Open Innovation Platform
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Fashion
Musinsa opens showroom in Tokyo for S.Korean designers’ brands
South Korea's online fashion platform Musinsa opened a showroom in Tokyo on Thursday targeting fashion buyers, as it aims to introduce domestic desi...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Energy acquires logistics platform Goodsflow
South Korea's SK Energy will buy all shares of Goodsflow, a Seoul-based provider of logistics platform services, to enter the urban logistics center...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus to open metaverse for Yonsei Univ. in September
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Wednesday announced the opening in September of Virtual Campus, a metaverse for Yonsei University, one of the nation...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Why do so many S.Korean innovators bow out following success?
Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of the global luxury goods leader LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is well known for sporting a full head of...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI opens office in Polish Air Force base
South Korea's leading aerospace manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced that it opened its sixth overseas base on Wednesday at the 2...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KKR leads $190 mn Series C funding of fashion platform Musinsa
South Korea’s leading fashion platform Musinsa said on Wednesday it has attracted 240 billion won ($189.7 million) in its Series C funding rou...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation
Disregarding existing ways and being open to new opportunities are challenging in South Korea’s large conglomerates, where a strict corporate ...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
CJ Olive Young opens premium cosmetics mall
South Korea’s top beauty chain CJ Olive Young on Monday launched the premium store Lux Edit online to roll out products from both big names an...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to open Galaxy Experience Spaces in seven cities
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it will open the "Galaxy Experience Spaces" in seven cities spanning six countries. These spa...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
The Swing buys van-hailing service Tada for $19 mn
South Korea's personal mobility platform company The Swing Co. has acquired the management rights of the van-hailing service Tada.Negotiations betwe...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GI Innovation seeks to license allergy therapy to Japan in 2023
South Korea’s GI Innovation Inc. aims to complete licensing of its allergic diseases treatment candidate to a Japanese drug company by year's ...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Naver Webtoon becomes No.1 webtoon platform in France
South Korea's Naver Webtoon has made a name for itself as the top webtoon platform in France. Naver Webtoon announced on Monday that it participated...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK’s Tmap enhances ESG efforts by navigating lowest-carbon routes
South Korea’s leading mobility platform Tmap Mobility Co. has stepped up its environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts via its naviga...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Lotte Department Store opens Louis Vuitton’s Take Over pop-up store
South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced on Friday that it operates a Louis Vuitton pop-up store in The Crown, located on the basement first...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Catchtable raises $24 mn in Series D funding
South Korean startup WAD, the operator of a restaurant reservation service platform, has recently raised 30 billion won($24 million) in a Series D f...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer
Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Michael Jordan's Steakhouse to open in S.Korea
Mohegan Inspire entertainment resort, which plans to be built near Incheon International Airport, will feature a restaurant and bar named after "His...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK keeps door open for another rate hike on Fed, debts
South Korea’s central bank on Thursday kept the door open for another interest rate hike after leaving the policy borrowing cost unchanged for...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Duty Free opens store at Australia's Melbourne Airport
South Korea's Lotte Duty Free announced on Thursday that it is opening a new store at Melbourne Airport in Australia and entering full-scale opera...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Kia opens e-sports pop-up store Earth 6A3
Kia Corp. said on Thursday that it has officially launched its pop-up store of e-sports "Earth 6A3" in Seongsu-dong, Seoul. With a primar...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Electronics aims to transform into platform-based tech firm by 2030
When LG Electronics Inc. made a surprise move to ungracefully exit the mobile phone business, one of its mainstay businesses, two years ago, investo...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK Telecom, Hana Financial Group jointly nurture AI startups
SK Telecom Co. and Hana Financial Group are strengthening their collaboration in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). They are jointly fosteri...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
KT expands healthcare business in Vietnam
South Korea’s telecom service provider KT Corp. has recently organized a collaborative seminar on digital health alongside Hanoi Medical Unive...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
NHN Commerce acquires Italian luxury brands retailer Ikonic
NHN Commerce, South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s shopping platform, announced on Tuesday its acquisition of a 77.8% stake in Ikonic Srl,...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel to open carbon-neutral steel lab by 2023
Hyundai Steel Co., a unit under South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Group, is set to kick off research on hydrogen-based steelmaking as its new la...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics opens gaming-focused shopping platform
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it has opened the Samsung Gaming Portal on its domestic website Samsung.com to streng...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus to enter fashion metaverse
South Korea‘s LG Uplus Corp. has launched a fashion metaverse business, starting this month the clothing store Meta Slap, a digital service fo...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Dior to open Tears capsule collection pop-up store in Seoul
Dior will open a pop-up store in Seoul's Seongsu-dong to commemorate the launch of the "Dior Tears capsule collection."This collection was created t...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's E-mart24 opens 3rd branch in Singapore
South Korea’s convenience store chain E-mart24 has opened its third store in Singapore featuring the city-state's hawker culture, aiming for l...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Up close and personal look at HYBE workplace, culture
The share price of South Korea’s HYBE Co., the company behind the global sensation BTS, has advanced more than 60% this year, hitting its high...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)