kakao mobility robot
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Robotics
Korea's SK Telecom jointly develops AI patrol robots
SK Telecom Co., along with its partner firms, will develop artificial intelligence (AI) robots that will replace security guards patrolling around s...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao to launch takeover bid for SM to counter HYBE
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile platform, will launch a takeover bid for SM Entertainment Co., according to people with knowledge o...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE barely ups SM stake in tender offer amid tensions with Kakao
HYBE Co. has raised its stake in the K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co. by merely 0.98% in a tender offer, after just one institution and minority i...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air teams up with startup Plana to explore urban air mobility
Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s largest budget airline, said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Plana, a domestic startup...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE to raise up to $769 mn, new twist on battle with Kakao for SM
HYBE Co. is tightening the reins in its fight against Kakao Corp. for control of SM Entertainment Co. by raising up to 1 trillion won ($768.6 millio...
Mar 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE wins 2nd battle against Kakao over SM Entertainment
A South Korean court on Friday ruled in favor of SM Entertainment Co. Founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man to block the company from sellin...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Kakao Healthcare to launch diabetes monitoring app
South Korea’s dominant mobile platform Kakao Corp. will kick off its healthcare services this year with the launch of a diabetes monitoring ap...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Plant, machinery maker Doosan seeks future from chips, robots
BARCELONA -- South Korea’s plant and machinery powerhouse Doosan Group is seeking its future growth engines from the semiconductor and robot s...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE loses 1st battle against Kakao for SM Entertainment
South Korea’s HYBE Co. lost its first battle against dominant local mobile platform Kakao Corp. over SM Entertainment Co. as the label behind ...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Kakao Impact, KAIST team up for social change through technology
Kakao Impact, a corporate foundation of Kakao Corp., South Korea’s top mobile platform company, said on Tuesday it has agreed to work with the...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to show off total smart factory solutions at trade show
LG Uplus Corp., a mobile telecom service carrier in South Korea, announced on Tuesday that it would present a complete set of smart factory solution...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
dConstruct Robotics becomes 2nd foreign startup to win at D.Day
South Korea’s decade-old startup pitch competition D.Day has picked Singapore-based mobile robotics application developer dConstruct Robotics ...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao vows to thwart HYBE scheme for SM control
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s dominant mobile platform, said on Monday it would mobilize all possible countermeasures against HYBE Co. ’s a...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s SK Telecom to advance AI tech through partnerships
BARCELONA -- SK Telecom Co. plans to develop world-class artificial intelligence technology through partnerships with companies of Korean descent at...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Kakao Brain to launch investment fund for AI startups
Kakao Brain, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) company owned by Kakao Corp., said on Sunday it plans to set up a fund of up to 10 billion ...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea’s LG Uplus, Dell to develop open RAN platform tech
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and global IT giant Dell Technologies are set to jointly develop an open radio acces...
Feb 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung unveils new Exynos mobile chips for midrange smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has unveiled a duo of new Exynos mobile application processor (AP) chips to pow...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE cries foul over SM, Kakao’s undisclosed deal
HYBE Co., the label behind the global sensation BTS, is considering legal action to invalidate an undisclosed deal between SM Entertainment Co. and ...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung opens 5G pilot network to 4th largest mobile carrier in US
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it has successfully completed the opening of a 5th-generation mobile communications (5G) pilot ne...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Car-sharing platform Humax Mobility begins IPO process
Humax Mobility, a South Korean car-sharing and parking platform operator, is aiming to become the second mobility service firm to go public in the c...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Patty-cooking robotics startup Aniai completes seed funding
Aniai Inc., a foodservice robotics developer founded by a South Korean, said on Feb. 21 it has attracted $3 million via a seed funding round to boos...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Network usage fees likely to take center of debate at MWC2023
Major participants in the mobile world congress (MWC) 2023 such as Google Inc. and Netflix Inc. are expected to discuss telecommunications network f...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE not to raise tender offer price for SM Entertainment
HYBE Co., the label behind the world’s top boyband BTS, said it does not plan to raise its buying price for SM Entertainment Co., denting hope...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
SK Telecom launches AI robot kit for monitoring fire, gas leaks
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has released an "AI robot kit" that can be attached to a robot to monitor fire and gas leaks. The kit is designed in th...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
POSCO ICT to be rebranded as POSCO DX for digital transformation
POSCO ICT Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Sunday that it will rebrand itself as POSCO D...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
S.Korea's Kakao Enterprise introduces Matching 2.0 strategy
Kakao Enterprise, a leading IT platform business operator in South Korea, recently announced its "Matching 2.0" strategy to enhance the quality of s...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis ramps up patent development for future mobility tech
Hyundai Mobis, a South Korean auto parts maker and a key affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Thursday that it filed more than 3,000 patents la...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
AMCHAM head James Kim joins Hyundai Mobis as outside director
James Kim, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM), is joining South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co....
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Kakao Brain presents text-based AI motion generation model
On Tuesday, Kakao Brain, the AI unit of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced the development of a new text-based motion generation model, called "FL...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Kakao Mobility fined $20 million over unfair taxi-hailing service
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing app operator, has been fined 25.7 billion won ($20.3 million) for discriminating agai...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)