Busan Mobility Show
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Corporate strategy
Samsung launches new growth engine control tower at mobile division
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips and smartphones, has created a business control tower within its Digital eX...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha clinches $2.4 bn Australian armored vehicle deal
Hanwha Aerospace Co. has won a $2.4 billion armored vehicle supply deal to Australia, adding to expectations that the South Korean defense industry ...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec joins governing body of SOAFEE
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it became the ninth member of the governing body of the Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge ...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Ananti to go solo in Busan without Hilton
Ananti Inc. will end its six-year-long partnership with Hilton Hotels & Resorts by removing the global hotel giant's nameplate from its luxury s...
Dec 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Renault Korea to equip Tmap Mobility infotainment in new vehicle
Renault Korea Motors announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for future infotainment collaboration to provide d...
Nov 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung launches next-generation chip process development unit
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has launched a business unit tasked with developing next-generation chip proces...
Nov 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor’s Uniwheel offers new paradigm for future mobility
Mobility has evolved at an incredible pace over the years. But there’s one thing that hardly changes – the configuration of the drivetra...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to spur generative AI service for new growth: CEO
LG Uplus Corp., a leading mobile carrier in South Korea, is accelerating its generative artificial intelligence business as a new growth driver amid...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
KG Mobility may lose its name to trademark troll
KG Mobility Corp., South Korean automaker specializing in sport utility vehicles, is on the brink of losing its new name, which could deal a blow to...
Nov 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kakao Mobility looks abroad to expand taxi services
South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. is expanding overseas services in the face of criticism over its business practices, including the alleged ...
Nov 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
KG Mobility unveils Torres in Egypt
South Korean automaker KG Mobility Corp. said on Wednesday that the company unveiled its mid-sized sport utility vehicle (SUV) Torres in Egypt, aimi...
Nov 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee heads to Europe for partner meetup, Busan Expo
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee has embarked on a business trip to Europe as he seeks to tighten cooperation with Samsung’s key bu...
Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea turns more upbeat about economic recovery
South Korea is more hopeful about a gradual recovery in the economy, driven largely by revived global demand for its mainstay export semiconductors,...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
KG Mobility seeks to expand into Vietnam
South Korean automaker KG Mobility Corp. said on Friday it had sought to expand strategic cooperation, including entering the Vietnamese market, aft...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Elec to venture into US EV charger market in 2024
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is readying to enter the US electric vehicle charger market with the launch of EV chargers in the first half...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao Mobility seeks to buy European taxi platform FreeNow
Kakao Mobility Corp., a ride-hailing service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is planning to acquire FreeNow, a European taxi platform o...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix’s new LPDDR5T chip shipped to Vivo for X100 smartphones
SK Hynix Inc. said on Monday it has commercialized the world’s fastest mobile DRAM by shipping its new advanced mobile chips, LPDDR5T, to Chin...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus buys pet Airbnb-style startup to boost pet care services
LG Uplus Corp. has acquired a domestic dog space rental startup Along as the South Korean mobile carrier is zooming in on pet care services as its n...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Polestar 4 EV to be built at Renault’s Korean plant from 2025
Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar will build its upcoming Polestar 4 SUV coupe at Renault Group’s manufacturing plant in South Korea fro...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Telecom’s Q3 profit up on brisk data center, cloud sales
SK Telecom Co.'s third-quarter operating profit increased 7% on-year, becoming the only South Korean mobile carrier posting an on-year gain in profi...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom invests in AI startups Allganize, Imprimed
SK Telecom Co. has invested a combined 9.4 billion won ($7.2 million) in artificial intelligence startups Allganize Inc. and Imprimed Inc., the top ...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Kakao in emergency mode under regulatory, antitrust probes
Kim Beom-soo, founder and chairman of South Korea’s largest mobile platform Kakao Corp., convened an emergency meeting with some 20 chief exec...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
KG Mobility, BYD to team up for battery pack, hybrid car
South Korea's KG Mobility Corp. has partnered with China's largest electric vehicle company BYD to build a battery pack factory in South Korea. They...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shilla Duty Free partners with Line Pay to attract Asian tourists
South Korea's The Shilla Duty Free announced it partnered with Line Pay Taiwan to attract South Asian tourism on Thursday. Line Pay is the top mobil...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
South Korean steelmakers face longer winter
South Korean steelmakers, including the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker POSCO, are facing a longer-than-expected winter in steel demand as th...
Oct 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Lotte Wellfood promotes Pepero Day in New York
South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Thursday it has started the global campaign for Pepero in the US, the company's iconic chocolate-cover...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix logs Q3 losses; to ship LPDDR5T to Qualcomm
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s No. 2 memory chipmaker, on Thursday reported its fourth straight quarterly loss, but narrowed the shortfall thanks ...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis opens smart logistics R&D center G-Lab
South Korean shipping and logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Wednesday it has opened a research and development (R&D) space for s...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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POSCO Int’l determined to outsmart Japanese trading firms
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., will step up its efforts to outsmart ...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Mobile carrier LG Uplus makes inroads into EV charger market
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s mobile and broadband service provider, has released the prototype of its first electric vehicle charger to make ...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)