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Fintech
Apple Pay to launch in South Korea on March 21
Apple's mobile payment service, Apple Pay, is set to launch domestically in South Korea on March 21, according to industry sources on Monday.With th...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
S.Korea's Krafton, Naver to set up JV for metaverse services in H1
Krafton Inc., a leading game developer in South Korea, is slated to establish a joint venture with Naver Z Corp., a metaverse unit of the country&rs...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to boost India presence via takeover of GM plant
Hyundai Motor Co., the leading South Korean carmaker, is set to expand its presence in India with a takeover of General Motors Co.’s plant in ...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kakao, HYBE shares rally on reconciliation but SM shares tank
Investors welcomed the end of a fierce month-long battle between HYBE Co. and Kakao Corp. over control of South Korea’s K-pop pioneer SM Enter...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity
South Korea’s top tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. shut down a local production complex on Sunday due to a fire, stoking concerns ...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
SK Chemicals, Yonwoo to develop eco-friendly cosmetic containers
South Korean chemical company SK Chemicals and Yonwoo Co., a subsidiary of Kolmar Korea, which is a leading domestic cosmetic container manufacturer...
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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Machinery
HD Hyundai units to showcase unmanned equipment at US expo
Hyundai Construction Equipment Co. and Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co., construction machinery subsidiaries of HD Hyundai Co., said on Friday they woul...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea's Smilegate to launch PC-mobile cross-play game globally
Smilegate, a South Korean game developer and publisher, said on Friday that it will launch its new cross-play game "Wonderers: Eternal World" global...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
ISS supports Shinhan Financial Group chairman nominee
Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) is supporting the appointment of Shinhan Financial Group chairman nominee Jin Ok-Dong as...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
HD Hyundai opens free in-house daycare center for up to 300 children
HD Hyundai Co., the owner of South Korea’s biggest shipbuilding group, opened an in-house daycare center at its new headquarters building in K...
Mar 09, 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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Electronics
LG Electronics opens R&D corporation in Hanoi, Vietnam
LG Electronics Inc. will upgrade its research and development (R&D) center in Vietnam to an official corporation and boost its electric vehicle ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Korea's Innocean wins eight awards at Spikes Asia advertising festival
South Korea-based global marketing communications company Innocean said on Thursday that it received eight awards at the 2023 Spikes Asia, a prestig...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea pledges steps to attract more foreign investment
South Korea will boost foreign investment in the country through increased incentives and deregulation, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister C...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai Eng. completes Lemba-Imbu water purification plant in DR Congo
Hyundai Engineering, a South Korean construction contractor, held a completion ceremony for the "Lemba-Imbu water purification plant phase 1 project...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Korea’s sole foreign clinic operator CHA Healthcare to go public in 2025
CHA Healthcare Co. operating nearly 90 hospitals and infertility treatment centers across the world, is set to pave the way for South Koreans' inves...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai eyes greater SUV market share with new Kona EV
Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled the all-new Kona Electric, its first fully revamped compact sport utility vehicle in five years, as the top So...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Line Games launches global service for Uncharted Waters Origin
Line Games Corporation, an affiliate of South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., announced on Tuesday the launch of Uncharted Waters Origin, ...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea reigned supreme on global shipbuilding market in February
South Korea’s shipbuilding industry has blown away that of China in order volume.Clarkson Research, a British shipbuilding and shipping market...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Global PC, tablet market to shrink over 10% in 2023: research
The global market for personal computers and tablets is expected to shrink by more than 10% this year, as the demand for remote work and learning de...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Global smartphone shipments to edge lower in 2023: IDC
Global smartphone shipments will decline 1.1% this year to 1.2 billion units, down from the previous 2.8% growth forecast due to weak demand and m...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung launches new TV ad campaign in London ahead of global release
Samsung Electronics Co. is ramping up its marketing efforts for its latest line of high-end TVs, including the 2023 Neo QLED 8K model, with a giant ...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics makes 100 millionth unit of core motor for washing machines
LG Electronics Inc. on Sunday said it produced late last month its 112 millionth unit of the inverter direct drive (DD) motor for its washing machin...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Motor develop vehicle height adjustment system
Hyundai Mobis, a global auto parts vendor and affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Monday that it has co-developed an electronic levelling cont...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's Namyang R&D Center acquires safety management certification
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Friday that the polymer materials analysis lab and the metal component analysis lab in the Basic Materials Research...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's ST Pharm completes new R&D hub for gene therapy
ST Pharm Co., a South Korean drug raw material-producing subsidiary of Dong-A Socio Holdings, said on Friday that it has finished building an R&...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea kicks off privatization of top container line HMM
South Korea has started the process to privatize the country’s No. 1 container line HMM Co. by tapping advisors for the sale of the controllin...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea ranks fifth in global auto output for third straight year
South Korea’s auto production last year ranked fifth worldwide for the third year in a row.A report on world automotive output from the Korea ...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Samsung primed for graphics chip leadership with 24 Gb GDDR7
- 2 Twenty-something female away team fans lead Korean baseball craze
- 3 Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics, Toyota Research team up for humanoid robots
- 4 S.Korea’s next AI unicorns stand out at KPAS 2024
- 5 HD Hyundai to show unmanned construction equipment tech