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Korean startups
Kids platform Norit wins D.Camp January pitch competition
South Korean kids learning platform Norit won the monthly pitch competition hosted by D.Camp, a Seoul-based startup accelerator, on Jan. 26.Norit ma...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
BC Card signs strategic partnership deal with Mongolian Central Bank
South Korea's credit card issuer BC Card said on Monday that it has signed a strategic partnership deal with the Bank of Mongolia.With this collabor...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
A-Team Ventures succeeds in attracting $4.1 mn investment from LX
A-Team Ventures, which runs an online manufacturing platform "Capa," said on Friday that it has raised a Series B funding of 5 billion won ($4.1 mil...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank's Vietnam subsidiary reports record-high performance
Woori Bank Vietnam, South Korean lender Woori Bank's local subsidiary in Vietnam, had heydays last year, tiding over the aftermath of the COVID-19 o...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT signs mineral resource supply deal with Mongolia
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. said on Thursday it has signed a mineral resources supply deal with the Mongolian government, under which...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hancom Carelink invests in bio big data venture 3bigs
South Korea's Hancom Carelink, a digital health care company under Hancom Group, on Wednesday said it bought an unspecified stake in the bio big dat...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Modetour signs agreement with mobility platform Danida
South Korea's travel agency network Modetour Network Inc. said Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with mobility platform Dan...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Medical platform operator Integration raises $8 mn in Series B funding
Integration Inc., which operates specialized platforms for medical personnel such as Traditional Korean Medicine doctors and dentists, has raised 10...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Kookmin Bank launches foreign currency trading platform KB Star FX
South Korea's largest lender Kookmin Bank on Monday launched its new contactless platform for foreign exchange transactions dubbed KB Star FX.The on...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis set for February IPO
South Korean grocery delivery platform Oasis Corp. aims to raise up to $166 million through a listing next month, becoming the country’s first...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong, Onchorus to undertake research on mRNA anticancer drugs
Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Thursday that it has signed a joint R&D and commercialization agreement with America's biopharmaceutical venture...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai’s Supernal, Microsoft to collaborate on UAM projects
Supernal LLC, the urban air mobility affiliate of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co., and US tech giant Microsoft Corp. have agreed...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink's 'Ddu-du Ddu-du' music video surpasses 2 billion views
K-pop girl group Blackpink's “Ddu-du Ddu-du” music video has surpassed 2 billion views on YouTube on Wednesday, its record label YG Ente...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK Networks completes acquisition of local EV charging platform operator
SK Networks Co., a South Korean general trading firm, said on Jan. 3 it has completed the acquisition of SS Charger Co., a leading electric car char...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Sejong kicks off private 5G business for exclusive use for industrial safety
Sejong Telecom, Inc. a mid-sized facilities-based telecommunications business and ICT platform company in South Korea, will launch a private 5G bu...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Ideahub to launch new platform for individual investors of patents in Q1
In the next three months, South Korea's Ideahub is poised to launch a platform on which individual investors can also invest in patents.If all goes ...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Electronics speeds up development of intelligent AI solutions
LG Electronics Inc. on Sunday said it will build an ambient computing platform as selected by LG AI Research, a company think tank specializing in a...
Jan 02, 2023 (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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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hanwha Techwin showcases smart parking solution
Hanwha Techwin, a South Korean company specializing in video surveillance solutions, said on Thursday that it held a showcase event at its 63 Conven...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Nursing caregiver matching startup Bosalpim succeeds in pre-series A funding
South Korea's senior citizen care service startup Bosalpim said on Wednesday that it has raised an undisclosed amount of pre-series A funding from K...
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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Korean startups
Samsung to unveil C-Lab startups, projects at CES 2023
Samsung Electronics Co. will showcase four projects and eight startups developed through its venture program C-Lab at CES 2023, the world's largest ...
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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Korean startups
Kream poised to become unicorn after closing $157 mn Series C round
Kream, a customer-to-customer (C2C) platform for buying and selling limited-edition sneakers, is slated to close the Series C round with a 200 bil...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT launches cloud-based communication platform
South Korea's telecom giant KT Corp. on Tuesday said it launched a communication platform service (CPasS) that integrates and manages communication ...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Hyundai Mobis tests cutting-edge vehicle broadcast platform in North America
South Korea's Hyundai Mobis, which developed the next-generation automotive broadcast system ATSC 3.0 in the US, has teamed up with Sinclair Broadca...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LegoChem Bio, Amgen sign ADC platform deal for up to $1.2 bn
South Korean pharmaceutical firm LegoChem Biosciences Inc. said on Dec. 23 it has transferred the antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) technology platform...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
Video streaming platform Wavve acquires K-content provider KOCOWA
South Korea’s OTT platform Wavve has acquired Los Angeles-based content platform KOCOWA, short for Korean Content Wave. KOCOWA is a US online ...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's CJ Logistics launches AI-based freight transportation platform
South Korea's CJ Logistics on Thursday said it launched The Unban, a freight transportation platform that directly connects senders and freight truc...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
CU to introduce shopping platform on metaverse
Convenience store chain CU said on Thursday that it would introduce a meta-commerce service where online business activities take place on the met...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Hyundai, Waymo forge multi-year, strategic partnership for self-driving vehicles
- 2 AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A
- 3 Taihan Cable wins $630 mn power grid project in Singapore
- 4 Korean startup scene is gloomy, say 2 out of 5 startup CEOs
- 5 MBK ups stakes for Korea Zinc to match buyback offer