develop truck battery packs
South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. plans to enter the electric commercial vehicle market through the development of truck batteries.The company ...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
S.Korean VCs go global for breakthrough
South Korean venture capitalists are actively discovering attractive investment assets overseas to find a breakthrough amid a prolonged local VC dro...
Oct 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia sign power chip supply, tech tie-up deal with Infineon
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group has formed a strategic partnership with German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG to secure a ...
Oct 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare wins Remsima order in France, Italy
South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. announced on Wednesday its autoimmune disease treatment Remsima (ingredient: infliximab) has won a bid for ho...
Oct 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Nongshim invests $7.4 mn to nurture food tech startups
South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co., unveiled plans on Wednesday to pump 10 billion won ($7.4 million) into venture funds, aiming to d...
Oct 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lululemon opens logistics center in S.Korea
Global sports brand Lululemon Athletica Inc. opened its first logistics center in South Korea. It's located in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province. This ...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Chemicals, Estée Lauder to co-work for eco-friendly packaging
South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. announced on Tuesday a partnership with Estée Lauder, the leading global cosmetics brand, to integrate circula...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Noul to export $1.4 mn in malaria diagnostic kits to Angola
South Korean in-vitro diagnostics maker Noul Co. has signed an exclusive sales deal in Angola on the company’s malaria diagnostic platform wor...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Robot dog Spot patrols Kia auto plant late at night
South Korean carmaker Kia Corp. ’s plant in Hwaseong, a southern suburb of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, is guarded late at night by Spot, a fou...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GI Innovation transfers allergy treatment tech to Japan
South Korea's GI Innovation Inc. announced on Monday it has transferred its allergy treatment "GI-301" to the Japanese pharmaceutical company Maruho...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Innotek gains int'l licensor status for EV charging tech
South Korean electronic parts maker LG Innotek has received global recognition for its international standard patents for electric vehicle (EV) char...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare to supply Yuflyma to US pharmacy chain
South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. has inked a deal with the US specialty pharmacy chain CarePartners Pharmacy to supply its autoimmune disease ...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG waging fierce war in OLED screen panels
South Korea’s Samsung Display and LG Display Co. are locked in a fierce war for supremacy in manufacturing OLED panels for monitors amid boomi...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Hanwha Robotics produces kitchen automation robots
South Korea’s Hanwha Robotics on Sunday announced its signing of an agreement on the development and commercial use of a robotics system for k...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
KFC Korea to start franchise business for faster growth
Fast food chain KFC said on Friday it will begin franchise store operations in South Korea next year, when the company will mark 40 years of busines...
Oct 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Ably, Meta develop AI-based ad measurement tech
South Korean fashion commerce platform Ably Corp. on Thursday announced the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology for as...
Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul to launch AI chatbot service for foreign visitors' tour planning
Seoul city government is in talks with tech firms including Google LLC, Microsoft Corp. and Naver Corp. to provide foreigners with artificial intell...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Energy Q3 profit at record high on gains from US battery tax credit
LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s leading battery makers, said on Wednesday its operating profit soared to a record high in the th...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startups join push to champion satellite data analytics market
Artificial intelligence is making big changes everywhere, even in space. Joining an AI-controlled space war, South Korean startups armed with AI tec...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem to supply cathode materials to Toyota's N.American plant
LG Chem Ltd. will supply cathode materials to Toyota Motor's North American battery plant, with the South Korean company concluding its second long-...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec to launch HBM4 in 2025 to win war in AI sector
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, aims to introduce sixth-generation top-performance High Bandwidth Memory4 (HBM4) DR...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix pins high hopes on specialty DRAM for AI use: CEO
In the semiconductor industry, it’s been quite a while since memory chips became a commodity, meaning so low an entry barrier that any chipmak...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung, SK granted indefinite US waiver on chip gear supplies to China
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, have been granted an indefinite waiver on semiconductor ...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to hike Exter SUV output to capitalize on void in India
Hyundai Motor Co. plans to ramp up the production of its compact sport utility vehicle Exter in India to capitalize on the void in the entry-level S...
Oct 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS fills basket with China reopening, cosmetics shares; tech firms sold
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) sold electronics, information technology and content-related shares in the third quarter, and fil...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)