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Electronics
LG Elec sweeps 1st place in Best Washers chosen by US consumers
LG Electronics Inc. swept this year's top spot in all major categories of best washing machines evaluated by Consumer Reports, a leading US consum...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul ranks 7th in city competitiveness assessed by Japanese Institute
Seoul's urban competitiveness rebounded after five years, ranking seventh in the world. It was due to the fact that the ranking of the economy categ...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
LG unveils self-driving auto parts, brighter OLED panels
LG Group’s two units have showcased new automotive and display products, which would expand their presence in the autonomous driving and premi...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KEXIM bank issues $3.5 billion in foreign currency bonds
The Export-Import Bank of Korea on Thursday said it issued a record-high $3.5 billion in global bonds to investors worldwide.The government-run bank...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
LG Elec to increase partnerships for business expansion
LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, is seeking more partnerships with global leading companies and increas...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Kolon signs MOU with Hanyang Univ. to develop gene therapy treatments
Kolon Industries Inc.'s Future Technology Institute said on Thursday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Hanyang University In...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus announces official start of original content production
LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday that it would officially kickstart producing original content, following its pilot program about desserts relea...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong, Onchorus to undertake research on mRNA anticancer drugs
Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Thursday that it has signed a joint R&D and commercialization agreement with America's biopharmaceutical venture...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
LG Elec, Magna expand partnership into self-driving tech
LAS VEGAS – LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance producer, expanded its partnership with Canadian car parts maker Magna I...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
Samsung unveils AI-powered, better-connected TVs
Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled its 2023 lineup of smart TVs connected to several Internet of Things (IoT) devices, without using separa...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus succeeds in linking open RAN standard equipment
LG Uplus Corp. said on Tuesday that it has succeeded in linking open distributed unit (O-DU) and open RAN (radio access network) radio unit (O-RU) b...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Korean firms head to CES 2023 to showcase innovative technologies
LAS VEGAS, NV – A growing number of South Korea’s leading companies and startups are heading to CES 2023, the world’s largest tech...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG to unveil sleep care solution Breeze at CES 2023
LG Electronics Inc. said on Monday that it will unveil a smart sleep care solution “Breeze” at CES 2023 on Jan. 5.Breeze is a wireless e...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medicox, Oramed sign MOU to enlist more institutional investors
South Korea's biomedicine firm Medicox Co. said on Monday that it had signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Oramed Pharmaceutica...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Electronics speeds up development of intelligent AI solutions
LG Electronics Inc. on Sunday said it will build an ambient computing platform as selected by LG AI Research, a company think tank specializing in a...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company
South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said on Friday that it will develop a web3 service for children to provide an immersive ex...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SAPEON X220 completes tech demo of fashion-specialized AI service
South Korea's artificial intelligence company Sapeon has completed a technology demonstration of its semiconductor SAPEON X220 on "Virtual Try-On," ...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to showcase high-performance OLED panels for gaming at CES
LG Display Co. said on Thursday that it would unveil new 45-inch ultra-wide OLED panels and 27-inch OLED panels optimized for gaming at CES 2023, th...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KT Investment injects $27.8 million in 20 startups this year
KT Investment said on Thursday that it invested 35 billion won ($27.8 million) in 20 startups this past year, and that six invested companies succee...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SuperBin completes plastic recycling factory in Seoul suburb
SuperBin, a South Korean startup reshaping the waste recycling ecosystem using Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, on Thursday said it had co...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hanwha Techwin showcases smart parking solution
Hanwha Techwin, a South Korean company specializing in video surveillance solutions, said on Thursday that it held a showcase event at its 63 Conven...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Group's received orders for auto parts close to $393 billion
South Korea’s electronics-to-battery conglomerate LG Group expects its received orders for auto components to reach over 500 trillion won ($...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea auto output to increase slightly in 2023: research
Domestic automobile output next year is forecast to increase 1.4% over this year to 3.7 million units.The Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS will intensify shareholder engagement, new CIO says
Seo Won-joo, the new chief investment officer of the National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, said on Dec. 27 that the pension fund will stren...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medipost's Cartistem shows effects on patellar cartilage defect patients
Medipost's knee osteoarthritis treatment Cartistem has been mentioned in a renowned international journal, showing that it is effective even in pati...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Laon People registers patent on AI vision inspection, methods in China
Laon People, South Korea's Kosdaq-listed company specializing in AI-based vision inspection solutions, said Monday that it has registered a patent i...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG to develop smart home devices responsive to users’ sleep data
An air conditioner or a TV set equipped with a timer that automatically turns power on and off based on the user's preference has been around for ye...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha takes over satellite technology from gov't institute
The state-run Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) said on Monday it had transferred to Hanwha Systems Co. the technology for satellit...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
85% of S.Korea's Gen MZ have contactless savings accounts
A study finds 90% of South Korea's Generation MZ, a demographic comprising millennials and Generation Z members born between 1981 and 2010, use cont...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
South Korea doubles gov't fintech innovation fund to $781 million
The South Korean government will double the value of its Fintech Innovation Fund, a source of financial support for the financial technology or fint...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)