Korean AI evaluation
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Foreign exchange
Korean won near 5-month low despite weak dollar; outlook dark
The South Korean won fell to the weakest level in almost five months, underperforming other currencies despite a softer dollar, as sluggish fundamen...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Asleep dreams big to help sleepless people worldwide find right treatment
Armed with artificial intelligence and big data technologies, Asleep hopes to find the best treatment for sleep-deprived people around the world wit...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG bonds
POSCO Future M to issue $226 mn Korean green bonds
South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M Co. (formerly POSCO Chemical) announced on Friday that it will issue 300 billion won ($226 mill...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korean firms applies for record-high 76,592 patents abroad in 2022
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) on Thursday said the number of patents filed overseas by domestic companies last year set a record-hi...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korean gov't unveils $424 mn strategy to boost software, AI industries
South Korean government has announced plans to invest about 563 billion won ($424 million) in bolstering the domestic software and artificial intell...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Another war in Russia: Hyundai, Kia versus Chinese carmakers
In Russia, which is in a state of war against Ukraine, there’s another war going on. This time, the war is between South Korea’s two lar...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Indonesia's Green Rebel enters S.Korean alternative meat market
Indonesia-based food tech startup, Green Rebel Foods, made public its official entry into the Korean plant-based protein food market. Bryan Toh, Glo...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korea Tourism Organization to host K-Tourist Festival in Japan
The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Thursday that it will hold a "K-Tourism Festival" on Apr. 21-22 in Hiroshima and Fukuoka, the key market...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean gov’t pledges additional $7.9 bn for startups amid fund squeeze
The South Korean government will spend an additional 10.5 trillion won ($7.9 billion) to shore up the country’s startups and venture capitalis...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Export of Korean medical devices to Vietnam to be easier
South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Thursday that the public procurement regulations of the Vietnamese government, which had...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Sports tech startups poised to launch next Korean unicorn
UK Premier League Tottenham Hotspur star forward Son Heung-min and two-way US MLB icon Shohei Ohtani, a designated pitcher and hitter for the Los An...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom, SNU Hospital to develop AI diagnosis tool for autism
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and Seoul National University Hospital have developed an AI-powered diagnosis tool for the early det...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils industry’s slimmest 12-layer, 24 GB HBM3 chip
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Thursday it has developed the world’s first 12-layer DRAM product wi...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon Games’ Blue Archive surpasses 1 million pre-registrants in China
South Korea’s Nexon Games Co. on Wednesday said the number of pre-registrants for its strategy role-playing game Blue Archive exceeded one mil...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Obituary
K-pop group Astro's Moonbin found dead in his apartment
Moonbin, a member of K-pop group Astro, has died, South Korean police said on Thursday.According to the police and the music industry, his manager f...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset Owners Report
S.Korean LPs to up exposure to private debt, infrastructure in 2023: Survey
South Korean institutional investors are eyeing private debt and infrastructure for stable income and to hedge against inflation, a survey by The Kore...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis aims to win $1 bn in China orders in 2023
South Korea's leading auto parts supplier Hyundai Mobis announced that it will win $1 billion this year in China, the world's largest electric veh...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean gov't to support domestic startups in Saudi Arabia entry
South Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups held on Wednesday the "K-Deep Tech Startup Meetup" event at Startup Alliance & Space in Gangnam dist...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korean battery players LG, Samsung, SK sweep US EV tax credits
It has long been talked about and finally confirmed: South Korean battery companies are well-placed to benefit from the strengthened requirements of...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Curexo, Kyocera to enter Japan’s artificial joint surgery robot market
South Korea's medical robot company Curexo partnered with Kyocera Corporation to enter the Japanese market for artificial joint surgery robots.Curex...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
China, India: Korean investors’ next stock investment targets
The US stock market has long been the prime investment destination for South Korean investors, lured by the dynamics of the global top economy.With ...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK Partners co-founder tops 50 richest S.Koreans: Forbes
Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner at private equity firm MBK Partners, has topped the ranking of the 50 richest South Koreans by net worth...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
High- and low-income S.Koreans alike reluctant to have babies: Survey
South Koreans in low- and high-income brackets alike are unwilling to have children due to either insufficient time or money, found a recent survey ...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean banks’ profits hamstrung by tighter rules, consumer behavior
South Korea’s commercial banks usually post decent earnings driven by high interest income when the country’s policy interest rates are ...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korean fashion company LF relaunches 1990s-popular line Tipicosi
Tipicosi, a South Korean fashion brand popular in the 1990s, has seen a resurrection thanks to the domestic craze for "newtro," a trend combining th...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Chairman of Polish defense company PGZ visits S.Korea
Sebastian Chwalek, the chairman of Poland's state-owned defense industry company PGZ, is reportedly meeting with domestic Korean companies regarding...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
POSTECH hits jackpot with stakes in POSCO companies on battery boom
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), set up by South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Group in 1986 as a research university in the...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to dispatch key minerals investigation teams to Chile, Argentina
South Korean government will dispatch a public-private partnership key minerals business survey team to Chile and Argentina to revitalize overseas r...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
Korea’s homegrown OTT Watcha at crossroads amid dearth of cash
South Korea’s homegrown over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. is struggling to raise funds as it faces an uphill battle to win over customer...
Apr 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean mobile game’s spending, downloads fall last year
South Korea's mobile game market experienced a decline in 2022, with both downloads and spending decreasing, according to a report by data analytics...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)