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Korean chipmakers
System on chips: Samsung’s new high-stakes foundry business
Samsung Electronics Co. is setting its sights on system on chips (SoCs) to continue to drive growth in its foundry business amid a protracted slowdo...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Kumho Petrochem wins BB rating from MSCI's ESG ratings
Kumho Petrochemical Co. announced on Wednesday that it had received a "BB rating" in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluation by Mo...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea pledges steps to attract more foreign investment
South Korea will boost foreign investment in the country through increased incentives and deregulation, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister C...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korea's DB HiTek to split off fabless, bulk up foundry business
DB HiTek Co., a leading chipmaker in South Korea, said on March 7 it is set to split off its fabless unit by May 2 to ramp up its foundry business.D...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics wins US air conditioning award for 7th year
LG Electronics Inc. said on Monday that it has won a performance award from the Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), a US...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Systems tests AESA radar system for Korean fighter jet
Hanwha Systems Co., a South Korean defense and IT service company, said on Sunday that it had installed and tested its own radar system on a prototy...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korea needs bold investment to keep K-chip supremacy: SNU scholar
The South Korean government and the private sector must commit to more generous and comprehensive support for the country's memory chip industry if ...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's Namyang R&D Center acquires safety management certification
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Friday that the polymer materials analysis lab and the metal component analysis lab in the Basic Materials Research...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai autoworker: Dream job for many South Koreans
In South Korea, blue-collar work has for decades been shunned by job seekers because of the hard manual labor as well as the widely held perception ...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean e-commerce Coupang logs profits in Q3-Q4 2022
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. achieved record-high yearly revenue and operating profits for two consecutive quarters between July to De...
Mar 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon Plastics to make eco-friendly products from marine waste
Kolon Plastics Inc. said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Netspa, a South Korean recycling social venture, to jointly develop enginee...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea SMEs, Startups Agency cooperates with India's IIT
The Korea SMEs and Startups Agency announced on Monday that it had signed a business agreement with the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Tra...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s SK Telecom to advance AI tech through partnerships
BARCELONA -- SK Telecom Co. plans to develop world-class artificial intelligence technology through partnerships with companies of Korean descent at...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hyundai Department Store uses AI to write advertising copy
South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Co. on Sunday said it will officially introduce on Thursday an artificial intelligence (AI) copywriting syste...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Electro-Mechanics unveils chip substrate for autonomous driving
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. has developed an advanced semiconductor substrate for autonomous driving, which is expected to drive the top South Kor...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Elec honored with BPW Gold Award for advancing gender equality
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Sunday that it has been honored with the 28th BPW Gold Award from the Korea Federation of Business & Profession...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
OLED tech leads trends on premium TV market
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) products account for over 30% of the global premium TV market, attesting to the technology's emergence as the st...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
KAIST, Hyundai sign agreement for high-speed self-driving research
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) announced that it would embark on research into high-speed autonomous driving techn...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
FuriosaAI speeds up development of next-gen AI chip with Hugging Face
FuriosaAI Inc., South Korea’s fabless chip designer, has teamed up with Hugging Face Inc., a New York-based AI company boasting a massive tran...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire's Ventus S1 evo3 tops braking performance in Germany
Hankook Tire & Technology's high-performance tire, the Ventus S1 Evo3, claims the top spot in the braking distance category of the 2023 Summer T...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea's ETRI creates software for faster 5G using small cells
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), a non-profit government-funded research institute in South Korea, said on Tuesday ...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea sees first decline in household loans in 20 years
Household loans in South Korea last year fell from 2021 for the first time in 20 years because of high interest rates, but credit card debt hit a re...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Patty-cooking robotics startup Aniai completes seed funding
Aniai Inc., a foodservice robotics developer founded by a South Korean, said on Feb. 21 it has attracted $3 million via a seed funding round to boos...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung eyes wider foundry client base with Ambarella deal
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Tuesday it will manufacture automotive chips for US chip designer Ambar...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK Signet lands first order in UK worth $7.7 million
South Korea's SK Signet Inc., which produces ultra-fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs), on Monday said its European branch SK Signet Europe in...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha expects high-stakes US solar projects to pay off
South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group expects its high-stakes solar energy business to pay off amid industry forec...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE not to raise tender offer price for SM Entertainment
HYBE Co., the label behind the world’s top boyband BTS, said it does not plan to raise its buying price for SM Entertainment Co., denting hope...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip designers in high demand despite industry slowdown
The semiconductor industry is reeling from a chip supply glut amid a broader global economic slowdown. However, as the saying goes, every cloud has ...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
DeepBrain AI joins CB Insights' Global 250 Generative AI Startups list
DeepBrain AI, a South Korean AI startup, said on Friday it made the list of "Global 250 Generative AI Startups" by CB Insights, a New York-based mar...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea's KT CS reports record sales in 2022
On Friday, KT Corp.'s customer service unit, KT CS, announced that its sales revenue for the previous year reached a record high of 591.6 billion wo...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet