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Corporate bonds
Korean corporate debt sale hits snag amid Taeyoung woes
The South Korean corporate bond market is taking a direct hit from growing credit crunch concerns in the country’s construction sector trigger...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor to launch advanced vehicle platform R&D division
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group will launch an advanced vehicle platform (AVP) research and development division, combining it...
Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Lunit to supply AI image analysis solutions to Samsung Electronics
South Korean medical AI company Lunit has secured a significant partnership with tech giant Samsung Electronics Co., signing a three-year, $1.86 mil...
Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte Chem’s sale of Pakistani PTA unit falls through
Lotte Chemical Corp.'s plan to sell off its Pakistani PTA subsidiary to local chemicals producer Lucky Core Industries Ltd. has collapsed, a year af...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Hyundai Motor launches 'Hyundai Future Adventure' on Roblox
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it will launch a new game "Hyundai Future Adventure" on the popular metaverse platform Roblox, where user...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
SK Telecom considers adding LLM to iPhone recording app
LAS VEGAS -- SK Telecom Co. is considering adding a large language model (LLM) to its iPhone call-recording app for the first time in the industry, ...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
S.Korea ranks fourth in global mobile app market
The size of the South Korean mobile app market has exceeded 10 trillion won ($761 million).Data.ai, an app market analysis platform, released the 20...
Jan 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton’s PUBG tops in global game market
“PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (PUBG), South Korea’s game developing and publishing giant Krafton Inc. ’s mega-hit ga...
Jan 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
DRAM prices to rise up to 18% in Q1 2024: report
Memory chip prices are poised for a significant jump in the first quarter of 2024, with mobile DRAM spearheading the increase, according to research...
Jan 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Samsung to unveil new Odyssey gaming monitors at CES
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it will unveil new Odyssey OLED gaming monitors at CES 2024, the world's largest IT and consum...
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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Business & Politics
South Korea eyes new Arab boom via free trade deal with GCC nations
South Korea has struck a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a group of six Arab nations, paving the way for Seoul to stre...
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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Retail
S.Korea's perfume duty free limit to rise by 100 ml in 2024
South Korean government will raise the duty-free limit of perfume from 60 ml to 100 ml in January 2024. The Ministry of Economy and Finance announce...
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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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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Electronics
LG Innotek develops wireless BMS for EVs
South Korean electronic parts maker LG Innotek announced on Sunday that it developed a cutting-edge wireless battery management system (BMS), a cr...
Dec 18, 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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Retail
Lotte extends Brisbane Airport duty-free shop operations until 2034
Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s largest duty-free business operator, said on Sunday it has extended its operating rights for a duty-free shop a...
Dec 17, 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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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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Executive reshuffles
Lotte Group’s 3rd-generation son comes to the fore
Shin Yoo-yeol, the eldest son of Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-Bin, was promoted to lead the group’s new division to be launched within its h...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Chilsung, E&J Gallo to jointly boost soju sale in US
South Korea’s Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. announced on Tuesday that it partnered with the world's largest winery E&J Gallo to expand its...
Dec 05, 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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Batteries
Lotte Chem develops tech to improve EV battery durability
Lotte Chemical Corp. said on Tuesday it has developed a technology to improve the durability of electric vehicle cell materials by enhancing the sta...
Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)