open innovation program
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Future mobility
Four consortiums bid for Seoul’s flying car program
A total of four consortiums announced their bids for the government-run urban air mobility (UAM) program titled K-UAM Grand Challenge on Tuesday.&nb...
May 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s luxury Genesis goes bespoke under One of One brand
Owning a luxury car with the design, interior finish or even engine power to one's liking is what drivers dream of but seems out of reach for most.G...
May 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Iljin Materials aims to complete stake sale in August
Iljin Materials Co., a South Korean electric vehicle battery materials maker, accelerated the process of the sale of a majority stake in a deal esti...
May 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Hyundai Wia likely to deploy smart robots at Georgia EV plant
Hyundai Wia Corp., an auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, will likely deploy smart robots at the group’s first dedicated electric vehicle ...
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK ties up with Bill Gates’ TerraPower for small nuclear reactor biz
SK Group, South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate, joined hands with TerraPower, an advanced nuclear power venture founded by billionaire Bill Gates,...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG CNS sees record-high revenue, operating profit in Q1
In the first three months of this year, LG CNS had the best performing first quarter in its history. The LG Corp. subsidiary set records for both re...
May 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup accelerator D.Camp opens Busan office
For the first time, South Korea’s startup accelerator D.Camp has opened an office in the port city of Busan. The joint effort between D...
May 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Behind the Scenes
South Koreans turned off by luxury fashion houses’ price hikes
A Cartier boutique inside a department store in Seoul’s posh Gangnam District was unusually slow on Tuesday. The quiet ambience was in sh...
May 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao CEO vows messenger app reform as Q1 misses forecasts
South Korea’s leading online platform operator Kakao Corp. plans to drastically change the way KakaoTalk, the country’s top mobile messe...
May 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Duty Free to open downtown store in Sydney
South Korea's Lotte Duty Free Co. is slated to open a downtown store in Sydney on May 5, after Australia reopened its international borders to forei...
May 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Innovation logs record profit in Q1 on strong refining biz
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top refiner, enjoyed the record quarterly earnings on strong crude prices and margins, joining the list of do...
Apr 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
NH Investment opens London affiliate to ramp up global IB business
NH Investment & Securities Co. has set up its affiliate incorporated in London, the South Korean major brokerage house announced on April 27. ...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai opens world's first UAM takeoff, landing area in UK
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group has opened the world's first urban air mobility (UAM) takeoff and landing area in central England.Supernal LLC, Hy...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Earthon to explore oil block off Malaysian coast
South Korea’s SK Earthon Co., an energy and petroleum unit of SK Innovation Co., and Malaysia's Petroleum Sarawak Exploration & Production...
Apr 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Top-ranking S.Korean universities become hotbeds for promising startups
South Korean universities have become hotbeds for promising startups. Leading the trend are two of the country's best-known higher education ...
Apr 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Boryung takes 'health is wealth' to whole new level – space
South Korean biotech and pharmaceutical companies are expanding their footholds in the global space medicine market. Boryung, formerly Boryung Pharm...
Apr 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
KT showcases AI-powered robots, traffic control program at tech fair
KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, unveiled its new digital transformation services using artificial intelligence, big data ...
Apr 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE opens R&D center in Germany for future technology
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of the world’s top shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Indus...
Apr 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
JYP Entertainment stocks skyrocket 70% in three months
Shares of JYP Entertainment Inc. have been skyrocketing in recent months. The record label stocks jumped more than 70% from its lowest price point s...
Apr 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
SK Innovation to list battery unit 2025 at earliest
South Korean SK Innovation Co. does not expect to list its battery subsidiary until at least 2025, the company’s chief executive said on Thurs...
Mar 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Daesang’s first Korean kimchi plant in US up and running
South Korean food maker Daesang Corp. has completed the construction of a kimchi plant in the US, its first factory outside Asia, which the company ...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KTB rebrands with name change as Daol Financial Group
Daol Financial Group of South Korea, formerly known as KTB Financial Group, announced on March 25 the change in the company's name. Daol, a Korean w...
Mar 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI Research opens first overseas base in Michigan
South Korean LG Corp.'s artificial intelligence research institute set up its first overseas base in Michigan to expand its global AI research ...
Mar 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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War in Ukraine
Korea to open temporary settlement lines for trade with Russia
South Korea plans to open temporary settlement lines between domestic banks and their units in Russia in order to help companies hit by multinationa...
Mar 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Gucci to open world’s fourth Osteria restaurant in Seoul
Seoulites are set to enjoy Gucci’s fine-dining experience from later this month.The Italian luxury fashion house said on Wednesday it will ope...
Mar 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Edtech startup Riiid joins Fast Company's list of most innovative firms
South Korea’s AI education startup Riiid has made it onto Fast Company's annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Since 20...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Pearl Abyss releases mobile game Black Desert in China in April
South Korean game developer and publisher Pearl Abyss set a China release date of April 27 for its cross-platform MMORPG Black Desert on the App Sto...
Mar 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
War in Ukraine: Risk and opportunity for Korean shipbuilders
The escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine is posing both a risk and an opportunity for South Korea’s three largest shipbuilders, whic...
Mar 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Partners Group wins $620 mn Korean LPs mandate for infra
Some major institutional investors of South Korea have committed a combined $620 million to Partners Group’s third direct infrastructure progr...
Feb 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KAIST Holdings to open US offices with $8.4 bn value in mind
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on Tuesday announced the blueprint to strengthen its foothold in the United States an...
Feb 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)