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Robotics
Korea’s top delivery app operator Woowa launches food delivery robot
The self-driving robot Dilly Tower of Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of Korea’s top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, commonly known as Bae...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Korean ministry, Incheon airport to develop distribution center for SMEs
The Korea SMEs and Startup Agency (KOSME) and Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) on Wednesday announced their signing of a contract to bui...
Nov 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Data startup BankSalad begins monetizing free genetic testing
BankSalad Co., once known as a fintech company that develops banking apps, added a new vertical last year that has witnessed robust demand. The...
Nov 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display unveils world’s first high-resolution stretchable display
LG Display Co., a major South Korean display panel maker, said on Tuesday it has developed the world’s first full-color stretchable display th...
Nov 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korea's POSCO gets greener via integrated CO2-free brand
Korea's POSCO has introduced the integrated brand Greenate to symbolize the commitment of the nation's top steelmaker to achieve carbon neutrality b...
Nov 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Shopping joins hands with UK's Ocado to build online grocery store
Lotte Shopping Co. will join forces with the Hertfordshire, England-based Ocado Group, which licenses grocery fulfillment technology to retailers.&n...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
Korea should open retail electricity market for renewables
South Korea on Oct. 26 officially launched the carbon neutrality commission based on laws for green growth, which took effect last March, amid the g...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Machine vision technology for faster and more accurate detection of flaws
iCore is a component and module maker in the machine vision industry. It develops technology and manufactures products for imaging-based automatic ins...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop megaband BTS to serve military duty, agency says
Members of K-pop boy band BTS will fulfill South Korea’s national military duty, starting with its oldest member Jin, their agency HYBE Co. an...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
Lotte Home Shopping showcases Bellygom at Manhattan’s Pier 17
NEW YORK – Lotte Home Shopping Inc. displayed Bellygom at Manhattan’s Pier 17 on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the Korea Brand Expo in ...
Sep 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Group unveils purpose-built vehicle for airport pickup
Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled the interior design and user experience technologies for its purpose-built vehicles (PBVs) as the top South Korean ...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
IMM seeks to sell off low-cost cosmetics brand Missha
IMM Private Equity is trying to sell off the management rights of Able C&C, the parent of Korea’s first-generation low-priced cosmetics br...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
Lotte Home Shopping to nurture Bellygom as a global character
Lotte Home Shopping Inc. announced Thursday the company will showcase Bellygom at a New York City exhibit next week, as part of a broader plan to gr...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
S.Korea plans to adopt mandatory pre-disclosure of major insider trading
Executives and major shareholders of South Korea’s listed companies will be obligated to disclose their share transaction plans at least 30 da...
Sep 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Naver joins RE100 campaign to go carbon-free by 2050
South Korea’s Naver Corp. said on Monday it has joined the RE100 initiative to go carbon-free by 2050 as the first domestic internet portal to...
Aug 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea may file complaint with WTO against US' Inflation Reduction Act
The South Korean government is considering filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the US' new Inflation Reduction Act (IR...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Seoul leans toward alternative military service for BTS
South Korea is leaning toward allowing the K-pop boy band BTS to fulfill alternative service instead of active military duty, the country’s mi...
Aug 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
The case for improved Seoul-Tokyo relations
Unlike the West or China, which showed vastly different reactions, most South Koreans had a more complicated initial response to the news of forme...
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
SSG.COM joins race for top spot in luxury online shopping in Korea
SSG.COM, the e-commerce brand of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Inc., launched its online luxury goods marketplace SSG Luxury on July 3. Focusi...
Jul 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shilla Duty Free targets Chinese shoppers with Alibaba
The Shilla Duty Free Shop, the world’s No. 3 duty-free chain, has joined hands with a Chinese e-commerce giant to attract some 158 million cro...
Jun 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility, Siemens' affiliate sign MOU for wind power business
Doosan Enerbility Co. announced Sunday it has signed an initial memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A. (SGRE) i...
Jun 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean duty-free shops hit by unfavorable exchange rate, limited inventory
The duty-free industry has been hoping that the end of COVID-19-related travel restrictions would help boost its sales. Even as international t...
Jun 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
K-beauty sales see sharp drop at China's major shopping event
South Korean cosmetics giants failed to win over Chinese consumers at the 618 Shopping Festival, one of the largest online annual shopping events in...
Jun 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Duty Free to close COEX store in central Seoul
Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s largest duty-free business operator, is closing one of its flagship stores in Seoul in the wake of the COVID-19...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Georgia state to provide $1.6 bn in incentives to Hyundai
Hyundai Motor Group is expected to receive about $1.6 billion in incentives including tax breaks from Georgia as South Korea’s top automaker i...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
E-Mart, Lotte Shopping hit by US retailers' earnings shocks
Shares in E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest supermarket chain, have been hovering near their lowest level in almost two years, on the back of...
May 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart's conundrum over changing shopping habits
For middle-class families in South Korea, it has become a morning ritual to bring the boxes of fresh produce and daily necessities delivered overnig...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea electronics retailers face headwind from e-commerce, dept. stores
South Korea’s major electronics retailers such as Lotte Himart are facing a headwind as more customers are buying home appliances online and d...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Duty Free to open downtown store in Sydney
South Korea's Lotte Duty Free Co. is slated to open a downtown store in Sydney on May 5, after Australia reopened its international borders to forei...
May 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Why South Korean companies don't get tender offers
Elon Musk’s successful bid to buy out the social media platform Twitter for around $44 billion is a kind of deal unlikely to happen in South K...
Apr 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)