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Electronics
LG unveils new home appliances upgradable like smartphones
LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a new set of home appliances upgradable through apps just like a smartphone as the company aims to transform...
Jul 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Huons’ overseas market expansion leads to record-high sales
South Korea's Huons Group is continuing its record-breaking performance while expanding its influence in the global market.According to Huons Group ...
Jul 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's Daesang begins production of sugar alternative allulose
South Korean food maker Daesang Corp. has started operations of the country’s largest facility for the production of allulose, a low-calorie s...
Jul 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, Stellantis agree to build 2nd US battery plant
South Korea’s Samsung SDI Co. and the Netherlands-based automaker Stellantis N.V. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build the...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics launches 89-inch Micro LED TV
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Sunday that it launched an 89-inch Micro LED TV model in the South Korean market. This product is Samsung's hig...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M spurs single-crystal cathode production
GWANGYANG – POSCO Future M Co., the battery materials unit under South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is spurring production of singl...
Jul 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung primed for graphics chip leadership with GDDR7
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has unveiled a next-generation graphics DRAM chip that is faster and more energ...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset’s global ETFs exceed $100 bn in net asset value
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., South Korea’s leading asset manager, said on Tuesday its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) worldwide have surpa...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Aekyung Industrial's sales on Amazon jump 58% in H1 2023
South Korea's Aekyung Industrial announced on Tuesday that its sales on the US e-commerce platform Amazon in the first half of this year increased...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK warns of household lending risk on growth, inequality
South Korea’s central bank warned that household lending in the country has leaped to the world’s third highest and could hurt long-term...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Tepid luxury sales widen gap between favorite and less-favored brands
The economic slowdown may have diminished South Koreans’ appetite for foreign designer goods, but that doesn't mean they've closed their walle...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer
Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
KCC boosts output of semiconductor-sealing material
South Korean chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. is expanding its production lines for the semiconductor-sealing material epoxy molding compound...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong's Nabota exceeds 600,000 customers in US
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Thursday that its local loyalty program for Nabota (American name: Jeuveau) in the US, a botulinum tox...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S&P expects BOK to cut rate by 100 bps in 2024 for growth
South Korea’s central bank is expected to cut its policy interest rate by one percentage point next year with inflationary pressure easing fur...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Electronics aims to transform into platform-based tech firm by 2030
When LG Electronics Inc. made a surprise move to ungracefully exit the mobile phone business, one of its mainstay businesses, two years ago, investo...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK Telecom, Hana Financial Group jointly nurture AI startups
SK Telecom Co. and Hana Financial Group are strengthening their collaboration in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). They are jointly fosteri...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO sharply lifts 2030 battery materials sales targets
South Korea’s POSCO Holdings Inc. on Tuesday sharply revised up its sales targets for rechargeable battery materials as it is aiming to join t...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea’s imports of LFP cathode reverses to growth after 8 years
South Korea's imports of cathode materials used to make lithium ferrophosphate (LFP) batteries in the first five months of this year rose for the fi...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Ad-tech unicorn Moloco’s endeavor to unlock potential continues
SILICON VALLEY – Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup valued at more than $2 billion, is dreaming big to become a vers...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics opens gaming-focused shopping platform
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it has opened the Samsung Gaming Portal on its domestic website Samsung.com to streng...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus to enter fashion metaverse
South Korea‘s LG Uplus Corp. has launched a fashion metaverse business, starting this month the clothing store Meta Slap, a digital service fo...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor breaks out of 3-year slump in China
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. has broken out of its slump in China, with its Chinese joint venture posting its first sales growth in four ye...
Jul 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Elec Q2 profit misses forecast on costs; stocks tumble
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s leading home appliance maker, missed quarterly profit projections due to one-time costs related to job cuts, ...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
POSCO Int'l to build 1.26 mn tons of green hydrogen infrastructure by 2035
South Korea's largest trading company POSCO International revealed on Friday its strategy to establish a green hydrogen supply infrastructure with...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
KTO releases 49 Korean Wave tourism products
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said on Friday that it has selected 49 tourism routes developed by 19 different travel agencies, centered aroun...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung chip turnaround likely in second half after dismal Q2
Samsung Electronics Co. expects to see light at the end of the tunnel with a likely turnaround of its mainstay chip business in the second half afte...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics sets up 1st global R&D center in Indonesia
South Korean home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. opened its first overseas research and development center in Indonesia on Thursday to accelera...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SCM Lifescience kicks off anti-hair loss product exports to SE Asia
South Korea’s stem cell tech company SCM Lifescience on Wednesday said it has started full-scale exports to Southeast Asia of its hair loss ca...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
McDonald’s to increase locations by 25% in S.Korea by 2030
McDonald’s Corp., the world’s top fast-food restaurant operator, is set to increase the number of its locatons in South Korea by 25% to ...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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