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Korean startups
Korean startup CEOs away from home lead global expedition
South Korea’s promising startup founders, who normally double as chief executive officers for their companies, are leaving their home turf to ...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon's Dave the Diver wins BAFTA Games Awards
South Korea’s game developer Nexon Co. announced on Friday that its PC RPG game Dave the Diver won the Game Design award at the British Academ...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SoftBank-backed Balancehero still hungry for bigger market
In India, the world’s most populous country, about 1.2 billion people are estimated to have no credit score because most are unbanked, meaning...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS hosts Startup Day in Silicon Valley
LG CNS Co., an information technology service company under South Korean conglomerate LG Group, announced on Thursday that it held the Startup Day i...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
RVs, SUVs sweep top 4 spots in South Korea’s first-quarter auto sales
Recreational vehicles (RVs) and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) achieved an unprecedented feat by claiming the top four spots on the list of best-sell...
Apr 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Bio startup ArtBlood attracts $4.8 mn investment
South Korean bio startup ArtBlood, specializing in blood production for transfusion, announced on Tuesday that it successfully secured an investment...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms
South Korea’s information technology and game companies are rushing to the Middle East to seek global growth drivers as the oil-rich countries...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
South Korean drone startups rush to join military drone race
South Korean drone-developing startups are rushing to join the race to develop military drones to meet growing demand for drones fit for combat oper...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai-Kia’s India-only EVs to run on Exide batteries
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. will use lithium-ion phosphate (LFP) batteries that will be mass-produced by Indian battery maker Exide Energy Solut...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton makes local soft launch of mobile game 'Bullet Echo India'
South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. announced on Friday that it soft-launched "Bullet Echo India," developed by global game developer ZeptoLab, ...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea’s Shinhan to invest $180 mn in India’s HDFC Credila
South Korea’s Shinhan Bank is set to invest $180 million in HDFC Credila Financial Services Ltd., India’s largest education loan provide...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Sandy Floor gets seed round from Kakao Ventures
South Korea’s casual multiplayer game developer Sandy Floor Games announced on Wednesday that it got a seed round investment from Kakao Ventur...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Blight of failing e-commerce startups in South Korea
Linkshops, once touted as a future unicorn candidate in South Korea, declared bankruptcy last month even after garnering 15.4 billion won ($11.4 mil...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus, Mobirix to jointly develop car infotainment
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic mobile game developer Mobir...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics unveils UltraGear OLED gaming monitors
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it unveiled LG UltraGear gaming monitors that can switch resolution and refresh rate according to conte...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Avalve to export $1.5 mn smart farm solution to Vietnam
South Korea's smart farm startup Avalve announced on Friday that it signed a total of $1.5 million in memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Vietn...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Genesystem enters Indian tuberculosis treatment market
Genesystem, a South Korean biotech company said on Tuesday that it will export 20 on-site tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic devices and 6,000 TB test kit...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Asan Nanum Foundation invites innovators to startup pitch
The Asan Nanum Foundation, a nonprofit foundation set up in 2011 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung’s death,...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Wrtn opens free AI search service
South Korea's advanced tech startup Wrtn Technologies, a major player in generative artificial intelligence (AI), opened its free and unlimited AI s...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble Arthdal Chronicles pre-registration surpasses 1 mn
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday that the pre-registration of its upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing ga...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SM Entertainment founder invests $5.2 million in Mindlogic
K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co.'s founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man is expected to invest up to 10 billion won ($7.5 million) in Mind...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Nexon opens blockchain game corporations in UAE
South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. opened its corporations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the end of last year to str...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea's drone market set for takeoff, led by startups
Starting in May, drones, not boats, will deliver parcels and even fried chicken to residents living on some of South Korea's remote islands unreacha...
Mar 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton eyes mega M&A, PUBG franchise deals: Krafton chair
Krafton Inc., South Korea’s gaming behemoth, is gearing up for the second chapter of its business through “mega” M&A deals and...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
LG injects $97 mn into Vista Equity’s fund for new tech investments
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, injected $97 million into a fund run by Vista Equity Partners Management LLC for investme...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Big Tech engineers rush to Korea’s AI chip startups as potential looms
Big Tech engineers are flocking to South Korea’s promising startups specializing in artificial intelligence chips, a fast-growing sector in th...
Mar 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Solo Leveling: Arise, Netmarble's webtoon-based game to spur turnaround
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday it is set to launch “Solo Leveling: Arise” — a new title based on a po...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Cosmax NBT targets Halal health supplement market
Cosmax NBT, Inc., a health supplement original development manufacturing (ODM) affiliate of South Korea's Cosmax Group, announced on Friday that it ...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to bring Casper EV to Japan, premium Genesis cars to India
Hyundai Motor Co. will bring its electric Casper crossover city car to Japan next year as part of a bid to reinvigorate its performance in the neigh...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Burger Please!, world’s third-most downloaded app in 2023
A hyper-casual game developed by South Korea’s fledgling gaming publisher Supercent was the world’s third-most downloaded newly launched...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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