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Hydrogen economy
World’s first test driving hydrogen train succeeds in Ulsan
The world's first test driving hydrogen-electric tram succeeded in Ulsan, South Korea. According to Ulsan Metropolitan Government officials, th...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo breaks ground on $1.4 bn plastic recycling cluster
South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. on Wednesday broke ground on a waste plastic recycling complex to transform itself into a green petrochemical...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung launches 8TB portable SSD T5 EVO
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled the T5 EVO portable SSD, a lightweight portable Solid-State Drive (SSD) that provides up to 8 terabyte...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung bags $1 bn via ASML share sale for chip production
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has divested a 0.3% stake in Dutch chip equipment manufacturer ASML Holdings N....
Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean wins world's largest ammonia carriers order
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. secured 656.2 billion won ($496 million) worth of four very large ammonia carriers (VLAC) order from the Greek shippi...
Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
S.Korean webcomics inspire foreign screen adaptations
South Korea’s digital comics are reaching beyond borders with a boom of their adaptations into foreign movies and TV series thanks to glo...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s semiconductor exports rebound in 1st 10 days of November
South Korea’s semiconductor exports rose in the first 10 days of November, reversing their 13-month downward trend, data show, raising the pro...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix’s new LPDDR5T chip shipped to Vivo for X100 smartphones
SK Hynix Inc. said on Monday it has commercialized the world’s fastest mobile DRAM by shipping its new advanced mobile chips, LPDDR5T, to Chin...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai breaks ground on $1.5 bn EV plant in S.Korea
ULSAN -- Hyundai Motor Co., the world’s third-largest automaker along with its affiliate Kia Corp., on Monday broke ground for a dedicated ele...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
'World-class bispecific antibody technology of ABL Bio'
MADRID - "The clinical Phase 1 results of the immune-oncology candidate ABL111, developed in collaboration with ABL Bio, have been selected as the b...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Samsung C&T to build world’s largest liquid hydrogen tank
South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Sunday it received certification for the world's largest liquid hydrogen storage tank design from D...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Barings taps John Park as S.Korean asset management head
Barings LLC has appointed Chong Hak (John) Park as head and sole representative director of its South Korean asset management arm, effective Jan. 1,...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis raises $940 mn via loan for EV parts plants in US
Hyundai Mobis Co., an auto part-making unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has raised $940 million via an overseas loan to build facilities for its electri...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea tops global shipbuilding orders in October, surpassing China
South Korean shipbuilders won the most shipbuilding orders worldwide in October 2023. The country overtook China and claimed the lead in the global ...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Netmarble sells 6% stake in BTS label HYBE in block deal
South Korea’s leading game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday it sold a 6% stake in HYBE Co., the music label behind K-pop sensation ...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
LS Mtron partners with global agricultural giant CNHi
LS Mtron, the heavy machinery and advanced parts-making unit of South Korea's LS Group said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Won strengthens past 1,300 mark vs dollar on short-sale ban
The South Korean won continued its bull run on Monday, strengthening past the psychologically important barrier of 1,300 level against the dollar fo...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI participates in Thailand's Defense & Security 2023
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) announced on Monday it has participated in Defense & Security 2023 exhibition in Bangkok, ThailandThe comp...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SsangYong C&E to invest $616 mn in eco-friendly facilities
South Korea's cement maker SsangYong C&E Co. is investing 800 billion won ($616 million) in facilities to reduce environmental pollution in the ...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Chong Kun Dang rallies on $1.3 bn deal with Novartis
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp.'s shares zoomed more than 25% on Monday on news that the South Korean medicine developer has signed its biggest-...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KHNP submits final bid for Czech Republic’s new nuclear power unit
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has submitted a final bid to the Czech Republic’s state-run Elektrarna Dukovany II (EDU II) to cons...
Nov 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to put self-developed lander on moon by 2032
South Korea plans to put its first lunar lander on the moon by 2032. In a meeting of the National R&D Project Evaluation Advisory Commit...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean taps middle-aged women, robots for ship welding work
GEOJE, Gyeongsang Province – Hanwha Ocean, the world’s No. 2 shipbuilder, is actively embracing middle-aged female workers and robots fo...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai unveils world’s first commercial LTE train signaling system
Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean manufacturer of rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment, in a world first has commercialized a train s...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
S.Korea leads world in patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners
South Korea leads the world in the number of patent applications for robot vacuum cleaners.The Korean Intellectual Property Office on Sunday said th...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Innocean to invest $370 million in new growth drivers
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, will invest 500 billion won ($370 million) for four years u...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Neo Chair cements No. 1 spot as office chair brand on Amazon
Neo Chair, almost unheard of in its home country South Korea, is the top-selling office chair brand on Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce platfo...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s Q3 GDP up 0.6% on-quarter on recovery in exports
South Korea’s economy in the third quarter grew 0.6% from the previous quarter, extending a growth streak to three consecutive quarters on a r...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
NKMax to perform first tests on dementia cell therapy in US
NKMax Co., South Korea's largest developer of natural killer (NK) cell therapies, will conduct its first clinical trials in the US for its candidate...
Oct 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Tous Les Jours opens first store in Canada
CJ Foodville, the food subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group, announced on Tuesday its bakery chain brand Tous Les Jours has opened its first store i...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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