MS CEO Summit 2024
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Earnings
Naver posts record Q3 sales, profit on e-commerce
South Korea’s web portal giant Naver Corp. on Friday posted record sales and operating profit in the third quarter, driven by robust sales gro...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Kolon set to host Aramco Team Series golf event in Korea
South Korea’s Kolon Group said on Thursday it has signed a non-binding agreement with Golf Saudi, a unit of Saudi Golf Federation, to jointly ...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Ex-Kumho Petrochemical chair returns as Kumho Mitsui co-CEO
Park Chan-koo, former chairman of South Korea’s Kumho Petrochemical Group, has returned to the top position of Kumho Mitsui Chemicals Inc. as ...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
DRAM contract prices rebound after 27 months on rising demand
DRAM contract prices rebounded for the first time in more than two years last month amid the recovery in the consumer electronics market.The price g...
Nov 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank to add two new branches in India 2024
South Korea's Woori Bank plans to open two new branches in India in the first half of next year. The bank announced on Tuesday it has obtained ...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Harman’s record profits prop up Samsung's Q3 earnings
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip maker, on Tuesday reported a triple-digit quarterly increase in third-quarter profit ...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus developing communications GenAI ixi-GEN
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. on Sunday said it is developing the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) ixi-GEN.The large language model (...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Samsung Group introduces senior outside director system
Samsung Group has created the position of senior outside director, granted as much authority as the chair of a board of directors, for the first tim...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus completes second hyperscale data center
South Korea’s telecommunications company LG Uplus Corp. on Thursday announced the completion of a hyperscale data center – its second --...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Korean garment maker Hansae targets growth amid economic woes
HO CHI MINH CITY – South Korean garment maker Hansae Co. expects to see decent growth in sales and profits next year despite the global clothi...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Xexymix launches pop-up store in Shanghai BFC Mall
South Korea's media and e-commerce company Brand X Co. announced on Wednesday its activewear brand Xexymix has opened a pop-up store at the BFC Mall...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2023
KIC eyes private debt, infrastructure in era of high interest rates
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corp. (KIC) is eyeing infrastructure and private debt in the era of higher-for-longer interest rates, while m...
Oct 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
HD Hyundai President Chung to deliver keynote at CES 2024
South Korea's No. 1 shipbuilding group’s heir apparent Chung Ki-sun will deliver a keynote speech at the world’s biggest consumer techno...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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POSCO Int’l determined to outsmart Japanese trading firms
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., will step up its efforts to outsmart ...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
CS Wind eyes $2.2 bn sales in 2024 with Bladt
CS Wind Corp., a South Korean wind turbine tower manufacturer, expects its sales next year to double from last year’s to reach about 3 trillio...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver secures $100 mn digital twin project in Saudi Arabia
South Korea's dominant web portal giant Naver Corp. has won a contract to develop a Digital Twin platform for Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Municipal a...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2023
Alternative investment forum ASK 2023 to begin Oct. 25 in Seoul
Major institutional investors in South Korea and global asset managers will share their views on the world economy and asset allocation strategies a...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Curocell to localize blood cancer drug by 2025
South Korean biotech company Curocell Inc. on Sunday said it will apply for approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in September next yea...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang to export K-Street Foods
South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. ’s strategic product lineup K-Street Food will be launched in June next year on major global ma...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom to design LLM
SK Telecom Co. on Sunday said it will develop a large language model (LLM) specifically for the communications sector with Deutsche Telekom of Germa...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix showcases cutting-edge CXL, AiM memory at OCP Summit
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., said on Friday it showcased its next-generation memo...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Pablo Air secures $15.5 mn in pre-IPO investment
Pablo Air Co. Ltd., a specialized drone control company, announced on Friday that it has attracted an investment of 21 billion won ($15.5 million) i...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Allgot’s frozen kimbap to hit Costco shelves in US in H1, 2024
South Korean food company Allgot Co.’s frozen kimbap, which sold out immediately after landing in the US about two months ago, is on another r...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG waging fierce war in OLED screen panels
South Korea’s Samsung Display and LG Display Co. are locked in a fierce war for supremacy in manufacturing OLED panels for monitors amid boomi...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Seoul to launch AI chatbot service for foreign visitors' tour planning
Seoul city government is in talks with tech firms including Google LLC, Microsoft Corp. and Naver Corp. to provide foreigners with artificial intell...
Oct 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix pins high hopes on specialty DRAM for AI use: CEO
In the semiconductor industry, it’s been quite a while since memory chips became a commodity, meaning so low an entry barrier that any chipmak...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Rebellions, Samsung to jointly develop new AI chip
South Korea's AI semiconductor startup Rebellions announced a strategic partnership with Samsung Electronics Co. to co-develop their next-generation...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia to adopt Tesla’s charging standard for EVs
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have joined Tesla's Supercharger network for electric vehicles (EV).The North American branches of the two South Kor...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
S.Korea’s corporate R&D spending lags global rivals
Major South Korean companies’ spending on research and development lags investments made by their global competitors due to lower government t...
Oct 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel aims to reduce reliance on Hyundai, Kia
South Korea's Hyundai Steel Co. is aiming to reduce its dependence on its affiliates Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. to become one of the world&rsqu...
Oct 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)