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Retail
Lotte considering opening In-N-Out Burger stores in S.Korea
One of US' leading burger brands, In-N-Out, is considering entering the South Korean market. After recently opening a pop-up store in Seoul, the bur...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Battery materials firms revive Korean cities with new plants
As South Korean battery materials companies such as LG Chem Ltd., POSCO Future M Co. and EcoPro Co. aggressively step up facility investment, they a...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Tmap Mobility to launch EV charging delivery service
South Korean navigation app company Tmap Mobility announced on Tuesday that it will launch a mobile electric vehicle (EV) charging delivery service ...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
POSCO to raise steel plant safety with robots
POSCO Research Institute, a think tank under South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO Group, on Sunday said it signed an agreement with Withrobot an...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Woori Bank Vietnam, Samsung Vina Insurance team up for bancassurance
South Korea's Woori Bank revealed on Thursday that its Vietnamese operation, Woori Bank Vietnam, has signed a property insurance business agreement ...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus, Hyundai Elevator to launch AI-based management service
LG Uplus Corp. on Monday said it released Miri View, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based elevator passenger safety system developed with Hyundai E...
Jun 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
KB Financial, Sompo Japan team up for boosting nursing care services
South Korea's KB Financial Group and Japan's Sompo Holdings announced on Friday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on nursing care s...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
US emerges key to Korea’s nuclear power plants exports to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, which is seeking to build two 1.4 gigawatts (GW) nuclear power plants, is demanding that the US allow uranium enrichment, according to...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Mirae Asset Securities, Near Protocol team up for blockchain techs
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for collaborative research in bloc...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG, FuriosaAI to jointly develop next-generation AI chip
LG AI Research Institute announced on Wednesday its strategic alliance with FuriosaAI, South Korea’s fabless chip designer. The partnership ...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Team from KAIST wins Quadruped Robot Challenge of UK
A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has won the Quadruped Robot Challenge of the UK, easily beating models fr...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Yanolja teams up with SE Asia's largest travel platform
South Korea's tourism platform unicorn Yanolja announced on Monday that it will expand its overseas travel services by linking with Traveloka, a ren...
Jun 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
HYBE in talks to raise $380 million to reach beyond K-pop: Bloomberg
HYBE Co., the South Korean entertainment powerhouse behind BTS, is said to be seeking to finance about 500 billion won ($380 million) to bring more ...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
S.Korea warns of stern response in case of N.Korea satellite launch
The launch of North Korea's first military reconnaissance satellite has entered a “countdown”. North Korea notified the Japanese governm...
May 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung takes steps toward XR device processor chips
Samsung Electronics Co. has been taking steps to develop extended reality (XR) device processor chips to challenge Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Go...
May 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Asiana Airlines suspends selling seats next to emergency exit doors
South Korea’s Asiana Airlines Inc., which had an incident of landing with the emergency exit door open, will not sell seats next to the emerge...
May 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia team up with 11 universities for vehicle electrification
South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. are joining forces with leading South Korean universities to pioneer adva...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
S.Korea's UAM group to develop tourism transportation on southern coast
Urban air transportation (UAM) in South Korea will open a tourism road on the country's southern coast, which is dubbed "the nation's Mediterranean ...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hyosung Chemical makes emergency investment in crisis-hit Vietnamese subsidiary
Hyosung Chemical announced on Monday that it will invest $120 million in its Vietnamese subsidiary, Hyosung Vina Chemicals Co.Hyosung Vina Chemicals...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Funds from West to emerging Asia power S.Korean stocks
Foreigners reported a record purchase of South Korean shares despite a global economic slowdown, as money moved from the US and Europe into emerging...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai completes Nürburgring 24 Hours for 8th consecutive year
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that its Elantra N TCR (known domestically as Avante N TCR) and i30 Fastback N Cup Car triumphed...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia offers up to $7,500 in incentives in US for leasing EV6
South Korea's Kia Corp. is offering discounts of up to $7,500 in the US for leasing its electric compact crossover SUV line EV6 to boost its price c...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
BOK, Samsung to develop offline CBDCs using Galaxy devices
South Korea’s central bank and Samsung Electronics Co. have joined hands to further advance the country’s offline central bank digital c...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
POSCO DX to team up with PwC Consulting for smart factory business
POSCO DX Co., formerly POSCO ICT Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Monday that it h...
May 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics to open flagship store in Seoul's Gangnam district
Samsung Electronics Co. in late June will open its new flagship store Samsung Gangnam near Gangnam Station, a posh area of Seoul.Sources from the in...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kyobo Life in final talks to buy Kakao Pay Insurance
South Korea’s third-largest life insurer Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is in the final stages of talks to buy Kakao Pay Insurance Corp., an online ...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Amorepacific chairman's 2nd daughter emerges as 3rd-largest shareholder
Amorepacific Group, South Korea’s cosmetic giant, announced on Thursday that Chairman Suh Kyung-bae has donated a 2.5% stake to his second dau...
May 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korean AI developers scurry to jump on generative AI bandwagon
AlphaGo was behind the first artificial intelligence shock in South Korea after its landslide victory in a Go match against the country’s lege...
May 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI, bastion of South Korea’s fast-growing defense industry
SACHEON, South Gyeongsang Province – On a hot spring day in April, the roar of combat aircraft engines fills the air. It’s a normal day ...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Vietnamese tourists top in card spending in Korea in 2022
Vietnamese tourists splurged the most among foreign visitors to South Korea last year, filling the void left by Chinese travelers shunning Korea sin...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)