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Construction
S.Korea's Hyundai L&C launches engineered stone Opimo
Hyundai L&C, an interior solutions provider under the Hyundai Department Store Co. Group in South Korea, announced on Monday the launch of its h...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Boryung signs deal with Stendhal to launch hypertension drug in Mexico
Boryung, a South Korean pharmaceutical company, said on Monday it had signed a deal with Stendhal SA de CV, a Mexican medical specialty company, to ...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s SK Telecom to advance AI tech through partnerships
BARCELONA -- SK Telecom Co. plans to develop world-class artificial intelligence technology through partnerships with companies of Korean descent at...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea's Kumho Tire sponsors Touring Car Championship
Kumho Tire Co. announced on Monday its title sponsorship of the Touring Car Championship (TCR), a global touring car competition, with the organizer...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Novel medicines poised to be Korea’s next mainstay export
South Korea, a major global generic and biosimilar medicine producer with leading names such as Samsung Biologics Co. and Celltrion Inc., has rapidl...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
S.Korea's KT Studio Genie provides romantic comedy to Amazon
KT Studio Genie, a content production subsidiary of the South Korea's telecom giant KT Corp., announced on Monday that it had signed a global conten...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Jetema applies to test its botulinum toxin in US from July
South Korea's bio-esthetic pharmaceutical company Jetema Co. will hold clinical trials in the US to advance to the American market, the world's bigg...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Electro-Mechanics unveils chip substrate for autonomous driving
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. has developed an advanced semiconductor substrate for autonomous driving, which is expected to drive the top South Kor...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GM Korea begins mass production of Trax crossover
General Motors Korea announced on Sunday that it celebrated the start of mass production of the Chevrolet Trax Crossover, a new utility vehicle, at ...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea's SeAh poised to supply satellite parts to SpaceX
SeAh Changwon Integrated Special Steel Co. is in negotiations with SpaceX to supply steel used for rockets and satellites to become South Korea's fi...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea’s stent maker Taewoong Medical acquired by Olympus for $370 million
Japanese medical device company Olympus on Saturday said it will wholly acquire South Korea’s Taewoong Medical, a maker of gastrointestinal (G...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
EQT Partners to acquire S.Korea’s SK Shieldus for $2.3 bn
EQT Partners AB, the world’s third-largest private equity firm, is poised to buy a controlling stake in South Korean security service provider...
Feb 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea’s LG Uplus, Dell to develop open RAN platform tech
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and global IT giant Dell Technologies are set to jointly develop an open radio acces...
Feb 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix face cap on tech level of chips made in China
WASHINGTON D.C. – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, might be unable to manufacture a...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
DB Insurance acquires Vietnam's 10th largest insurer VNI
DB Insurance has acquired Vietnam National Aviation Insurance (VNI), Vietnam's 10th-largest property and casualty(P&C) insurance company. With a...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
S.Korea’s KT&G engulfed in lawsuit against activist funds
The world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker KT&G’s battle against activist investors intensified as a group of funds sued the South Kore...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's Daewoong to export diabetes drug Envlo to Brazil, Mexico
South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. said on Feb. 24 it is set to embark on global sales of Envlo, a new drug for diabetes, by exportin...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KHNP, Westinghouse in talks to resolve Poland reactor dispute
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Co. are in negotiations to settle their dispute over reactor design licensing, ...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung introduces Neo QLED, OLED core technologies in Europe
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday about hosting the 2023 European Tech Seminar in Frankfurt, Germany, for two days from the previous day.T...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung unveils new Exynos mobile chips for midrange smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has unveiled a duo of new Exynos mobile application processor (AP) chips to pow...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Affinity refinances $130 mn debt as Burger King sale delayed
Affinity Equity Partners has refinanced 170 billion won ($130 million) in debt borrowed to acquire Burger King’s operations in South Korea and...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia to join global small EV war with new models
Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, will aim at the world’s affordable small electric vehicle segments with new models as ...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Dongwon solo bidder for Boryung Biopharma estimated at $385 mn
South Korea’s leading seafood and logistics conglomerate Dongwon Group is seeking to buy local biopharmaceutical company Boryung Biopharma Co....
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea’s hy buys Mesh for Vroong delivery service
South Korea’s hy, formerly Korea Yakult, has acquired Mesh Korea, the operator of the delivery service Vroong that uses two-wheeled vehicles. ...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea’s LG CNS to enhance digital channel biz with Adobe
South Korea’s largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. joined hands with US computer software company Adobe Inc. to improve its dig...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
AmCham pledges to make S.Korea Asia's top biz hub
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in South Korea on Thursday said it seeks to make the nation Asia's top business hub on the 70th anniversar...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver, Creverse sign agreement for hyperscale AI education cooperation
Naver Corp., South Korea's largest search engine company, has signed an agreement with Creverse Co., an education company, to provide support for el...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
S.Korea's SK Broadband moves into public DaaS market
South Korea's leading broadband Internet access provider SK Broadband is moving into the public desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) market.SK Broadband anno...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung opens 5G pilot network to 4th largest mobile carrier in US
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it has successfully completed the opening of a 5th-generation mobile communications (5G) pilot ne...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Yanolja becomes Korea's first company to join UAE's Global Unicorn Center
South Korea's Yanolja Co. a leisure booking platform company, announced on Thursday that it has become the first Korean company to join the Global U...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Samsung's financial arms beat No.1 banking group KB in profit
- 2 Korea’s airlines plagued by elevated fuel costs, strong dollar
- 3 LG Uplus offers Korean Air gift cards to 5G subscribers
- 4 SK Bioscience sells stake in US vaccine developer Novavax
- 5 Naver Cloud takes the lead in Korea’s public AI business