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Artificial intelligence
KAIST says its computation engine outperforms Google's, IBM's
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), a prestigious South Korean university, unveiled an artificial intelligence computation...
Jun 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Perspectives
Korea’s new central bank head could be a game changer
Rhee Chang-yong has made a big splash in less than two months as the Bank of Korea governor and I’m not the least bit surprised. Over the l...
Jun 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to target 3 billion gamers with dedicated OLED
South Korea’s major display panel maker LG Display Co. aims to attract 3 billion gamers worldwide by fostering products dedicated to gaming as...
Jun 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Engineering, USNC to build micro reactor in Canada
Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. (USNC)...
Jun 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Arianespace to rival Space X with competitive quality and price
Arianespace SA, a global leading satellite launch company, uses its applications available from space, such as telecommunications, navigation and obse...
May 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, SK On to raise yields with smart factory solutions
LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK On Co., the world’s No. 2 and No. 5 electric vehicle battery makers, plan to adopt smart factory solutions to i...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Hyundai to spend $30 bn on improving quality of combustion engine cars
Hyundai Motor Group will invest 63 trillion won ($50 billion) in its domestic businesses through 2025 to strengthen its competitiveness in electrifi...
May 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Korean companies rapidly embrace ESG in management standards
South Korea’s big companies are rapidly embracing environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards by launching a dedicated ESG team to me...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to nurture its own display experts at local graduate schools
LG Display Co. is joining other South Korean big companies in a race to foster their own talent by establishing relevant departments at prestigious ...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
NCSOFT profit beats forecasts as Lineage W drives sales to record
NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s leading game developer, surprised investors with stronger-than-expected profit in the first quarter as Lineage W, ...
May 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Korea’s SFA Engineering aims for top spot in smart factory market
SFA Engineering Corp., a small South Korean equipment maker, has for decades been known for its automated machines used in the manufacture of displa...
May 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
SKT, SK Square invests $40 mn in Korea metaverse game firm
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and its spin-off SK Square Co. have together invested 50 billion won ($40 million) into a loca...
May 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy's engine unit emerges as golden goose
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a South Korean shipbuilding giant, is seeing its marine engine business unit emerge as the company’s cash cow.Th...
May 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Black Desert by Pearl Abyss tops China app market
South Korean game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss announced Tuesday the mobile version of its cross-platform MMORPG Black Desert has claimed f...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s LX Group seeks to acquire Magnachip Semiconductor
South Korea’s LX Group is looking to acquire US-listed Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. to create synergy with the group’s foundry affiliat...
Apr 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Kakao Games invests $15 mn in Playable Worlds for global expansion
Kakao Games Corp., a game publishing unit of Korea’s web service giant Kakao Corp., has invested $15 million in US game studio Playable Worlds...
Apr 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom’s bet on air mobility, metaverse in full display at World IT Show
SK Telecom Co. is poised to show off its latest services at this year’s World IT Show slated for three days from April 20. At the large...
Apr 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
IONIQ 5 emerges as EV game changer with industry accolades
NEW YORK – Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-electric IONIQ 5 crossover has been named the World Car of the Year following a series of recent indus...
Apr 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
HYBE to develop game biz further to cut reliance on BTS
South Korea’s HYBE Co. plans to accelerate the development of its game business by separating the unit as the entertainment giant aims to cut ...
Apr 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao's game unit behind Odin valued at $2.7 bn before IPO
Lionheart Studio Corp., the firm behind South Korea’s popular mobile game Odin, is preparing to go public as early as this year, with its ente...
Apr 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korean game developers scurry to launch P2E versions in 2022
South Korean game developers are scurrying to release their versions of play-to-earn (P2E) games, which have been growing at a rapid pace despite be...
Apr 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SM Entertainment to find Saudi idols with Princess Haifa
South Korea’s entertainment behemoth SM Entertainment Co. will develop Saudi idols with Princess Haifa bint Mohammed Al-Saud as the kingdom ai...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon's new game beats Lineage to top app stores list
Nexon Co.'s Dungeon & Fighter Mobile has elbowed out NCSoft Corp.'s Lineage W to rank as the most popular Korean mobile game in the week since i...
Apr 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon incorporates own payment system for Dungeon & Fire release
South Korea’s online game developers are intensifying their efforts to build and incorporate their own payment systems to wipe out hefty commi...
Mar 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Krafton signs MOU with Solana for blockchain-based games and services
South Korea’s leading game developer Krafton Inc. announced Wednesday it signed a memorandum of understanding with San Francisco-based Solana ...
Mar 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Naver Z invests in multiple metaverse-related startups to beef up Zepeto
Naver Z Corp. invested in more than eight companies so far this year, according to people familiar with the deals. Naver Z is the operator of Asia...
Mar 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Naver launches conversational search engine service
South Korea’s internet juggernaut Naver Corp. announced Friday it has launched a conversational search engine service called Knowledge Interac...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSoft releases trailers of two upcoming games
South Korea’s gaming behemoth NCSoft Corp. released trailers for two new titles named Throne and Liberty and Project E on Thursday. The c...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
WeMade revises 2021 results to exclude crypto earnings
WeMade Co., a pioneer in South Korea's play-to-earn (P2E) game industry, revised its 2021 operating profit downward by 70% after excluding 220 billi...
Mar 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea automakers fret over Yoon’s policy on combustion engine cars
South Korea’s automakers were on high alert as President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol pledged to ban new registrations of internal combustion engine ca...
Mar 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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