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Aerospace & Defense
Elon Musk’s SpaceX set for tie-up with KT SAT for Starlink service in Korea
SpaceX, the rocket and spacecraft manufacturer founded by Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk, will likely join forces with KT Corp. to lau...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
NHN, KT, Naver to jointly build AI semiconductor farm
Three large cloud service providers (CSPs) in South Korea will participate as a team in the project K-Cloud pursued by the government to verify dome...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the world's two biggest advisory bodies for shareholder voting rights, have recommended op...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
KT expands use of self-driving delivery robots to campgrounds
South Korea's KT Corp. has launched a delivery service for campgrounds using self-driving robots.The telecom giant on Tuesday said it signed a memor...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT launches open beta version of metaverse platform Genieverse
South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Monday the launch of an open beta version of its business-to-consumer (B2C) metaverse platform, "Genieverse."The...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Tourist arrival gap between S.Korea, Japan widens sharply
Since Japan resumed visa-free travel for South Koreans in October last year, South Koreans have been flocking to the neighboring country.But the num...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
KTO promotes travel to Korea in ITB Berlin
The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Monday its participation in ITB Berlin 2023, the world's largest tourism fair held in Berlin, Germany, f...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korean inflation rises at slowest rate in 10 months in February
South Korea’s headline inflation gain eased in February, rising at the slowest pace in 10 months on a drop in oil product prices but utility p...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G’s hidden saviors in activist fight: In-house funds
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, will likely get support from in-house shareholders in a battle against activist funds...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Bioepis launches ARMD biosimilar drug in Germany, Canada
Samsung Bioepis Co., a South Korean biosimilar firm, announced on Sunday that it has recently launched a new biosimilar drug called SB11 for the tre...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s DRAM market share rises amid industrywide revenue drop
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, saw its DRAM market share rise in the fourth quarter of last year despite a sig...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Huons gets approval to supply anesthetics to Canada
Huons Co., a South Korean pharmaceutical company, has announced plans to expand its presence in the North American market by offering two anesthetic...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
S.Korea's elderly population to exceed 10 million in 2024
The number of people in South Korea aged 65 or over next year is expected to break 10 million, with the country to enter an era in which 20% of the ...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
S.Korea's KT Studio Genie provides romantic comedy to Amazon
KT Studio Genie, a content production subsidiary of the South Korea's telecom giant KT Corp., announced on Monday that it had signed a global conten...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
S.Korea’s KT&G engulfed in lawsuit against activist funds
The world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker KT&G’s battle against activist investors intensified as a group of funds sued the South Kore...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KT CEO Ku Hyeon-mo drops reelection bid as controversy flares
KT Corp. Chief Executive Ku Hyeon-mo has abandoned his ambitious bid to lead South Korea’s largest telecommunications company for another thre...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
KT&G potential target of aggressive activist shareholder
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, is likely to face a tougher battle against activist shareholders as an aggressive hed...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT’s global digital push deepens with Singtel partnership
KT Corp. has joined hands with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) to export its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, as wel...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KTS secures contract for LS Cable's undersea cable construction project
KT Submarine Co. (KTS), a South Korean undersea cable construction company, said on Tuesday that it signed a contract with LS Cable & System Ltd...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK sees interest rate as tight amid continued drop in exports
South Korea’s central bank said on Tuesday it regards the current interest rate as tight, suggesting the monetary authority may hold the polic...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kyochon sets sights on Western expansion with Canadian franchise deal
Kyochon F&B, the operator of South Korea's premier fried chicken brand Kyochon Chicken, said on Tuesday that it has secured a master franchise a...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT succeeds in developing core equipment for 5G-specialized networks
KT Corp., a South Korean telecom service operator, has successfully developed equipment that embodies the core technology of 5G-specialized networks...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Dream Tour partners with Air France-KLM for eco-friendly fuel
On Monday, Hyundai Dream Tour, a travel company affiliated with Hyundai Department Store Group, announced a partnership with Air France-KLM to promo...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Koreans’ voracious appetite for pork belly extends to Canadian pork market
As South Korea prepares for Samgyeopsal Day, or Pork Belly Day, on March 3, the country has further upped pork imports from Canada – this afte...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's IONIQ 5 named best EV in Germany, Canada
Hyundai Motor Co. on Sunday said its crossover electric vehicle (EV) sport-utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 was named the 2023 Canadian Utility Vehicle...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korean won near 2-month low as US data fans Fed hike views
The South Korean won skidded to a near two-month low on Friday as hotter-than-forecast US inflation data added to expectations that the Federal Rese...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea's KT CS reports record sales in 2022
On Friday, KT Corp.'s customer service unit, KT CS, announced that its sales revenue for the previous year reached a record high of 591.6 billion wo...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KT Group signs MOUs with Mongolian firms to explore joint opportunities
South Korea's KT Group has signed multiple memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the Mongolian government and economic delegation to explore pote...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Treasury yield falls signal BOK's looser grip on inflation
The yield on South Korea’s benchmark three-year treasury bonds has stayed below the base rate for a month, out of sync with monetary policies ...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean IT firms rush for tie-ups to compete with ChatGPT
South Korean tech companies are rushing to form partnerships in different sectors to develop superior AI services to compete with ChatGPT, a chatbot...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)