Korean tech industry
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea's data market is estimated at $19 bn last year
The size of South Korea's data industry market is expected to exceed 25 trillion won ($18.96 billion) last year.According to the results of a surv...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Samsung unveils HealthStack at US healthcare tech exhibition
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it will showcase Samsung HealthStack ver. 1.0 at the "2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Ex...
Apr 18, 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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Electronics
LS Electric to display smart energy solutions in Germany
LS Electric Co., South Korean manufacturer of power and industrial automation equipment, announced on Monday that it will participate in the Hannove...
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)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec launches foundry package turnkey service
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 2 foundry player, has begun package turnkey service for contract chip manufacturing as it aims to tak...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Luxury fashion platform Balaan faces thinning coffers amid mounting loss
Concerns are growing about the financial health of South Korean luxury fashion e-commerce platform operator Balaan Co. after its net loss doubled on...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea’s first-generation bio companies set up support fund for new ventures
South Korea's first-generation bio companies and Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) have created a bio investment fund to support ventures in the field ...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean economy unlikely to rebound in H2; BOK may keep rate
South Korea’s economy is unlikely to rebound in the second half as exports are expected to stay weak on the sluggish global semiconductor indu...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korean supreme court upholds $800 mn fine against Qualcomm
South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday reaffirmed the country’s largest-ever penalty of 1.03 trillion won ($800 million) imposed on Qua...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea, Boeing tie up for develop future advanced weapons
The Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) teams up with major US defense contractor Boeing to conduct research and development on...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korean state-run railroad companies meet Czech Minister of Transport
South Korea's state-run railway companies Korea Railroad (KORAIL) and Korea National Railway (KR) announced on Thursday that they had met with repre...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Indonesia’s slashed EV tax to boost Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 sales
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is expected to enhance its presence in Indonesia, which has drastically reduced its value-added ...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE wins order $171 mn for two crude oil carriers
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a shipbuilding intermediate holding company of South Korea's HD Hyundai Group, announced on Th...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Samsung Electronics opens 3rd C-Lab Outside regional hub
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday opened the third regional center of its C-Lab Outside, a corporate partnership program to nurture local startups...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
S.Korean convenience store chain CU pilots delivery robot
BGF Retail, a franchiser that operates convenience store chain CU, is currently testing delivery robots developed by Mobinn, a startup that spun off...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
S.Korean display companies look to expand business in India with Vedanta
South Korean display companies try to make breakthrough in new market by entering Indian market.The Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) announ...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
Korean scientists publish breakthrough in high-resolution X-ray imaging
South Korean scientists led by physicist Park Yongkeun with global achievements in medical science and engineering have discovered a new X-ray imagi...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Yoon's English School, Thai Edupark to cooperate in local education market
South Korean English education company, Yoon's English School, has signed a business agreement with Thai education firm, EduPark, to expand its pres...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Famed S.Korean pedometer app Cashwalk attracts first investment of $22 million
Nudge Healthcare, a startup that runs the South Korean health management app Cashwork, on Wednesday said it secured its first investment of 30 billi...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
ASICLAND, TSMC’s sole Korean partner, eyes 2023 IPO
ASICLAND Co. is the only South Korean semiconductor design house for the world’s largest foundry TSMC Co., which manufactures chips for about ...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Tesla Korea’s profit, sales fall on new subsidy plans, lack of models
Tesla Inc.’s South Korean business has been worsening in recent months due to the lack of new models launched in the country amid Seoul’...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Koreans’ love for EcoPro stock may jeopardize short-sellers
South Korean individual investors have been chasing shares in EcoPro group, the country’s major electric vehicle battery materials manufacture...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)