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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung’s new foldables: Game changer in smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced new additions to its high-end line of Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip phones, in hopes that the new 5G-enabl...
Aug 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae to invest about $900 mn in department stores
South Korea's retail giant Shinsegae Group will invest 1 trillion won ($866 million) in local department stores this year to reinforce the busines...
Aug 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fraud scandals
Samsung shares struggle as big strategic decisions still await Lee
Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. have been trapped in a boxed range since the start of the year, dashing retail investors’ hope that the tech...
Aug 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung unveils industry’s first 5 nm processor for wearable devices
Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new Exynos processor for wearable devices, built with an advanced 5-nanometer extreme ultra-violet (EUV) proc...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KakaoBank falls out of Kospi top 10 on 3rd trading day
KakaoBank Corp. has fallen out of the top 10 list on Kospi on Aug. 10, its third trading day, with Celltrion and Kia Corp. overtaking the company ag...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung's Lee to be released on parole on Aug. 13
Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee will be released on parole on Friday after having been imprisoned since January of this year on charges of bribery a...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-pop evolves far beyond Korean nationality and language
South Korean music, entertainment and content firms are undergoing a major transformation in their business model. No longer is their discovery of n...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK sees new opportunities in China's regulatory risk
China's regulatory crackdown on Chinese technology and private education companies is driving up the level of volatility and creating mispricing in ...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Global carmakers to speed up EV push as governments pressure harder
US and European governments are pressing harder with tough regulations to expand electric vehicles (EV) adoption for cutting emission. Global automa...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
New FSC chief nominee tough on household debt, against cryptocurrencies
South Korea’s incoming financial regulatory chief says his policy priority is on limiting economic and financial risks stemming from higher ho...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK Hynix to set up US NAND firm led by Intel’s senior vice president
SK Hynix that took over Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business plans to set up a new company in the United States. Intel’s senior vice ...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon reveals upcoming 'super' games, eyes entertainment IPs
South Korea's leading game company Nexon Co. has unveiled a massive lineup of super games in development alongside plans to expand its intellectual ...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korean govt to spend $1.9 billion to become world’s leading vaccine maker
The South Korean government will invest 2.2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) by 2025 to become a top five vaccine producer in the world. President Moon J...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Celltrion to enter clinical trials of new COVID-19 treatment
South Korean biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. will launch the first-phase clinical trials of its new COVID-19 treatment candidate next month, followi...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, TSMC in heated race for industry’s smallest 3 nm process node
The world’s two largest foundry chipmakers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics Co., are in a heated race fo...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
KKR, IMM PE in bid for SK E&S' $2 bn preferred shares
KKR & Co., IMM Private Equity and Glenwood Private Equity are among the preliminary bidders for 2 trillion won ($1.9 billion) worth of new prefe...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Digital currency
Samsung Group joins Kakao in Bank of Korea’s digital currency project
Samsung Group will be working together with Kakao Corp. on the digital currency simulation project led by South Korea’s central bank. Accordin...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Samsung Electronics’ stock stages a rebound as outlook concerns ease
Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. have risen above the psychologically important level as foreign and institutional investors returned amid easing c...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharmaceuticals
Daewoong Pharmaceutical aims to top $4 bn in sales by 2027
South Korea-based Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. is hoping to achieve 5 trillion won ($4.4 billion) in sales by 2027, meaning that the company aims to ...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean conglomerates turn to startups to tackle new ventures and ESG
South Korean conglomerates have been reaching out to D.CAMP, the country's largest non-profit foundation for startups, to get in touch with domestic...
Aug 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Samsung joins 200 other firms in Korea’s metaverse alliance
Samsung Electronics Co. has onboarded South Korea’s government-led metaverse alliance in a move to strengthen partnership in virtual reality (...
Aug 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung overtakes Intel as foundry looms as next battlefield
Samsung Electronics Co. overtook Intel Corp. as the world’s top chipmaker by revenue in the second quarter, but the South Korean technology gi...
Aug 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Inside Samsung: Top level meetings drive ecosystem buildup
Samsung Electronics Co.’s latest strategic focus is setting up its own ecosystem of devices ranging from mobile phones, home appliances to TVs...
Aug 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon founder resigns in top management reshuffle
South Korean game company Nexon’s founder Kim Jung-ju has resigned from the chief executive position at NXC Corp., the holding company of Nexo...
Jul 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung works on industry’s first 200-layer NAND as its Q2 profit jumps
Samsung Electronics Co. has made significant progress in developing a 200-layer vertical or V-NAND flash memory –the industry’s first &n...
Jul 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's sole AI chip designer takes on automotive chip market
South Korea-based semiconductor intellectual property provider Openedges Technology Inc. has come into the limelight with global automaker Hyundai M...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung further cornered by Intel's foundry ambitions
Intel Corp.'s announcement on Monday of securing Qualcomm Inc. as its first fabless client caught Samsung Electronics Co. off guard, as the South Ko...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
COVID treatment deals drive Samsung Bio’s record quarterly earnings
South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co. posted its highest quarterly revenue and operating profit, thanks largely to a number of long-term manufac...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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EV Batteries
Samsung SDI to build EV battery plant in US
Samsung SDI Co. plans to set up an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the US, joining South Korean battery producers’ move to gain ground ...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Samsung’s Olympic goodie bag goes viral among athletes
Samsung Electronics Co.’s marketing efforts at the Tokyo Olympic Games have received a wide welcome from the athletes participating at the eve...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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