C-Lab startups
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung C&T, Japan’s Chiyoda collaborate in green hydrogen
South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp. is boosting its eco-friendly energy business such as in green hydrogen, a carbon-neutral alternative resou...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai E&C, KAI to develop export-type package for defense industry
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) will jointly develop an export package for ...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korean startup investments rapidly dry up in wake of SVB debacle
The shock from the collapse of American startups’ main financing artery Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has been deeply felt in the South Korean sta...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea's Hyundai E&C, KHNP to promote clean hydrogen projects
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., a major construction contractor in South Korea, signed on March 24 a memorandum of understanding (MOU) w...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean startup DeepBrain AI unveils 3D virtual human B2B technology
South Korean AI startup DeepBrain AI has unveiled a 3D virtual human B2B technology that can engage in real-time conversations, display emotional ex...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Saudi Arabia emerges as land of opportunity to Korean startups
South Korean startups rush to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where the government is keen to nurture startups with innovative and disruptive ideas and...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AI tech firm Interminds to attract up to $12 mn in Series C
South Korean startup Interminds Co., an AI developer of unmanned convenience store operations, aims to attract 10 billion won to 15 billion won ($7....
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean fashion platform Ably attracts $39 mn before Series C round
South Korea’s Ably Corp., operator of the fashion shopping app Ably, has attracted 50 billion won ($39 million) via venture debt amid the slow...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
S.Korean robot startup aims to ramp up supply by 9 times
A South Korean autonomous-driving robot startup Neubility aims to increase supply by almost nine times this year as demand for such machines in the ...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
EV fast-charging company Crocus succeeds in $5 mn Series B funding
Crocus Inc., a South Korean startup focused on energy infrastructure and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), announced on Wednesday that it rai...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility buys UK ride-hailing startup Splyt for global biz
South Korea’s Kakao Mobility Corp. said on Wednesday it has acquired the British ride-hailing startup Splyt, marking the first overseas takeov...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Boryung, Axiom Space to set up JV to explore space healthcare options
South Korea's Boryung Corp., just decades ago a mom-and-pop pharmacy, will bring its healthcare expertise to space with Axiom Space Inc., a US comme...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK C&C, Naver Cloud team up to boost AI services for Korean companies
SK C&C, a leading information technology service provider in South Korea, has announced a partnership with Naver Cloud to develop ultra-large ar...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Samsung Electronics’ new C-Lab Outside center opens in Gwangju
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday opened its second regional C-Lab Outside center in Gwangju about a month after opening the first regional startup ...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Startup Innospace launches Korea’s first private projectile
South Korean space startup Innospace said on Monday it has launched a suborbital test projectile, the country’s first private launch vehicle, ...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean startup Jobis&Villains expands to UK with tax return service
Jobis&Villains Corp., a South Korean startup that offers a tax return service called “3o3,” said on Friday that it had set up a loca...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Upstage’s AskUp offers Korea’s first GPT-4-powered chatbot service
Upstage, a South Korean AI tech startup, has unveiled a new version of its generative AI chatbot powered by GPT-4, to become the first to offer Open...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Sales of state-sponsored Korean startups up 40% in 2022
South Korean startups sponsored by the government’s information and communication technology acceleration program, dubbed K-Global Project, sa...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver D2SF invests in 3D avatar-based communication startup
Naver's startup-nurturing organization, D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), announced on Wednesday its investment in Goodgang Labs, a company focused on de...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
TravelWallet succeeds in attracting $15 mn Series C funding
South Korea's TravelWallet, a global payment service provider, announced on Wednesday that it has raised 19.7 billion won ($15 million) in Series C ...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK C&C to build advanced info systems for Nongshim's overseas corporations
South Korea's SK C&C, an IT services unit of SK Group, on Tuesday said it has started building next-generation information and communications ...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Noroo Paint, GS E&C jointly develop anti-carbonation paint for concrete
Noroo Paint, in collaboration with GS Engineering & Construction Co., announced on Tuesday the development of "Qfit Protect," a high-performance...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Ssangyong E&C wins contract for building ASML Korea campus
Ssangyong Engineering & Construction, a South Korean builder, said on Monday that it has secured a 200-billion-won ($170-million) contract to co...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai L&C targets China’s interior materials market
Hyundai L&C, a South Korean building materials company under the Hyundai Department Store Group, said on Sunday that it has entered the Chinese ...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hyundai E&C consortium breaks ground on $7 bn S-Oil Shaheen project
A South Korean consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has embarked on building 9.26 trillion won ($7 billion) petrochemical fa...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Daewoo E&C wins massive $790 million public project in Libya
South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has landed a massive order from the General Electricity Company of Libya.Daewoo E&C on F...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Hyundai Motor spins off 4 in-house startups in mobility, AI, data
Hyundai Motor Group has spun off four new in-house startups, including MOBINN with autonomous driving technology and APLAYS with AI-powered music cu...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company
South Korea's SK Networks has identified a startup specializing in AI-based devices and software platforms as a new investment target. The startup, ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
POSCO Engineering & Construction renames itself POSCO E&C
POSCO Engineering & Construction, the builder affiliate of South Korea's POSCO Group, has changed its name to "POSCO E&C" to mark the first ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's AI startup Quantit attracts $23 mn Series A investment
South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) company Vaiv Company Inc. announced on Tuesday that Quantit, its fintech subsidiary, has received a 30 bi...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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- 4 Korean startup scene is gloomy, say 2 out of 5 startup CEOs
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