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Future mobility
Korea’s Kakao Mobility unveils global ride-hailing app to court Uber
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s top ride-hailing service provider, on Tuesday introduced the release of its global app, taking on global g...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Sampyo Group enters automated robotic parking business
South Korea's SP&Mobility, a robotics unit of Sampyo Group, unveiled its MPSystem on Monday, an automated robotic parking system designed to rep...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution to discover startups in battery sector
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Monday that it will host Battery Challenge 2024, an open innovation program to discover startup...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Nara Space attracts $14.5 mn series B investment
South Korea's micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. announced on Friday that it attracted a 20 billion won ($14.5 million) series B inv...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility, Archer to collaborate for K-UAM commercialization
South Korea's Kakao Mobility Corp. announced on Friday that it signed an agreement with Archer Aviation, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) aircr...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KT offers reverse pitches to pick startup partners
KT Corp. has offered reverse pitches for South Korean artificial intelligence and technology startups to cooperate in the areas where it lacks in te...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KOTRA opens K-Tech Camp in Paris
The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on Thursday that it established the Paris K-Tech Camp in Paris, France on May 23.KOTRA...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
Kim Jong Un’s Balloon Barrage: Bags of Excrement Fly Into the South
SEOUL—An unusual sight drifted into South Korean skies on Wednesday: Large white balloons carrying plastic bags of North Korean trash. Some co...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Qoo10 launches K-Avenue for S.Korean products
Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. announced on Tuesday that it launched K-Avenue, a sales channel for Korean products, on the newl...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean AI startups yet to join global unicorn club
The number of artificial intelligence unicorns has been on the rise thanks to the AI boom, but none of these South Korean AI startups have yet to jo...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Conversational AI startup Rapeech attracts $4.4 mn investment
South Korean conversational artificial intelligence (AI) startup Rapeech announced on Sunday that it attracted an investment of 6 billion won ($4....
May 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
South Korean startups' Tokyo fever sizzles
Despite the recent Line-Yahoo cacophony, South Korean entrepreneurs are continuing their advance into Japan to find the next big market.On Thursday,...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Lotte Wellfood, Studio Dragon to collaborate on K-contents
South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with K-drama producer Studio Dragon to col...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
NewJeans' Ditto hits 600 mn streams on Spotify
Ditto by K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed 600 million streams on Spotify.Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, announced on ...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
CJ CheilJedang profit beats forecasts on overseas business
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on healthy overseas businesses and cost cut...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Ottogi, KTO partner to attract foreign tourists
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with domestic food company Ottogi to attract f...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
MedInTech attracts $14.6 mn series B investment
MedInTech Inc., South Korea's medical smart endoscopes startup, announced on Monday that it attracted a series B investment of 20 billion won ($14.6...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ's Bibigo Gimbap enters Australian Woolworths stores
South Korea's food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Sunday that it released its Bibigo frozen Gimbap products at Woolworths, Australia's numb...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Shinhan, POSCO invest $20 mn in Australian hydrogen startup Hysata
South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc. and banking conglomerate Shinhan Financial Group have invested a combined US$20 million in Australian g...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
DeepX attracts $80 mn new investment
DeepX, South Korea's homegrown neural network and AI chip developer, announced on Friday that it finalized attracting an investment of 110 billion w...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver D2SF invests in image generation AI startup
South Korea's top online portal Naver Corp. announced on Wednesday that its startup nurturing organization D2SF (D2 Startup Factory) invested in the...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Medison buys AI medical startup Sonio
South Korea’s Samsung Medison, a medical equipment subsidiary of the global memory chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co., is taking over France&rs...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startups bet on affluent Gen X in Korea’s senior living market
Elder-care startups are rushing to build high-end senior homes in South Korea targeting affluent Generation Xers set to retire in five years on expe...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 participates in Malaysia's DSA 2024
South Korea's major defense system developer LIG Nex1 Co. announced on Tuesday that it's participating in the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2024 exhib...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea’s largest startup fair NextRise to be held in June
The Korea International Trade Association announced on Tuesday that the largest domestic startup fair in South Korea, NextRise 2024 Seoul," will be ...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Vuno, Canon to target AI diagnostic market in Japan
South Korea's medical device startup Vuno announced on Monday that its Japanese partner M3AI signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Canon M...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Korea’s booming medical tourism: Skin care, plastic surgery in demand
The number of foreign patients visiting South Korea for medical tourism hit a record high last year, driven by those who traveled to Korea for skin ...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
HYBE conflict vs NewJeans label set to escalate into legal battle
HYBE Co., the company behind boy band BTS, has reported Min Hee-jin, the chief of popular girl group NewJeans’ label ADOR, to police for inves...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
CJ Olive Young opens Hongdae Town for K-beauty experience
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, announced on Thursday that it will open Olive Young Hongdae Town, a specialty stor...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Bet on innovations with societal impact: Kakao Ventures CEO
In the past 10 years, Kim Ki-jun has been on the hunt for deep technology startups that will have a significant societal impact, and he will continu...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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- 3 S.Korea’s GEPS to commit $143 million to foreign mid-cap buyout funds
- 4 CJ CheilJedang to open $72 mn dumpling plant in Japan
- 5 LG Electronics breaks ground on $600 million home appliance plant in India