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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis to unveil new future mobility technologies at CES 2023
Korea's largest auto parts supplier Hyundai Mobis will take part in CES 2023, the world's largest info tech exhibition, to showcase cutting-edge t...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Foundry: Driving force behind digital transformation
As the contract chip manufacturing, or foundry, business is quickly emerging as the next battlefield for the world’s major chipmakers, The Korea...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung sets sights on GAA tech to overtake TSMC in foundry
As the contract chip manufacturing, or foundry, business is quickly emerging as the next battlefield for the world’s major chipmakers, The Korea...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Postech to develop materials, parts talent
Samsung Electro-Mechanics on Sunday said it has teamed up with Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech) to develop outstanding human re...
Nov 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis unveils gesture-based display control tech
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest automotive supplier, has developed technology for the first time in the industry to allow drivers...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS to design smart city system for Indonesia's new capital
South Korea's LG CNS will provide a smart city design for Indonesia's new capital of Nusantara. The company on Tuesday said it signed the day before...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec to launch total care service for home appliances
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, is launching a total care service for products in South Korea to enhance after-sale...
Nov 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Elec to bet on healthcare, mobility, metaverse in N.America
LG Electronics Inc., the global top home appliance maker, will bet on the healthcare, mobility and metaverse sectors in North America through invest...
Nov 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Danggeun Market launches professional advertising solution
South Korean startup Danggeun Market, the operator of the country’s largest neighborhood marketplace app Karrot, is ramping up efforts to incr...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Intake bets on alternative meat, zero-calorie drinks for future of food tech
South Korean food tech startup Intake Corp. sells a wide range of meat alternatives, such as plant-based egg substitutes and vegan burger patties.&n...
Nov 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG, Altair build AI-powered validation platform for automotive parts
LG Electronics Inc., an industry frontrunner in applying artificial intelligence to home appliances, said on Wednesday it has joined forces with Alt...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSOFT invests $15 million in blockchain company Mysten Labs
NCSOFT Corp., which announced early this year plans to install non-fungible token (NFT) technology in the global version of its online role-playing ...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Microsoft CEO Nadella to speak at developers' forum in Seoul
Microsoft Korea said on Tuesday that it will host Microsoft Ignite Spotlight on Korea, an annual conference for developers and IT professionals, on ...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea's SKT aims for $32 bn in corporate value via AI tech by 2026
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. is aiming to quadruple its corporate value, currently around 11 trillion won ($7.9 billion), b...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s new NAND boasts industry’s highest storage capacity
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has begun mass producing its latest NAND chip, which features the industry&rsqu...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s 1st export decline in 2 years dims BOK’s big-step rate hike outlook
South Korea’s exports fell for the first time in two years in October, posting a trade deficit for seven months in a row – the clearest ...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS hires new employees based on computer coding skills
LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, is hiring new employees based on computer coding skills regardless of the candidates...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
KIC to focus on tech ventures, private debt, infrastructure
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to look for opportunities in private debt and venture capital investment with mid- to long-term gro...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec to expand foundry business to tackle TSMC
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest foundry company, is set to expand production technology of chips for automobiles, sensors ...
Oct 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea to widen tech gap with global shipbuilding rivals
South Korea, the world’s largest shipbuilding country, will expand its production of high-value-added specialized vessels, such as liquefied h...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao’s power outage casts doubts over growth strategies
South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. is facing increasing concern over its growth strategies centered on business expansions throug...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hansol Group, KAIST to launch new tech, AI research center
South Korea’s Hansol Group and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have agreed to establish a research center to de...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK takes another big step hike as weak won lifts prices
South Korea’s central bank on Wednesday delivered its second 50-basis-point policy interest rate hike as the ailing won currency adds to infla...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Experts define goal of AI tech development as cooperation with humans
Renowned artificial intelligence (AI) scholar Masashi Sugiyama said his research goal is to develop AI that can work and learn alongside people.Su...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders regain top post, to profit from higher ship prices
South Korea’s three major shipbuilders have regained the world’s No. 1 title in terms of ship orders and are expected to swing to profit...
Oct 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung Q3 earnings disappoint on weak chip business
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, missed third-quarter earnings estimates on the weak semiconductor business and its ...
Oct 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung says no memory output cut, to widen tech gap with rivals
SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is not considering slashing its memory chip production despi...
Oct 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung unveils 1.4 nm tech roadmap to challenge TSMC’s dominance
SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday it will adopt the industry’s most advanced 1.4-nanometer chip production technol...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Naver Cloud seeks win-win strategy with K-startups in overseas market
NEW YORK – The chief executive officer of Naver Cloud Park Won-ki said that if South Korean startups using the company’s cloud services ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean conglomerates increase AI R&D hubs overseas
South Korean conglomerates are increasingly looking overseas as bases of their artificial intelligence research centers to build strong networks wit...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)