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Logistics
S.Korea breaks into World Bank's global logistics top 20 list for 1st time
South Korea’s logistics performance has ranked 17th in the world, marking its first entry into the top 20 nations, as assessed by the World Ba...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung, LG, Sony vie for mixed-reality OLED display market
Samsung Display Co., LG Display Co. and Sony Corp. — the world’s three leading display panel makers — are ratcheting up efforts to...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI talent shortage poses threat to Korean AI tech development
Since the advent of the AI-powered chatbot sensation ChatGPT, the battle to win AI talent across companies large and small has intensified, threaten...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Impact develops 50% hydrogen gas turbine technology
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Wednesday that Hanwha Impact Corporation, a South Korean petrochemical manufacturer, has dev...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-content makers to list on Nasdaq via $610 mn SPAC deal
Seven South Korean content makers are set to list on the Nasdaq through a $610 million merger deal with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan to start demonstration of high-efficiency hydrogen turbine
South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility Co. is set to develop and demonstrate a high-efficiency H-class large hydrogen turbine technology utilizing pu...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Seoul Semiconductor beats Samsung Elec in LED market
Seoul Semiconductor Co., South Korea’s hidden tech champion, beat Samsung Electronics Co., a global electronics giant, in the world’s li...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's Krafton establishes AI game subsidiary
South Korea's leading game developer Krafton Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has established a new independent studio called ReLU Games.Krafton ...
Jun 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Japanese travelers top list of reservations to visit Seoul during BTS Festa
Trip.com, a South Korean travel platform, announced on Wednesday that the most frequent overseas travelers to Seoul during the “BTS Festa&rdqu...
Jun 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung takes on TSMC with strengthened chip design IPs
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, aims to drastically expand its chip design intellectual property (IP) partnersh...
Jun 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils 2023 model TV, home appliances in China
Samsung Electronics Co. announced that it held the 2023 China Tech Seminar in Beijing, China, on Friday, unveiling the new TV and home appliance tec...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Mirae Asset Securities, Near Protocol team up for blockchain techs
South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for collaborative research in bloc...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS, Honeywell collaborate on smart factory
LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, is enhancing production efficiency and security in smart factories through collabora...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startups opt for Konex, loans for survival during IPO winter
South Korea's anemic initial public offering market has forced the country’s startups to become more creative in raising funds as they shift t...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Riiid inks deal with ALC to expand its AI-based TOEIC platform in Japan
South Korean AI-powered edtech firm, Riiid, announced on Thursday it has partnered with ALC, a premier brand in the Japanese language education indu...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma wins contract to build blood products plant in Indonesia
GC Biopharma Corp., a South Korean pharmaceutical company, announced on Thursday that it has received approval from the Indonesian Ministry of Healt...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea to bolster biotech R&D, benchmarking US' Boston
South Korea is poised to boost the biotech industry by accelerating research, education and business partnerships with the biopharmaceutical sector ...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean AI startup ActionPower poised to outdo OpenAI, Google: CEO
ActionPower Corp. founded in 2016 is small and young compared to Big Tech companies or heavily funded startups like OpenAI but it is mighty enough t...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
POSCO, LG Electronics to jointly build smart factory
POSCO Holdings Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that they will collaborate to upgrade POSCO's smart factory technology. The initi...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hanwha Aerospace invests in US secondary battery startup
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. on Tuesday said it invested in Forge Nano, an American startup with precision nano-coating technology that exte...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Schaeffler Korea to produce parts for hybrid cars, EVs
Schaeffler Korea Corp., the largest plain and roller bearing provider to automotive and industrial sectors in South Korea, is set to celebrate 70 ye...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korean karaoke machine leader TJ Media enjoys post-pandemic boom
South Koreans’ love for singing is no secret, and with the lifting of social-distancing rules in the post-pandemic era their suppressed desire...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sports
Hyundai renews FIFA sponsorship; Boston Dynamics, Supernal join
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday they have extended their FIFA partnerships through ...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
S.Korea's top tech school uses salmon DNA to block art counterfeiting
The screen of the latest Samsung Electronics smartphone series Galaxy 23 released this year has a fingerprint recognition window on the display th...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK Partners puts Korea’s largest golf course operator on market
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners has put Golfzon County Co., the biggest golf course operator in South Korea, on sale at an estim...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
CrystalGenomics to sell largest 20% stake to Invites Healthcare for $44 mn
CrystalGenomics Inc., South Korea’s first-generation biopharma venture company, will sell new shares worth 58 billion won ($44 million) in a b...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
S.Korea selects 100 core technologies to achieve carbon neturality
South Korea has designated 100 core technologies to achieve carbon neutrality including heat pumps that retrieve heat from air and water, the green ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
LS Group's US affiliate SPSX to raise $150 mn in pre-IPO
LS Group’s US cable affiliate Superior Essex (SPSX) plans to raise $150 million (200 billion won) via a South Korean private equity fund (PEF)...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK C&C to develop solution to prevent recycling fraud
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it is developing a system for t...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hanmi Semiconductor named world’s top 10 chip equipment maker
South Korean chip equipment maker Hanmi Semiconductor Co. on Thursday said it made the world’s top 10 in the rankings of TechInsights, a globa...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)