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Retail
S. Korea’s CU surpasses 500 global stores
South Korean convenience store chain CU announced on Thursday that it surpassed 500 global stores, achieving an annual footfall of 100 million overs...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems to launch small SAR satellite by year-end
South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. announced on Wednesday that it plans to launch its own small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite by the end of...
Nov 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Nongshim to launch Shin Ramyun Tomyum in Thailand
South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Wednesday that it will launch the first global collaboration products of its flagship...
Nov 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Japanese furniture brand Nitori to open first store in Korea
Nitori Co., dubbed Japan's IKEA, is slated to open its first store in South Korea next week, accelerating its Asia-centered expansion push, while su...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Med. Center achieves Korea's first uterine transplantation
The first successful case of uterine transplantation surgery in Korea has been reported, with the patient currently preparing for pregnancy. Samsung...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to be first automaker to sell cars on Amazon
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, will be the first carmaker to sell cars on Amazon in the US while providing drivers with the g...
Nov 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Elec to venture into US EV charger market in 2024
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is readying to enter the US electric vehicle charger market with the launch of EV chargers in the first half...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
World’s first test driving hydrogen train succeeds in Ulsan
The world's first test driving hydrogen-electric tram succeeded in Ulsan, South Korea. According to Ulsan Metropolitan Government officials, th...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Diageo to open Asia’s first pop-up store in Seoul
London-based global alcoholic beverage company Diageo announced on Wednesday it will open a pop-up store in Garosu-gil, Sinsa-dong, Gangnam, S...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
HD Hyundai Infracore to sell excavator in dept. store
South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. will sell excavators at a department store for the first time in the domestic construction equipment indust...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Upstage to develop math-specific LLM with Qanda
South Korean artificial intelligence tech startup Upstage will challenge global math solver AIs such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Ph...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec’s vehicle systems plants running above full capacity
LG Electronics Inc.'s automotive electronics production plants have surpassed 100% of their operating rate this year as of the end of September.Acco...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK pin hopes on HBM sales with Nvidia's new AI chip
South Korean memory chipmakers like Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. have high hopes for fast growth in their high-bandwidth memory (HBM) s...
Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI participates in Dubai Airshow 2023
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that it has participated in the "Duba...
Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai breaks ground on $1.5 bn EV plant in S.Korea
ULSAN -- Hyundai Motor Co., the world’s third-largest automaker along with its affiliate Kia Corp., on Monday broke ground for a dedicated ele...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharma’s Cenobamate US patent extended by 2032
South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals announced on Friday an extension of its US patent for the epilepsy treatment Cenobamate, now set to expire on Oc...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao bets on AI bot for breakthrough
Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant chat app KakaoTalk, will seek a breakthrough with an artificial intelligence-powered bot a...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Telecom’s Q3 profit up on brisk data center, cloud sales
SK Telecom Co.'s third-quarter operating profit increased 7% on-year, becoming the only South Korean mobile carrier posting an on-year gain in profi...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's Emart24 to sell prefabricated house
South Korea’s convenience store chain Emart24 partnered with YMK Construction to launch an innovative range of prefabricated houses, a first i...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Coupang on track to post first-ever annual profit in 2023
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. on Tuesday reported $87 million in operating profit in the third quarter, its third consecutive quarterly...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Kkanbu Chicken opens first overseas store in Philippines
South Korea's chicken franchise Kkanbu Chicken opened its first overseas branch in Manila's Solaire Resort.According to the company on Tuesday, the ...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK On signs deal to supply NCM battery cells to Sweden’s Polestar 5 EV
SK On Co., the battery-making affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, has signed a deal to supply nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) battery cell modu...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SsangYong C&E to invest $616 mn in eco-friendly facilities
South Korea's cement maker SsangYong C&E Co. is investing 800 billion won ($616 million) in facilities to reduce environmental pollution in the ...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Heerim wins design contract for Hyundai Motor's Saudi plant
South Korea's Heerim Architects & Planners said on Monday it secured the architectural design contract for Hyundai Motor Co.'s new automobile as...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Louis Vuitton to launch fourth pop-up restaurant in Seoul
The French luxury brand Louis Vuitton will open a pop-up restaurant in South Korea. This is the fourth one since May this year.According to company ...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai unveils world’s first commercial LTE train signaling system
Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean manufacturer of rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment, in a world first has commercialized a train s...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus developing communications GenAI ixi-GEN
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. on Sunday said it is developing the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) ixi-GEN.The large language model (...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Elec’s automotive business logs record quarterly profit
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, said its automotive division enjoyed all-time high quarterly profit in the most recent...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kia’s Q3 profit soars; groupwide design centers revamped
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said on Friday that its third-quarter net profit rose fourfold from a year earlier thanks t...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia reveals exterior design of the new Carnival
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, unveiled the new exterior design of its flagship large leisure vehicle Carnival on Friday. ...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)