K-Product Trade Show
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix looks to expand AI memory leadership with new NAND chip
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. aims to expand its memory leadership in the artificial intelligence sphere beyond the high-performance DRAM segmen...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea to launch alternative stock exchange in 2025
South Korea will launch the country’s first alternative stock exchange Nextrade Co. in the first half of next year to enable stock trading for...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink label YG to sell drama production unit
K-pop sensation Blackpink’s label YG Entertainment Inc. is slated to sell 60% of its drama production subsidiary Studioplex later this year, t...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 participates in Malaysia's DSA 2024
South Korea's major defense system developer LIG Nex1 Co. announced on Tuesday that it's participating in the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2024 exhib...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Qcells launches commercial operations at new plant in Georgia, US
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group known as Qcells in overseas markets, ha...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia unveils teaser images for all-electric EV3
Kia Corp. the second-largest automaker in South Korea, unveiled the first teaser images and video of the upcoming third all-electric sports utility ...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung sets up team to win AI chip deal from Nvidia
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, established a team for a billions-of-dollars high-bandwidth memory chip supply deal...
May 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kospi 200 firms' values sharply below MSCI developed market rivals
South Korea’s listed firms are undervalued compared with companies in public markets of developed and emerging countries, according to the Kor...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korean brokerages' foreign profits up on IB, bond trading
South Korean brokerage firms expanded their net profits from overseas operations last year, backed by increased gains from their investment banking ...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility to export nuclear plant equipment to Romania
South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. said on Thursday it won a contract with Canadian nuclear reactor manufacturer Candu ...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s factory output backpedals, but spending recovers in March
South Korea’s factory activity weakened in March on a fall in manufacturing output, stoking concerns about Asia’s fourth-largest economy...
Apr 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s KT to innovate media, content businesses with AI
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. is set to innovate its media and content businesses with artificial intelligence as it seeks new growth d...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Korea’s booming medical tourism: Skin care, plastic surgery in demand
The number of foreign patients visiting South Korea for medical tourism hit a record high last year, driven by those who traveled to Korea for skin ...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
HYBE conflict vs NewJeans label set to escalate into legal battle
HYBE Co., the company behind boy band BTS, has reported Min Hee-jin, the chief of popular girl group NewJeans’ label ADOR, to police for inves...
Apr 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
CJ Olive Young opens Hongdae Town for K-beauty experience
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, announced on Thursday that it will open Olive Young Hongdae Town, a specialty stor...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
KT&G faces $2 bn damages suit over heated tobacco invention
KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, is facing a $2 billion damages suit from a former employee who claimed the South Kore...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Networks establishes AI lab in Silicon Valley
South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Wednesday that it opened the PhnyX Lab, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology development organizati...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
K-pop: Pros and cons of HYBE's multi-label system
Disputes between HYBE Co. and its label behind popular girl group NewJeans has made headlines as an almost unheard-of conflict in the K-pop industry...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hanwha Ocean’s Q1 turnaround brightens earnings outlook
Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s third-largest shipbuilder, turned to the black in the first quarter powered by increasing sales of higher-end ...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Aekyung AGE20's to enter US cosmetics market
South Korea's Aekyung Industrial Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Silicon2, a global K-beauty distri...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Qcells inks US solar modules, power plants deal with TGC
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group also known as Qcells in overseas market...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
HK inno.N to release K-CAB in MENA market
South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with Saudi Arabian local pharmaceutical company Tabuk Pharm...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Krafton shares sink as SK Square taps 2.2% block trade
Shares of Krafton Inc., South Korea’s gaming behemoth, lost about 8% on Tuesday on news that SK Square Co., an investment arm of the country&r...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang's K-style rice gains popularity in N.America
South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Tuesday that its sales of the flagship brand Bibigo’s Cooked Sticky White Rice in North Ameri...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
HYBE to fire NewJeans agency CEO; Min refutes accusation
HYBE Co. is seeking to sack Min Hee-jin, the chief of ADOR, its label behind globally popular girl group NewJeans, as it investigates allegations th...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW to support Korean automotive startups at new R&D center
German luxury carmaker BMW Group is set to support South Korean automotive startups in their overseas expansion as it on Monday opened a new researc...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO-Pilbara JV delivers 1st order of lithium hydroxide
South Korea’s top steel group POSCO has shipped lithium hydroxide, a rechargeable battery’s key raw material produced jointly with Austr...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Kakao Entertainment, Billboard to collaborate for K-pop
South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., partnered with the renowned US music magazine Billboard on W...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai Oilbank kicks off biodiesel mass production
HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korea’s refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, started mass production of biodiesel to expand its eco-friendly energy b...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG to double global built-in appliance sales to $722 mn
MILAN, ITALY – LG Electronics Inc. eyes 1 trillion won ($722 million) in global built-in appliance sales in three years by winning the hearts ...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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