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Business & Politics
S.Korea to launch K-Ricebelt project in Africa
South Korea has launched an official development assistance (ODA) project for a "K-Ricebelt" to produce rice for 30 million people every year in Afr...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia scouts ex-Stellantis executive Pierre-Martin Bos as PBV director
Kia Corp. has brought a former Stellantis N.V.’s commercial vehicle specialist on board for its purpose-built vehicle (PBV) business in Europe...
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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Carbon neutrality
Samsung Biologics, Celltrion pledge major CO2 cuts
South Korea’s No. 1 biopharmaceutical company Samsung BioLogics Co. and No. 2 Celltrion Inc. produced higher CO2 emissions last year than in 2...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean game companies to launch new offensive in China
Major South Korean game companies such as Nexon, Netmarble Corp. and Smilegate from this month will roll out new titles on the Chinese market. ...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korean startups feel bite of funding drought in H1
The drought in venture capital funding worsened in South Korea in the first half of this year, taking an especially heavy toll on platform and b...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AI startup Liner adds GPT service to Samsung Internet Browser
South Korea’s Liner, an artificial intelligence search platform startup, on Thursday announced the release of Liner Copilot, an extension for ...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Kakao Entertainment launches AI brand Helix
South Korea's Kakao Entertainment on Thursday launched the artificial intelligence (AI) brand Helix, with its first service Helix Push recommending ...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Naver D2SF invests in AI data generation startup
South Korea's top online platform Naver Corp. has invested in a startup with an artificial intelligence-generation solution that lowers the risk of ...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Kakao Pay launches ATM service in Japan, Vietnam, Laos
South Korea’s Kakao Pay Corp. on Wednesday said it started an overseas withdrawal service at automatic teller machines (ATM) in partnership wi...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Kolon Industries to develop new materials for space exploration
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, announced on Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) wi...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Ontario, S.Korea VC firm to establish $76 mn healthcare fund
Canada's Ontario government has joined hands with a South Korean venture capital firm to establish a fund of 100 million Canadian dollars ($75.6 mil...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Wrtn integrates Google's latest LLM PaLM 2
South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has integrated Google's latest PaLM 2 non-English language model i...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Kia to begin EV battery subscription service pilot project
South Korea's Kia Corp. said on Tuesday it has partnered with Hyundai Capital Services, Shinhan EZ General Insurance, the Seoul Taxi Association, Ha...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare launches Humira biosimilar Yuflyma in US
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare on Monday said it launched the day before on the US market Yuflyma, a biosimilar of the ...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air becomes 1st S.Korean LCC to surpass 100 mn passenger mark
South Korea's low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air Co. on Sunday said its cumulative number of passengers exceeded 100 million 17 years after the company...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental drops plan to enter Korea’s secondhand car sales market
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea’s largest car rental firm, has dropped its plan to enter the domestic used car sales market. Instead, it will st...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea’s mattress maker Zinus launches premium product line
South Korean furniture and mattress maker Zinus Inc., an affiliate of Hyundai Department Store Group, has started a premium mattress line.The compan...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG sees $76 bn in 2023 vehicle system order backlog
The automotive electronics business is emerging as a new cash cow for South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc., a household name in the home applianc...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Genie Music launches AI-based arrangement service
Genie Music, the music production and distribution affiliate of South Korea’s KT Corp., has launched an arrangement service for digital music ...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 named Best EV of 2023 in US
Hyundai Motor Co.'s electric vehicle IONIQ 6 has been named Car and Driver's 2023 EV of the Year on Thursday. According to Hyundai Motor, IONIQ...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Group seeks new partners in Silicon Valley’s startup scene
South Korea’s LG Group seeks new partnerships with global ventures to strengthen its new growth engines, such as batteries, biopharmaceuticals...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics launches TV-specific camera LG Smart Cam
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has released a TV-specific camera, LG Smart Cam.LG Smart Cam supports full HD high-resolution sho...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KT to build hyperscale AI cloud infrastructure
South Korea has paved the way to use artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors based on neural processing units (NPU) on cloud platforms to conduc...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia invest extra $1.5 mn in automotive chip startup
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. announced on Wednesday that they have invested extra 2 billion won ($1.54 million) in BOS Semiconductors, a vehicle ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai bets big on futuristic displays, eyes roll-up screen in 3 years
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Tuesday it expects to begin mass production of its rollable vehicle display &ndas...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Pinkfong Baby Shark console game to launch in September
South Korea's The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" character, announced on Tuesday the imminent release of a console game titl...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung releases portable screen The Freestyle EV9
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it will unveil The Freestyle EV9 Edition, a portable TV screen, to commemorate the launch of Kia C...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Elec, SM to launch home fitness app in July
LG Electronics Inc. and SM Entertainment Co. will jointly launch next month a home fitness app nine months after the project was delayed in Septem...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia surpass 10mn global connected car subscribers
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Monday that the global number of subscribers to the connected car services of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp, first...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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