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Electronics
Samsung Electronics holds Latin America Tech Seminar
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it hosted the 2024 Latin America Tech Seminar in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 28 and 29.According to...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean biotech Bertis to join BIO 2024 for global reach
South Korean biotech Bertis Inc. will deliver presentations at the BIO International Convention, one of the world’s largest bio and healthcare...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s Shinsegae building unit to raise $478 mn to cut debts
South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group’s building unit, suffering amid difficulties in the local real estate project financing sector, is s...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai ties up with AWS, Meta, Microsoft for open map
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, teamed up with Big Tech companies such as Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), Meta Platf...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea intensifies rules on CB conversion price adjustment
South Korea will strengthen regulations on the conversion prices of convertible bonds (CBs) to protect stakeholders from excessive share dilution, t...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Ocean ties up with Polish firm for submarine deal
Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s third-largest shipbuilder, has joined hands with Polish state-run defense group Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. ...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK sees more uncertainty in rate cut timing, ups growth forecast
The Bank of Korea said on Thursday it has grown more uncertain about when to cut interest rates despite expectations of easing the monetary policy g...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
POBA favors data centers, senior housing in Europe: CIO
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), a retirement fund with assets under management (AUM) of 26 trillion won ($19.1 bill...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s new AI PC to hit global market in mid-June
Samsung Electronics Co. will start offering the Galaxy Book4 Edge, a new addition to its latest flagship Galaxy Book4 laptop series and powered by b...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hyundai Motor unveils detailed $3.4 billion GBC new headquarters plan
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group on Monday unveiled detailed plans for its 4.6 trillion won ($3.4 billion) new headquarters, or...
May 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG ends XR partnership with Meta; Amazon emerges as new partner
South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. has ended its extended reality (XR) partnership with Meta Platforms Inc. three months after they agreed ...
May 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hanwha Ocean to adopt Kyocera founder Inamori’s amoeba management
South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, said on Friday it has partnered with Japan’s Kyocera Commun...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea’s Eduwill suffers credit-rating cuts, capital erosion
Eduwill Corp., South Korea’s leading provider of online and offline test prep courses for adults, has taken a hit from a series of credit-rati...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KEPCO teams up with Kyrgyzstan for new energy technology
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the state-run utility company, has joined hands with Kyrgyzstan for new energy businesses including high-voltage...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai’s JV Motional delays robotaxi commercialization, cuts jobs
Self-driving technology developer Motional decided to delay robotaxi deployments with ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. ag...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
South Korea to accept Indonesia’s KF-21 project cost cut proposal
South Korea plans to accept Indonesia’s request to cut its share of payments for a joint fighter jet development project to one-third of the o...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT, Nokia to collaborate on global 6G research
South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with global mobile communications equipment manufacturer Nokia Cor...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai set for revamped hydrogen-powered NEXO launch in Q2 2025
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. plans to introduce a next-generation model of its hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) NEX...
May 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Japan’s request for Naver to shed Line control ‘unprecedented': CEO
TOKYO – South Korea’s tech giant Naver Corp. said on Friday that Japan’s administrative guidance for Naver to sell down its contro...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai to invest $923 million on self-driving JV Motional
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, is set to spend nearly $1 billion on Motional, its loss-making self-driving joint ve...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Overseas projects boost Korean builders’ earnings; GS profit cut in half
Large-scale overseas construction projects boosted major Korean builders’ quarterly results while lackluster domestic construction work, coupl...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Korea’s booming medical tourism: Skin care, plastic surgery in demand
The number of foreign patients visiting South Korea for medical tourism hit a record high last year, driven by those who traveled to Korea for skin ...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung's Jay Y. Lee visits Zeiss to reinforce EUV ties
Samsung Electronics Co. is deepening ties with Zeiss Group, the sole provider of optical systems to the world’s only extreme ultraviolet (EUV)...
Apr 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM enhances maritime safety with AI technology
HMM Co., South Korea’s leading sea carrier, announced on Friday its adoption of an advanced AI image analysis solution 'Deep Eyes', aimed at b...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Bet on innovations with societal impact: Kakao Ventures CEO
In the past 10 years, Kim Ki-jun has been on the hunt for deep technology startups that will have a significant societal impact, and he will continu...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO-Pilbara JV delivers 1st order of lithium hydroxide
South Korea’s top steel group POSCO has shipped lithium hydroxide, a rechargeable battery’s key raw material produced jointly with Austr...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Taeyoung E&C lets chairmen go as part of restructuring
Belt-tightening Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. (Taeyoung E&C), the 16th-largest construction company in South Korea and undergoing ...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai Oilbank kicks off biodiesel mass production
HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korea’s refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, started mass production of biodiesel to expand its eco-friendly energy b...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Innovation to adjust business portfolios for long-term growth
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top energy company, is slated to adjust its business portfolios for long-term growth while not planning to sl...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Brokerage firms' bonds draw investors amid rate cut hopes
South Korean brokerage firms are ramping up sales of long-term bonds to refinance their loans by repaying short-term debts in hopes of a rate cut by...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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