Project of the Year awards
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Electronics
Global smartphone shipments hit 10-year low in 2022
Global smartphone shipments last year declined to their lowest level in 10 years, showing how consumers closed their wallets amid the economic downt...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset sees 100-fold jump in deposits 15 years after entering India
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments on Wednesday marked the 15th anniversary of its incorporated company in India that now has 21 trillion ...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK mulls business, financial stability this year while focusing on inflation
The Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong on Wednesday said, "We will focus on inflation this year but also closely consider tradeoffs to preserve ...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Ssangyong Motor swings to first quarterly profit in six years
South Korea’s Ssangyong Motor Co. posted its first quarterly operating profit in six years, powered by brisk sales of the Torres SUV launched ...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte to invest $55 mn in Indian ice cream subsidiary for 5 years
South Korea-based Lotte Confectionery Co. will invest 4.5 billion rupees ($55.1 million) in its Indian unit Havmor Ice Cream in the next five ...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
BC Card eyes Central Asian payment market entry this year
South Korea's financial services company BC Card said on Wednesday that it would seek to enter the Central Asian market this year on the back of its...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Global shipments of foldable smartphones to jump 44% this year: Report
Amid forecasts of a dull global market for smartphones due to the economic downturn, a report says foldable models alone will maintain growth in the...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korean fighter jet KF-21 makes first supersonic flight
The first prototype of the South Korean fighter jet KF-21 Boramae on Tuesday made its first supersonic flight six months since its inaugural trip to...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE wins this year's first LNG carrier order worth $783 million
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), an intermediate shipbuilding holding company of HD Hyundai Co., said on Tuesday that it recent...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung Eng. wins ADNOC’s $80.7 mn joint project
South Korea’s Samsung Engineering Co. has won a $80.7 million joint project from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) for multi-billion-dollar g...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Medical platform operator Integration raises $8 mn in Series B funding
Integration Inc., which operates specialized platforms for medical personnel such as Traditional Korean Medicine doctors and dentists, has raised 10...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Stay-in-hotel trend for the holidays revs up luxury hotels
Luxury hotels in South Korea are enjoying the emerging trend of Koreans choosing relaxing vacations at hotels, rather than taking holidays overseas....
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Lotte Chem to sell Pakistan unit for $156 mn to finance other projects
Lotte Chemical Corp. is set to sell its Pakistan unit for 192.4 billion won ($155.8 million won) to a chemical company in the country as the South K...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia's Carens selected as Car of Year in India
Kia Corp. won the "Car of the Year in India" for the first time in three years and five months after entering the Indian auto market.Kia said Sunday...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG Chem CEO named to head industrial body of World Economic Forum
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. on Sunday said its CEO and Vice Chairman Shin Hak-cheol on Thursday will be named chair of the Chemical and Advanced Mate...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Busan Port's cruise ship visits to resume after 3 years of hiatus
Cruise ship visits to Busan Port, which was suspended after COVID-19, will resume after three years.The Busan Port Authority said Friday that cruise...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI aims to become world's No. 7 aerospace company by 2050
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) seeks to become the world's No. 7 aerospace company by 2050, aiming to rival the likes of global defense giant...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s Chung Euisun named MotorTrend’s Person of the Year
Chung Euisun, chairman of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has been named Person of the Year by MotorTrend, topping the prestigious US autom...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG OLED evo selected as best product in Japan
LG Electronics Inc.'s OLED evo was selected as the best product by Japan's most well-known audio and video publications.The South Korean company sai...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia EV6 named SUV of the year in North America
The Kia EV6 is this year's North American Utility Vehicle of the Year of the North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year Awards (NACTO...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SPC Group adopts integrated safety check system app for all biz sites
South Korea's SPC Group on Wednesday said it has developed an app for an integrated safety inspection system using information and communications te...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Naver secures largest stake in Spain's online marketplace Wallapop
Naver Corp. has made a massive additional investment in Wallapop, Spain's online market for used items and Europe's equivalent to Korea's Danggeun M...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung Biologics receives Terra Carta Seal
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, said on Wednesday it was awarded the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Ter...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hancom Frontis to develop AI digital human, 3D scanning project
Hancom Frontis, a Hancom Group company specializing in the metaverse, said on Tuesday that it has signed a three-way agreement with the Tech Univers...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
11 Hyundai Motor Group products receive US' Good Design Awards
Hyundai Motor Group on Wednesday said 11 of its products won honors at this year's Good Design Awards of the US.The honors are jointly selected by t...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean apparel retailer F&F to produce global K-pop stars
South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. made a foray into the entertainment sector to create a synergy of K-content and fashion, competin...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare lands biosimilar deal in Brazil for 2nd straight year
South Korea's Celltrion Healthcare Co. on Tuesday said that for the second straight year, it landed an order for infliximab, an antibody used to tre...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea posts 2nd current account deficit in 3 months due to flat exports
South Korea in November last year suffered its second current account deficit in three months due to plummeting exports of key items like semiconduc...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia extends official sponsorship of Australian Open until 2028
Kia Corp. said that it would extend its sponsorship of the Australian Open, one of the world's four major tennis tournaments, until 2028. ...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S-1 calls AI video solutions core of this year's AI security market
Access management of facial recognition needs the most improvement this year and artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions such as intelligent cl...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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