2023 US Appliance Satisfaction Study
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Electronics
Samsung ups smaller OLED workforce to fend off Chinese rivals
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s top screen maker, increased its workforce for smaller organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels used for p...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Bespoke Samsung home devices make chores easier, smarter
With Samsung Electronics Co.'s new bespoke AI induction stove, there is no need to keep checking the burner for fear of food boiling over while simm...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to build advanced packaging plant in Indiana for $3.9 bn
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s leading high bandwidth memory (HBM) chip producer, will plow in $3.87 billion to build advanced packaging and resea...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG’s $5.5 billion LFP, ESS battery plants in Arizona to kick off in 2026
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Thursday its 7.2 trillion won ($5.5 billion) battery complex in Ari...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung gains upper hand vs Netlist in $303 million patent dispute
Samsung Electronics Co. has taken the upper hand in its ongoing legal battle against Netlist Inc. over memory chip module patent infringement allega...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Fed rate cuts will be faster than market consensus: TCW
Investors tend to rush to fixed-income markets when recession risk rises. South Korean investors are no exception – retail investors have been...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Breezm lands in US with plan to open 100 stores in 5 years
Breezm, a South Korean startup making customized eyeglasses with artificial intelligence and 3D technologies, has opened its first offshore store in...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, GM’s 2nd Ultium Cells plant begins production in Tennessee
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Tuesday that the second plant of Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture ...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Korea Zinc buys US Kataman for $55 mn for recycling business
Korea Zinc Inc., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter, acquired Kataman Metals LLC, a US-based scrap metal trading company, at $55 millio...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Blackstone sells prime Seoul office building for $586 mn to Koramco
Blackstone Inc. completed selling off Arc Place, a prime office building located in Seoul's upscale Gangnam area, to Koramco REITs Management and Tr...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 5 robotaxi passes US driver’s license test
Soon, it will no longer be the stuff of sci-fi movies for a robocop to stop a self-driving car for speeding and for the human-less autonomous vehicl...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung establishes HBM team to up AI chip production yields
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker, recently set up a high bandwidth memory (HBM) team within the memory chip divisio...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Taihan Cable wins $81 mn power network replacement order in US
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Friday that it secured a project of 110 billion won ($81.5 million) to replace aging po...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M named Fortune Asia Future 30
South Korea’s POSCO Future M Co. has been named Asia Future 30 by the US economic media Fortune on Mar. 27, according to the company on Thursd...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Qoo10 buys Korean department store AK’s e-commerce unit
Southeast Asia-based e-commerce platform Qoo10 Pte. has signed an agreement to acquire South Korean department store chain AK Plaza’s online s...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K Enter moves step closer to Nasdaq listing in May
K Enter Holdings Inc., an umbrella entity of South Korea-based entertainment companies creating original entertainment content and managing related ...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia wins World's Greatest Auto Disruptors 2024
Kia Corp. won two categories of the Newsweek World’s Greatest Auto Disruptors Awards with the all-electric EV9 winning Research and Developmen...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Electronics named Energy Star Partner of 2024
LG Electronics Inc. has been named 2024 Energy Star Partner of the Year and Sustained Excellence by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Universal Music acquires 10-year distribution rights to HYBE music
The world’s largest music company Universal Music Group (UMG) has struck an exclusive deal to distribute music from HYBE Co., the South Korean...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart offers voluntary retirement after 2023 loss
E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest supermarket chain, has launched a company-wide early retirement program for the first time in its 31-year h...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart's credit rating drops on weak retail earnings
The credit rating of E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s top hypermarket chain operator, was downgraded to AA- by local agency NICE Information Service...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi Semiconductor wins $16 mn HBM equipment order from SK Hynix
South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. announced on Friday that it has secured a 21.5 billion won ($16.1 million) supply deal f...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Enmove in talks to deliver liquid cooling system to US tech firm
South Korea’s lube oil maker SK Enmove Co. is seeking to supply liquid immersion cooling systems for data centers of a US technology company, ...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
BTS, Blackpink economy: Korea’s IP rights trade surplus hits record high
While the economic impact of US singer Taylor Swift is so powerful that pundits coined words like “the Taylor Swift economy,” no less st...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
Top US general sees changing nuclear threat from North Korea
COMMAND POST TANGO, South Korea—The top U.S. military official in South Korea said his thinking has changed on deterring North Korea’s n...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung invests in BrickBio in US
Samsung Group announced on Tuesday that its Life Science Fund has invested in the US-based antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) and gene therapy technol...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion'a autoimmune disease drug Zymfentra makes US debut
South Korean biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said on March 17 that it has launched its new autoimmune disease treatment Zymfentra in the US m...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung tops global soundbar market for 10th consecutive year
Samsung Electronics Co. has held its ground as the leader in the global soundbar market for ten consecutive years, from 2014 through 2023, according...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Upstage establishes US subsidiary in Silicon Valley
South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Monday that it established the US corporation Upstage AI in Silicon Valley, ...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
BNK Capital raises $41.5 mn in foreign currency
South Korea’s BNK Capital announced on Monday that it raised $41.5 million in foreign currency funds from overseas state-owned banks.This is...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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