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Batteries
SK, Group14 Technologies to build $726 mn battery material plant
SK Materials Co., the industrial gas manufacturing affiliate of SK Group, said on Tuesday it is jointly investing 850 billion won ($726 million) wit...
Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Daimler working with Korean EV battery makers
Daimler AG is working with South Korean battery makers, already using their technology for electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs) of Mercedes-Benz, ...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Chem unveils new cover window technology for foldable devices
LG Chem Ltd., the chemical unit of South Korea’s LG Group, said on Tuesday it has developed a new cover window that folds both ways – in...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
US, Korea approve nuclear fuel recycle technology
Authoritie of the United States and South Korea officially endorsed the results of a joint research on Pyro-SFR, a cutting-edge technology that re...
Sep 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Samsung Biologics gears up to produce mRNA drug substance
South Korea’s Samsung Biologics Co. is gearing up for the drug substance (DS) sector of the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based COVID-19 v...
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay cuts IPO price by 6% for October listing
Kakao Pay Corp., the digital settlement platform unit of South Korea’s top messaging app operator Kakao Corp., has slashed its initial publi...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Chinese, Korean carmakers penetrate Japanese-dominated Indonesia
Hyundai Motor Co. is set to start producing automobiles in Indonesia around the end of this year to attract drivers in the Southeast Asia’s ...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Parts maker Mando raises profile as investor in future mobility startups
Halla Group’s auto components unit Mando Corp. is rapidly expanding its profile as a startup investor in the future mobility sector.Mando was ...
Aug 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Swit Technologies' valuation tops $80 mn in Series A round
Swit Technologies Inc., the provider of team collaboration tool Swit, is near wrapping up its Series A funding round, having raised around $17.8 mil...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Korea’s hydrogen council to launch Sept. 8; Hyundai to unveil new tech
The South Korean version of the Hydrogen Council, a global CEO-led initiative to harness the clean energy source, will officially launch on Sept. 8 ...
Aug 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
3i's AI technology creates digital twins using smartphone photos
Innovating industrial plants is often a difficult decision-making process for companies because changing a single piece of equipment requires a thor...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
IAA Mobility 2021 to showcase global auto industry’s future technologies
The global auto industry is set to show off their muscle to fight for the future mobility market not only with new models but also technologies at t...
Aug 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
S.Korea to launch first carbon credit ETFs in September
South Korea will launch its first set of carbon credit-themed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) next month, in a move to address the rising investor dema...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
S.Korea's top laundry franchise Cleantopia sold to PEF
South Korea's largest laundry service provider Cleantopia Co. was sold on Tuesday for about 190 billion won ($165 million) to Seoul-based JKL Partne...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hanwha, Korea Western Power to test mixed hydrogen combustion
Hanwha General Chemical Co. and Korea Western Power Co. joined hands for the first test in the country to use mixed hydrogen combustion technologies...
Aug 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Samsung joins 200 other firms in Korea’s metaverse alliance
Samsung Electronics Co. has onboarded South Korea’s government-led metaverse alliance in a move to strengthen partnership in virtual reality (...
Aug 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung further cornered by Intel's foundry ambitions
Intel Corp.'s announcement on Monday of securing Qualcomm Inc. as its first fabless client caught Samsung Electronics Co. off guard, as the South Ko...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Metaverse platform Maxst makes strong debut on Kosdaq
South Korea-based metaverse platform Maxst Co. made a strong debut on the country’s tech-heavy junior bourse Kosdaq on July 27 with its share ...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix sees robust chip demand for rest of year after strong Q2 sales
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, on Tuesday posted its highest quarterly profit and sales in nearly three years on ...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
CJ ENM to build virtual studio with Samsung’s new commercial displays
South Korean media company CJ ENM Co. is using Samsung Electronics Co.’s new commercial displays for a virtual production studio to spearhead ...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
LG expands VC portfolio to industrial cyber security
LG Technology Ventures, a venture capital arm of South Korea's LG Group, has diversified its portfolio into the industrial cybersecurity market with...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to launch much-anticipated QD-OLED TV, expand MicroLED lines
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest TV maker, will launch the much-anticipated QD-OLED TV in the first half of next year, while expan...
Jul 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future Mobility
Hyundai Mobis targets in-vehicle healthcare with brainwave technology
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis has developed a new brainwave detection technology that monitors a driver's physical and psyc...
Jul 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Battery materials
SK Materials to form a JV with US battery startup Group14 Technologies
SK Materials Co., SK Group’s industrial gas manufacturing arm, will set up a joint venture (JV) with a US battery materials startup Group14 ...
Jul 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
7brau becomes Korea's second craft brewery en route to IPO
South Korea-based Seven Brau Co., or 7brau, is poised to become the country's second craft brewery to make a trading debut, following the footsteps ...
Jul 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korea's first-generation retail platform Interpark up for sale
South Korea-based Interpark Corp., one of the country’s first-generation online retail platforms, is up for sale. According to the invest...
Jul 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix joins Micron in 4th-gen 10nm DRAM production
SK Hynix Inc. has kicked off mass production of its 8 Gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4 mobile DRAM chips based on the 1a nanometer (1anm) node, according to the ...
Jul 12, 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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Biotech
LegoChem’s biotech platform drives 28% share price spike over last month
The rise of the platform economy is a global phenomenon. The spread of the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the use of contactless technology an...
Jul 07, 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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