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Electric vehicles
LG Uplus enters Korea’s EV charging service market with VoltUp app
LG Uplus Corp., a South Korean mobile carrier, is entering the domestic electric vehicle charging service market by launching a service platform, Vo...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KED's startup news platform Geeks launches revamped website
Geeks, The Korea Economic Daily’s startup news platform launched in May, launched an upgraded website in Korean on Monday. The new conten...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus secures compliance management system certification
LG Uplus Corp. announced on Sunday it has obtained ISO 37301 certification for its compliance management system, marking a first among the three Sou...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy obtains blockchain security certificate
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. announced the successful development of a cyber-security solution for autonomous ships using blockchain t...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
S.Korean Airlines increase flights in anticipation of travel boom
South Korean airlines launched extensive marketing activities such as increasing international flights and giving free tickets in preparation for mo...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korea's e-commerce platform Plugo secures $9 million in investment
South Korea's Plugo, a comprehensive e-commerce platform based in Singapore, has attracted $9 million in Series A investment, the Silicon Valley, Ca...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Bank signs agreement for 24-hour forex trading
Hana Bank said on Friday that it signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Toss Securities for 24-hour foreign exchange trading at t...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Vuno's fundus-reading AI obtains medical device certification in Thailand
South Korea's medical device startup company Vuno announced on Thursday that its fundus reading artificial intelligence (AI) solution Vuno Med-Fundu...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
ESTsoft completes construction of studio dedicated to AI virtual humans
South Korea's application software developer ESTsoft Corp. said on Tuesday that it has built a dedicated studio in its headquarters in Seoul's Gangn...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Neurophet acquires Singaporean certification for Alzheimer's diagnosis
South Korea's medical imaging device maker Neurophet said on Tuesday that its SCALE PET has obtained a medical device certification from the Health ...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy-GM JV secures $2.5 bn loan from US for EV battery production
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. said on Wednesday its joint venture with General Motors Co. has attracted $2.5 billion via a loan...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
EV charging service firm Scalardata attracts 3 bn won from GS Energy
Scalardata, a South Korean start-up running an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure integration platform "evmodu.kr," announced on Monday t...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
S.Korea's Bespin Global secures $107 mn from Middle East
South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global said on Monday that it has secured 140 billion won ($107 million) in investment from e& Ent...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korea's Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier
South Korea's major retailer Shinsegae International said on Monday that it would acquire the exclusive domestic sales rights of Laura Mercier, a Fr...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korean Proteina gets offers from global pharmaceutical companies
Global pharmaceutical companies are expressing keen interest in the South Korean diagnostics company Proteina. Unlike companies that search for sp...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus holds in-house hackathon to secure platform technology
LG Uplus Corps. said on Sunday that it held a hackathon called "Hackstival" to compete for development skills of in-house software developers.The co...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Art tech platform Tessa attracts strategic investment from Kyobo Securities
The art tech platform Tessa said on Thursday that it has succeeded in attracting strategic investment from Kyobo Securities Co. The amount of invest...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air Busan offers 4 daily flights on Busan-Fukuoka route
Korea's low-cost carrier Air Busan Co. from Thursday will add a daily flight to its route linking the nation's biggest port city of Busan to Fukuo...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Twelve Labs secures $12 mn for AI-powered video analysis platform
Twelve Labs Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence-powered video search platform developer, closed its seed extension round with an additional...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Kumho Tire receives silver medal from EcoVadis
Kumho Tire Co. announced on Tuesday that it received a silver medal from EcoVadis, a global ESG (environmental, social, and governance) evaluation a...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Shinsegae Int'l secures domestic sales rights for Italian brand Davines
South Korea's fashion retail giant Shinsegae International on Monday said it has acquired the domestic rights to sell the Italian haircare brand Dav...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Taihan earns certification for extra-high voltage transmission cable
Taihan Cable & Solution said on Monday that it had completed the development of a 500-kV current cross-linked polyethylene extra-high voltage DC...
Dec 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mispriced risk in EU, UK real estate brings appealing opportunities: Abrdn
European real estate prices are adjusting, creating mispriced risk amid current market turbulence. This brings attractive opportunities for investor...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean LCCs resume flights to Taipei after nearly 3 years
As domestic budget carriers begin opening or resuming flights to Taipei, the skyways between Korea and Taiwan have widened further.Jeju Air announce...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
LG Chem unveils eco-friendly bioplastic, supplies to US toy firm Mattel
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, has unveiled a new eco-friendly high-performance bioplastic and supplied it to Mattel Inc...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shilla Duty Free offers metaverse Gucci Beauty class
Shilla Duty Free, Korea's leading duty-free shop chain, is opening a metaverse beauty class in collaboration with Gucci Beauty.The company will intr...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
Industrial Bank of Korea provides Silicon Valley-style financing for startups
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) on Friday launched the IBK Venture Loan, which provides bridge loans to promising startups struggling to borrow funds...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Samsung Electronics acquires two global cloud security certifications
Samsung Electronics Co. acquired two international certificates regarding cloud security, ISO 27001 and ISO 27017.South Korea's electronics giant an...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
LG HelloVision, S-1 to jointly enter home security market
South Korea's cable TV provider LG HelloVision and security company S-1 Corp. announced they will jointly develop a home-based platform using ...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korea's SK Inc. revs up power semiconductor value chains via M&As
SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, is ramping up its value chain of third-generation semicondu...
Nov 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)