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Korean chipmakers
SK Siltron, UK's IQE to produce high-efficiency wafers for Asian market
South Korean silicon wafer maker SK Siltron Co. has teamed up with UK-based wafer products supplier IQE plc to produce gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxi...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Experts define goal of AI tech development as cooperation with humans
Renowned artificial intelligence (AI) scholar Masashi Sugiyama said his research goal is to develop AI that can work and learn alongside people.Su...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI-powered translation startups tackle niche marketplaces
Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven translation has been dominated by big tech.Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC is the global leader while Naver Cor...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea rejects patent claims for AI-invented products
South Korea’s intellectual property office has rejected patent applications that claimed an artificial intelligence system as their inventor, ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s new $2.8 bn OLED plant to benefit Korean device makers
South Korea’s electronics equipment manufacturers are set to benefit from Samsung Display Co.’s planned construction of a $2.8 billion n...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Deep learning SaaS provider Z.Ai wins at D.Camp pitch competition
Deep learning-based Software as a Service (SaaS) provider Z.Ai Inc. won the September pitch competition hosted by Seoul-based startup accelerator D....
Oct 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean conglomerates increase AI R&D hubs overseas
South Korean conglomerates are increasingly looking overseas as bases of their artificial intelligence research centers to build strong networks wit...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom commercial feature AI human to promote content platform
South Korea’s major telecom company SK Telecom Co. has adopted a virtual human to feature in one of its commercial ads for the first time in t...
Sep 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG fridges, TVs to leverage embedded AI to distinguish human voices
LG Electronics Inc., an industry frontrunner in applying artificial intelligence to home appliances, has unveiled a new speaker identification techn...
Sep 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Direct lending, middle market offer resilience: NYLIM
There is no doubt that headwinds to economic and market growth are picking up. Globally, supply chain and energy disruptions have contributed to hig...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
NCSOFT publishes three AI academic papers at INTERSPEECH 2022
South Korea’s gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. will present three academic papers at INTERSPEECH 2022, the world’s largest and most comprehensi...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Tel CEO says low valuation tops list of his concerns
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. is undervalued relative to its robust earnings and steady dividend payouts and needs to boost new AI-driven growt...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI center joins forces with Parsons School for creative AI development
South Korea’s LG Corp. announced it signed an academic collaboration agreement with the New York City-based Parsons School of Design on Monday...
Sep 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Gucci to hold Alessandro Michele-directed show at Korean royal palace
Italian luxury fashion house Gucci will hold a fashion show choreographed by its famous creative director Alessandro Michele at a South Korean royal...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Hancom to focus on cloud computing and AI services
South Korea’s homegrown software giant Hangul and Computer Group, also known as Hancom Inc. Group, is slated to transform itself into a cloud ...
Sep 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao joins race to become private 5G network provider
Kakao Enterprise Corp. is poised to become a private 5G network provider, for use within the parent company Kakao Corp. and for serving outside clie...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG eye niche sectors to boost tablet sales
South Korea’s electronics companies are launching tablet PCs with niche targets as the global tablet market has shrunk for four consecutive qu...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Business magnates' startup investment fraternity V-Society going strong
Back in August 2000, a fraternity of domestic business magnates’ children and startup entrepreneurs named V-Society was founded. The frat...
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon to pursue profitability with more paying subscribers
South Korea’s Naver Webtoon Corp. is seeking to increase the number of its paying subscribers as the company is shifting its business paradigm...
Aug 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG unveils AI ethics principles focusing on respect to humans
LG Group announced on Wednesday artificial intelligence ethics principles focusing on respect for humans that employees in the sector must follow as...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's SD Biosensor to supply diagnostics kits to Japan in H2
SD Biosensor Inc., South Korea’s leading in-vitro diagnostics company, has signed an agreement to supply its COVID-19 self-test kits and other...
Aug 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to redirect its TaaS, AI functions to self-driving arm 42dot
Hyundai Motor Group will redirect the core functions of its Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) division and AIRS Company to its recently acquired se...
Aug 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Drones, AI, big data power Korean fisheries’ earnings
The Jubilee, a 2,200-ton tuna fishing vessel operated by South Korea’s leading fishing company Dongwon Industries Co., has been using drones t...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Remote work, small offices revive S.Korea's printer market
South Korea’s printer market has been recovering from a long slump as the rise of remote work and small or home offices has revived demand for...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Silicon Valley-based AI startup Allganize revs up to go public in Japan
Allganize Inc., a Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, recently announced the company will relocate some of its headquarters f...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Boston emerges as Korean firms’ R&D hub for AI, batteries
Top South Korean conglomerates Samsung and Hyundai have selected Boston as the home of their first overseas research centers for batteries and artif...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to set up AI robotics R&D center near Boston
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will set up an artificial intelligence research center in the Boston area to develop AI-driven robotics tech...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
MZers become key consumers of ergonomic office chairs, Sidiz says
Ergonomic office chairs are drawing heightened interest from millennials and Generation Zers in South Korea, according to the country’s leadin...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Home decoration app O!House launches a beta version in Japan
“Even though different countries have varying living conditions, we all share the common goal of decorating our spaces,” Jay Lee, CEO of...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Group to launch AI education programs for teenagers
South Korea’s LG Group will include teenagers in its mid- to long-term project to nurture artificial intelligence talent, as AI technology is ...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)