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AI startup Return Zero transforms phone calls into texts
South Korea-based startup Return Zero is enhancing the quality of life for people through its voice recognition app, Vito, which provides phone call...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK sees new opportunities in China's regulatory risk
China's regulatory crackdown on Chinese technology and private education companies is driving up the level of volatility and creating mispricing in ...
Aug 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao to strengthen subscription services after Q2 results
Kakao Corp. this year has reported the highest second-quarter earnings in company history.Its regulatory filing on Aug. 6 posted an operating profit...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Yanolja CIO says its AI vision played key role in SoftBank investment
Korean travel startup Yanolja’s Chief Investment Officer said that artificial intelligence (AI) was the keyword that played a decisive role in...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean love for foreign stocks tops 100 tn won mark
South Koreans’ appetite for foreign stocks continued to grow with holdings of overseas shares by retail investors exceeding the 100 trillion w...
Aug 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Krafton IPO draws lukewarm demand from retail investors
Korea’s major game developer Krafton Inc’s much-anticipated IPO subscription has closed by only drawing a muted response from investors....
Aug 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
China's top travel agency to join bid for Korea's online retail platform
China’s leading online travel agency (OTA) Trip.com will be joining the race to acquire South Korea’s online retail platform Interpark C...
Aug 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung works on industry’s first 200-layer NAND as its Q2 profit jumps
Samsung Electronics Co. has made significant progress in developing a 200-layer vertical or V-NAND flash memory –the industry’s first &n...
Jul 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korea’s steel stocks make big rebound with rosy H2 outlook
The share prices of South Korea’s major steelmakers, which observed a period of a downturn over the last two months, is making a rebound amid ...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's sole AI chip designer takes on automotive chip market
South Korea-based semiconductor intellectual property provider Openedges Technology Inc. has come into the limelight with global automaker Hyundai M...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
AI startup DevUnlimit gamifies home fitness to offer stress-free exercise
South Korea-based fitness content startup DevUnlimit Inc. has developed an artificial intelligence-based fitness platform that gamifies exercise rou...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK, China's Joyvio to launch $90 mn alternative food fund
SK Inc., the investment arm of South Korea's SK Group, will launch a 100 billion won ($90 million) fund jointly with Joyvio Group, a unit of Chinese...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Bid for botox maker Hugel to kick off in late July, attracts PEFs
The bid to acquire a controlling stake in Hugel Inc., South Korea’s leading maker of botulinum toxin, more commonly known as botox, from US pr...
Jul 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
China, S.Korea top BofA's emerging markets list
South Korea was picked as one of the two most attractive emerging markets along with China thanks to the country's fast digitization and low vulnera...
Jul 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Sandbox Network sets up China affiliate for business expansion
South Korea’s largest multichannel network (MCN) company Sandbox Network Inc. has made another major step forward in expanding its China busin...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
4by4's AI solution for high-def video content lures metaverse players
Displays are everywhere – refrigerators, automobiles, and even robots. And this display boom has sparked a fresh opportunity for 4by4 Inc., a ...
Jul 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung looks to acquire bio company, reviews botox maker Hugel
Samsung Group is looking to buy a biopharmaceutical company as the top South Korean business conglomerate is resuming merger and acquisition activit...
Jul 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Top industry talents launch AI chip startup; market takes note
South Korea-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Rebellions Inc. is drawing industry attention as AI chips become mainstays of the semiconduct...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Qraft's AI-powered ETFs wow Wall Street with winning stock picks
South Korea-based fintech startup Qraft Technologies Inc. captured the attention of Wall Street in May 2019, when it listed two artificial intellige...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cosmetics
Strong China sales lift Cosmax shares 20% in two months
Korea’s leading cosmetics manufacturer Cosmax Inc.’s share price is skyrocketing this year, thanks to the company's strong performance i...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SAMG animation hits No.1 in China, LatAm; eyes 2022 IPO
South Korea-based 3D animation company SAMG Entertainment Co. is enjoying great success in China and Latin America thanks to its animation series' p...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Nongshim to launch Shin Ramyun fried noodles
South Korea’s top instant noodle maker Nongshim Co. is adding another product range under its world-famous Shin Ramyun brand: fried noodles. N...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK IE Technology throned as top battery materials stock on Korean bourse
SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), a unit of SK Innovation Co., has climbed to the top ranking among battery materials makers in terms of market capitali...
Jul 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea unveils $35 billion battery investment plan to catch up to China
South Korea’s major battery makers have pledged to invest 40.6 trillion won ($35.4 billion) in the electric vehicle battery industry over the ...
Jul 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Neosapience develops AI voice actors that sound like humans, not robots
In February 2020, a South Korean broadcasting network aired a virtual reality (VR) reunion between a grieving mother and her late daughter. The docu...
Jul 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver says it's constructing world’s first robot-friendly building
The world’s first “robot-friendly” building will complete construction in the second half of this year by South Korea’s tech...
Jul 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Defense stocks rally in response to China Xi's speech
South Korean manufacturers of jet fighters, aircraft engines and weapon systems saw their share prices soaring in heavy trade on Monday, powered by ...
Jul 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Smart logistics
LG CNS to launch Korea’s first drive-through micro-fulfillment center
Micro-fulfillment is on everyone’s lips these days, or so it seems, as retailers compete to drastically slash delivery times for online orders...
Jul 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai innovates EV manufacturing with smart factory system
South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. is making innovations in its electric vehicle manufacturing processes. The company on July 1 reve...
Jul 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Atlas Labs makes it easy to transcribe phone calls via AI technology
South Korean startup Atlas Labs is making it easier for people to keep track of their phone conversations via Switch, an app that uses artificial in...
Jun 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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