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Food & Beverage
Pulmuone builds data sharing cluster for factories
South Korea's major plant-based food company Pulmuone Co. Ltd. said on Monday that it has built a "digital cluster smart factory" that can share, in...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec's Tennessee plant named Lighthouse Factory by WEF
LG Electronics Inc.'s home appliance factory in Tennessee, the US, has been selected as a "Lighthouse Factory" by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
POSCO Chemical moves into activated carbon business
POSCO Chemical Co. will join hands with Dong-Suh Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. to move into the activated carbon business, an eco-friendly material f...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha to build largest US solar energy hub for $2.5 bn
South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. said on Wednesday that it will invest 3.2 trillion won ($2.5 billion) to build the largest solar energy p...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Ecoplant to jointly develop renewable energy sources with CSCEC
South Korea's construction engineering company SK Ecoplant Co., Ltd. is going to jointly develop overseas renewable energy sources with China State ...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
LG Elec to increase partnerships for business expansion
LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, is seeking more partnerships with global leading companies and increas...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Aekyung Industrial acquires green certification for eco-friendly detergent
Aekyung Industrial said on Thursday that it has obtained green technology certification from the Korea Technology Finance Corporation for its eco-fr...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding expected to lead manufacturing sectors in export growth
South Korea's shipbuilding exports this year are expected to jump 76.1% from last year to $32.4 billion to lead all major manufacturing industries i...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
K-defense sector to reach annual export of $16 bn for two consecutive years
The South Korean defense market is forecast to sign export contracts worth more than 20 trillion won (15.7 billion) combined this year on the back o...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korean companies expect exports to decline in 1% range this year
South Korea's companies expect both sales and exports this year to decline in the 1% range from last year, predicting economic growth in the low 1% ...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea proposes bigger tax breaks for chipmakers, key industries
The South Korean government plans to raise tax breaks for facility investments by big companies, including chipmakers, to as much as 25% following P...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea's Daehan Green Power invests in energy superstation biz
South Korea's Daehan Green Power has entered the green hydrogen sector, a new growth engine, through an energy super station project.The company on ...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's gaming industry reaches $15.7 billion in scale
South Korea's game industry in 2021 saw sales of over 20 billion won ($15.7 billion), ranking the country fourth on the global market. The Kore...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Bank to completely scrap mobile, online balance transfer fees
Beginning on New Year's day, Shinhan Bank started waiving all balance transfer fees to other bank accounts and automated transfer fees for its mobil...
Jan 02, 2023 (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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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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Pension funds
NPS will intensify shareholder engagement, new CIO says
Seo Won-joo, the new chief investment officer of the National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, said on Dec. 27 that the pension fund will stren...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Laon People registers patent on AI vision inspection, methods in China
Laon People, South Korea's Kosdaq-listed company specializing in AI-based vision inspection solutions, said Monday that it has registered a patent i...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK may sell assets in Vietnam, Malaysia to raise billions of dollars
South Korean conglomerate SK Group is considering selling some of its assets in Vietnam and Malaysia owned by its investment vehicle SK South East A...
Dec 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SFA to acquire 28% stake in CIS to lead renewable battery equipment sector
South Korea’s general equipment manufacturer SFA Engineering Corp. is poised to acquire CIS Corp., a renewable battery production equipment ma...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
US non-agency mortgage-backed securities to shine in 2023: TCW
Amid the tightening of the Federal Reserve, among the most impacted asset classes were agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), issued by US governm...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Women break glass ceiling in South Korea's advertising sector
Major advertising agencies in South Korea have appointed women to the position of vice president. Because advertising is a field in which women are ...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Mobis, Ottopia tie up for remote mobility tech
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest automotive part supplier, and Israeli teleoperation startup Ottopia Technologies Ltd. have joined...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KETI localizes core software for metal 3D printing
Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) on Tuesday said it developed domestic software to boost quality in manufacturing using metal 3D printe...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korean biopharmaceutical sector to see brisk M&As in H1, 2023
An expert says the first half of next year will see the start of brisk M&As in biopharmaceuticals targeting strategic investors.Pyeon Jae-seong,...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korean food delivery app Baemin vows to hike logistics unit's service quality
Woowa Youths, an affiliate of Woowa Brothers, the parent company of South Korea's top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, on Monday announced its visio...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SGC Energy signs 10-year contract to supply liquid CO2
South Korea’s SGC Energy Co. recently signed a contract to supply liquid carbon dioxide to a domestic company for 10 years starting January 20...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
S.Korea's LS Mtron opens center to reinforce global logistics
LS Mtron, the heavy machinery and advanced parts-making unit of South Korea's LS Group, on Monday said it completed the LS Mtron Parts and Solution ...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korean corporate debt ratio hits six-year high in Q3
South Korean corporate debt ratio rose to a six-year high in the third quarter as sales growth and profitability fell, darkening the outlook for Asi...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's 2021 bio sector output $15.4 bn; 5-year annual growth 20%
South Korea's bio industry last year exceeded 20 trillion won ($15.4 billion) in production for the first time and continues to see strong growth.Th...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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