kakao mobility robot
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Robotics
LG Elec to supply robot CLOi to SE Asian golf courses
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that it signed a contract with the domestic golf service platform Smartscore to supply i...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Digital healthcare, robot, AI chip startups among VCs’ 2024 top picks
Startups that specialize in digital healthcare, robots and artificial intelligence chips are among South Korea-based venture capital firms’ to...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
LG Display to unveil future mobility panels at CES
LG Display Co., the world’s leading organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, will unveil its next-generation automotive display produc...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility posts sevenfold rise in overseas ride-hailing services
Kakao Mobility Corp., which runs South Korea’s most popular ride-hailing app, saw its services in overseas markets grow sevenfold in the first...
Dec 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia to revamp R&D organization
Hyundai Motor Co. ’s and Kia Corp. are undergoing a comprehensive restructuring of their research and development (R&D) organizations. Thi...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Samsung to unveil AI-feature vacuum cleaner at CES
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will unveil a new vacuum cleaner, the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo, at the upcoming CES 2024. This ...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kakao Mobility's talks to acquire FreeNow in deadlock
Kakao Mobility Corp.’s ambition to go global has hit a roadbock after its parent group Kakao Corp. rejected its draft bid to buy Germany-based...
Dec 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea’s besieged mobile carriers grapple with OTT players’ rate hikes
South Korea’s telecommunications companies, besieged by the onslaught of foreign over-the-top (OTT) players such as Netflix and YouTube, are g...
Dec 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha wins S.Korean military anti-drone system deals
South Korean aerospace and defense maker Hanwha Systems Co. is set to establish a military system to cope with small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...
Dec 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Daedong partners with POSCO to build first robot for steel mills
Daedong Corp., South Korea’s leading tractor and farm machinery maker, said on Thursday it has teamed up with POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent ...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Korean Kakao Pay’s acquisition of US' Siebert collapses
South Korean Kakao Pay Corp.'s takeover deal of US-based Siebert Financial Corp. has failed amid the growing legal risks surrounding top executives ...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Hyundai’s Supernal to unveil life-size UAM at CES 2024
Supernal LLC, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it will participate in CES 2024 ne...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Elec unveils new image sensors for robotics, XR
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, on Tuesday introduced new image sensors tailored for advanced content platforms...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, UAE’s Mubadala to collaborate on future business projects
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and the United Arab Emirates’ sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co. have agreed to...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Doosan Robotics supplies baggage handling robots to Dutch Airport
South Korea's Doosan Robotics Inc. announced on Thursday its collaboration with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and the Danish firm Cobot Lift. This part...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
S.Korea to spend $2.3 bn to quadruple robot market by 2030
South Korea’s public and private sectors will together invest more than 3 trillion won ($2.3 billion) by 2030 to nearly quadruple the domestic...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Doosan Robotics to expand cobot business in Europe
Doosan Robotics Inc., the robot-developing unit of South Korea’s Doosan Group, will supply collaborative robots to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Kakao taps venture capital unit head as new CEO to lead reform
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s top mobile platform under fire for its extremely aggressive business expansion, tapped its venture capital unit hea...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO DX to develop robots for steel mills
POSCO DX Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., will collaborate with Chosun Refractories Co. to develop ...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Kakao to tighten grip over units, rethink horizontal culture
Kim Beom-soo, founder and chairman of South Korea’s largest mobile platform Kakao Corp., said on Monday it will abandon its autonomous managem...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung launches new growth engine control tower at mobile division
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of memory chips and smartphones, has created a business control tower within its Digital eX...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
LIG Nex1 to buy quadruped robot maker Ghost Robotics for $240 mn
LIG Nex1 Co., a South Korean weapons system developer, has agreed to buy a 60% stake in Ghost Robotics Corp (GRC), a Philadelphia-based robot develo...
Dec 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Doosan Robotics eyes top spot in cobot market after Oct IPO
SUWON – South Korea’s Doosan Robotics Inc. is aiming for the top spot in the collaborative robot market excluding China, zooming in on t...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Former Kakao CEO founds AI entertainment company
Namkoong Whon, the former CEO of South Korea’s Kakao Corp., announced on Friday that he founded artificial intelligence (AI)-based entertain...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec joins governing body of SOAFEE
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it became the ninth member of the governing body of the Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge ...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver, PIF-backed JV join hands for Saudi Arabia’s smart cities
South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp. is planning to accelerate Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation in partnership with a tech firm b...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
EcoPro Materials, Doosan Robotics heat up Korean IPO market
South Korea’s initial public offering market is recovering as EcoPro Materials Co., Doosan Robotics Inc. and other newly listed jackpot shares...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Renault Korea to equip Tmap Mobility infotainment in new vehicle
Renault Korea Motors announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for future infotainment collaboration to provide d...
Nov 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor’s Uniwheel offers new paradigm for future mobility
Mobility has evolved at an incredible pace over the years. But there’s one thing that hardly changes – the configuration of the drivetra...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to spur generative AI service for new growth: CEO
LG Uplus Corp., a leading mobile carrier in South Korea, is accelerating its generative artificial intelligence business as a new growth driver amid...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)