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Artificial intelligence
KT invests over $11 mn in AI software company Moreh
South Korea's KT Corp. will invest 15 billion won ($11.6 million) in Moreh, a Seoul-based artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure software compa...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Fabless FADU taps institutional demand to raise about $151 mn
FADU Technology, the first unicorn in South Korea’s semiconductor sector, has embarked on a process to raise up to 193.8 billion won ($151 mil...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Broadband names SK Shieldus' ex-CEO Park its new chief
South Korea’s internet service provider SK Broadband Co. said on Friday it has tapped Park Jin-hyo, former chief executive at security affilia...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea proposes extended tax breaks for reshoring companies
The South Korean government and the ruling party proposed longer-term tax cuts for companies that bring production back home to reinvigorate the cou...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Nanotech startup Deepsmartech crowned at D.Day’s July demo day
Nanotech startup Deepsmartech celebrated its victory Thursday at July D.Day, held on Jeju Island, a South Korean resort isle poised to become the co...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells pursues next-gen energy solutions other than solar
Lee Koo-yung, CEO of the solar power unit Qcells Division (Hanwha Q Cells) of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., on Monday said, "We will go beyo...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR Co-CEO Joe Bae meets NPS, KIC execs in S.Korea
KKR Co. Co-Chief Executive Joseph Bae made a visit to South Korea last week to meet with senior managers of the country’s top limited partners...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte Materials invests in French silicon cathode materials startup
Lotte Energy Materials Corp., formerly Iljin Materials and now a copper foil manufacturing subsidiary of South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp., on Sund...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
TPG to fully acquire cosmetics container firm Samhwa at around $237 mn
Texas-based private equity firm TPG Inc. is poised to fully acquire Samhwa Co., a South Korean cosmetic packaging supplier to global beauty powerhou...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Naver supports startups using HyperCLOVA X
Naver Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Naver Corp., announced that it conducts the project "Naver AI Rush 2023" from Friday until the end of the ...
Jul 14, 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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Electric vehicles
Everon attracts $39 mn thanks to hot VC demand for EV charging
Everon, one of South Korea’s top three electric vehicle charging infrastructure and management service providers, raised 50 billion won ($39 m...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Go bolder with regulatory reform to foster unicorns in Korea: KERI
Regulatory reform is still slow in South Korea, obstructing innovation in technologies and industries, and the government must take bolder action to...
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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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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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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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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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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Batteries
Lotte Energy Materials aspires to become copper foil leader: CEO
South Korea’s Lotte Energy Materials Corp. said on Tuesday that growing demand for reasonably priced electric vehicles will expand the market ...
Jul 04, 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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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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Leadership & Management
POSCO’s Choi traverses Canada, US to pitch for battery material projects
Choi Jeong-woo, chairman of South Korea’s largest steel group POSCO, is crisscrossing Canada and the US to meet with politicians and business ...
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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Metaverse
Startup Spatial looks to become YouTube in metaverse
Metaverse platform startup Spatial aims to grow into a company that allows users to enjoy interactive content together, as COVID-19 has increased th...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai showcases its future green vessel tech in Vietnam
South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. on Thursday said its CEO Chung Ki-sun visited the affiliate Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding in the central Vietnamese prov...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Seoul to build world's largest startup campus by 2030
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will establish the world’s largest startup campus in the capital city of South Korea by 2030, benchmarking S...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental CEO becomes first owner of Kia EV9
The first owner of Kia Corp.'s EV9 large electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) is Mr. Choi Jin-hwan, President and CEO of Lotte Rental, South Korea'...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Tmap Mobility to launch EV charging delivery service
South Korean navigation app company Tmap Mobility announced on Tuesday that it will launch a mobile electric vehicle (EV) charging delivery service ...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)