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Venture capital
Document tool company Business Canvas secures Series A2 round
Business Canvas, a South Korean SaaS (software as a service) startup that services the global document tool "Typed," announced on Tuesday that it ha...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
S.Korea begins PCR testing of all passengers coming from China
South Korea on Monday implemented tougher quarantine measures on arrivals from China like a PCR test for COVID-19.Thus quarantine authorities requir...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s NPS to be in red in 2022 with 5.3% loss in Jan-Oct
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest such fund, is poised to report an annual loss in 2022 for the fi...
Jan 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea logs record trade deficit in 2022; outlook dim
South Korea suffered a record trade deficit last year as the ongoing war in Ukraine ramped up energy import bills, while the outlook remained dark w...
Jan 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus to develop metaverse service for children with Witch Company
South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said on Friday that it will develop a web3 service for children to provide an immersive ex...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea plans to raise tax breaks for chipmakers, key industries
The South Korean government plans to revise a recently passed bill aimed at supporting the country’s semiconductor sector and other key indust...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
CJ Logistics aims to achieve carbon neutrality goal by 2050
South Korea's parcel delivery company CJ Logistics said on Friday that it will achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 for a more sustainable future in lo...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Alteogen signs $145 million tech export deal with Swiss company
South Korea's bio company Alteogen Inc. on Friday said it signed its fourth technology export contract since its 2018 development of the human recom...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SuperBin completes plastic recycling factory in Seoul suburb
SuperBin, a South Korean startup reshaping the waste recycling ecosystem using Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, on Thursday said it had co...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LS Cable abandons round wire to focus on higher-value EV wire
LS Cable & System Ltd. has decided to give up the round wire business to concentrate on higher-value-added products used in electric vehicles (E...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK signs $2 bn deal to acquire 3D dental scanner firm Medit
Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is acquiring Medit Corp., the world’s third-largest 3D dental scanner maker, for 2.45 trillion w...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI, KARI collaborate in developing Korean UAM
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) has signed an agreement with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to help KARI perform a dry run test...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hyundai Wia gets silver medal from EcoVadis
Hyundai Wia Corp. has been awarded a silver medal from EcoVadis in recognition of its continuing effort toward its sustainability credentials,...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
KFTC acts on Amazon's large share of S.Korea's cloud market
Amazon controls around 70% of South Korea's cloud market, followed by Microsoft in second and Google and Naver Corp. fighting for third place.The Ko...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Medicox boosts unit for oral insulin, medical cannabis
South Korea's Medicox Co. on Wednesday said it will raise 40 billion won ($32 million) to boost its unit for oral insulin and cannabidiol (CBD).The ...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Naver D2SF makes follow-up investment in fashion startup Onthelook
Naver D2SF, Naver Corp.'s startup investment arm, made a follow-up investment in fashion content startup Onthelook.The company said on Wednesday tha...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Group's received orders for auto parts close to $393 billion
South Korea’s electronics-to-battery conglomerate LG Group expects its received orders for auto components to reach over 500 trillion won ($...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s 1st moon probe Danuri enters lunar orbit; world’s 7th mission
South Korea on Wednesday became the world’s seventh country to send a lunar orbiter to the moon, joining other advanced countries in a heated ...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong Pharma, Neurolive to jointly develop new antidepressant drug
South Korea's drug company Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with biopharmaceutical venture Neurorive to joi...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
DSME joins hands with Navy for building combined combat systems
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) said on Wednesday that it had held the first meeting with the Republic of Korea Navy the pre...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Energy expands fusion urban fuel cell business
SK Energy has teamed up with new and renewable energy companies to develop urban distributed power generation and electric vehicle charging.The comp...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire supplies tires to Nissan's new X-Trail SUV
Hankook Tire & Technology said on Tuesday it would supply its ultra-high-performance sports tire Ventus S1 evo3 SUV to Nissan's fourth-generatio...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hansol Chemical to enter bio industry with BiOCS acquisition
Hansol Chemical Co., a unit of South Korea’s paper-focused conglomerate Hansol Group, is expanding its business scope to biomaterials by acqui...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Koreans buy $2.7 billion Tesla shares this year, favorite foreign stock
Tesla, Inc. was the investors’ choice in South Korea this year, ahead of other overseas stocks.According to the Korea Securities Depository he...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
FarmHannong's herbicide Terrad'or enters Brazil
FarmHannong, South Korea's leading agricultural chemicals producer, said on Tuesday that its new herbicide Terrad'or has been registered as a new he...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Standard Chartered's director attributes ESG success to board-led decisions
When it comes to the banking sector's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts, an industry veteran says the success depends on the chief...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ECM/DCM
Net assets of S.Korea's ETF rise to $63.1 billion despite stock woes
Despite South Korea's weak stock market this year, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) sector, which marked its 20th anniversary, maintained a clear grow...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Self-driving bus running on main roads launched for first time in S.Korea
South Korea in a first for the country has launched self-driving buses running on bus rapid transit (BRT) routes.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructur...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea’s big bio startups to launch $39 mn investment fund
South Korea’s four leading biotech firms plan to launch an investment fund of up to 50 billion won ($39 million) to support smaller domestic b...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S. Korea foresees recession in falling freight prices, wages
Global ocean freight prices are falling amid a darkening outlook for South Korea, as Asia’s fourth-largest economy heavily depends on overseas...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)