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Electronics
Samsung, LG gear up for launch of 8K gaming monitors
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s two largest TV makers, are bracing for the impending arrival of a next-generati...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to buy battery material lithium hydroxide from Chile's SQM
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric battery maker, said on Sunday it signed a deal on Nov. 4 to purchase lithium hydroxide, a key ba...
Nov 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao's Q3 profit drops 12% on games, data center construction
South Korea’s mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. announced its third-quarter earnings on Nov. 3, including quarterly operating profit of 150.3 ...
Nov 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Game publisher Com2uS buys $47 mn worth of SM Entertainment shares
South Korean mobile and online game developer and publisher Com2uS Corp. acquired a whopping 67 billion won ($47 million) worth of SM Entertainment ...
Nov 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
OCI to invest $40 million to expand US solar module production facilities
OCI Co., a leading South Korean solar power cell manufacturer, said on Monday it will invest $40 million to expand the solar cell module production ...
Oct 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to ramp up hybrid vehicle production next year
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, will increase production of hybrid models by some 15% next year to focus on the popular segmen...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
GM may consider producing EVs in South Korea
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province -- General Motors Co. may consider making electric vehicles in South Korea, the country manager said on Wednesda...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medipost to expand CDMO business with 10 new clean rooms in Korea
Medipost Co, a South Korean biotechnology company, is expanding its cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO)...
Oct 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics opens the world's largest CDMO factory
South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co.’s new biopharmaceuticals plant launched operations on Tuesday, a move expected to widen the gap betw...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's data solution provider for small biz becomes unicorn
Korea Credit Data (KCD), a South Korean data solutions provider for small business owners, has become a Korean unicorn, or an unlisted company with ...
Oct 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
NFT to become game changer in new era: KED Conference in New York
NEW YORK – Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will significantly influence a wide range of industries as millions of global investors flock to th...
Oct 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
NHN Cloud to raise $141 mn from stock issuance
South Korea’s cloud service provider NHN Cloud Corp. is eyeing 1.1 trillion won ($776 million) corporate value via a new stock issuance, marki...
Oct 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung unveils 1.4 nm tech roadmap to challenge TSMC’s dominance
SILICON VALLEY – Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday it will adopt the industry’s most advanced 1.4-nanometer chip production technol...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea rejects patent claims for AI-invented products
South Korea’s intellectual property office has rejected patent applications that claimed an artificial intelligence system as their inventor, ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung cuts H2 chip sales outlook by a third, gripped by sense of crisis
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has slashed its outlook for second-half semiconductor sales revenue by a third ...
Sep 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea's SK Siltron to invest $597 mn in silicon wafer production
South Korea’s SK Siltron Co. will invest 855 billion won ($597.4 million) to expand its 300-millimeter (12-inch) silicon wafer manufacturing f...
Sep 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 to invest $77 million to expand weapons production facility
LIG Nex1 Co., a leading South Korean defense company, said on Thursday it will spend 110 billion won ($77 million) on its production facility expans...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG embraces ESG management standards with first groupwide report
South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG is rapidly embracing environmental, social and governance standards as key criteria in evaluating...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Squid Game makes Rolling Stone's 100 greatest TV shows list
Netflix original South Korean drama "Squid Game" has been selected as one of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time by US music and pop culture magaz...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
NAND chips may sustain double-digit price drops in Q4
NAND flash memory chip prices are expected to sustain a double-digit decline in the fourth quarter of this year due to oversupply and waning demand,...
Sep 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Korea's DL Chem shrugs off slow petrochemical market in Q3
DL Chemical Co., the petrochemical arm of South Korean conglomerate DL Group, is forecast to post robust third-quarter results despite sluggish sa...
Sep 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO expects typhoon to reduce sales by $1.5 billion
POSCO, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, has predicted sales to fall by $1.5 billion as a typhoon disrupted one of its plants in South Kor...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Disney focuses on local content for global expansion
ANAHEIM, California -- The Walt Disney Co. is concentrating on local content to attract more viewers worldwide for its streaming services through do...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
South Korea fines Google, Meta $72 million for privacy violations
South Korea’s privacy protection regulator on Wednesday levied millions of dollars in fines on Alphabet’s Google LLC and Facebook operat...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Squid Game wins Emmy awards for best actor, director
LOS ANGELES, California -- Netflix mega-hit Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk each bagged an Emmy trophy Monday night in Los ...
Sep 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to build Santa Fe hybrid at Alabama plant ahead of schedule
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will manufacture a hybrid version of its signature SUV, the Santa Fe, in Alabama, earlier than p...
Sep 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Samsung C&T ties up with Korean firms for hydrogen biz
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading arm of Samsung Group, has joined forces for the clean hydrogen businesses with South Korean comp...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis to debut Detroit Auto Show with advanced EV technology
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. will showcase its latest electric vehicle-related technology at this year’s North A...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG present home appliances future at IFA 2022
BERLIN -- South Korea’s leading home appliances makers Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are showcasing the future of consumer t...
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s record trade deficit adds to downturn concerns
South Korea logged a record monthly trade deficit in August with the longest spree of shortfalls in more than 14 years, while domestic consumption, ...
Sep 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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