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Future mobility
Hyundai, legendary chip architect Jim Keller to make chips for future cars
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday it has partnered with legendary chip architect Jim Keller to jointly develop ...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Shinsegae Live Shopping launches first travel product to India in four years
South Korea’s Shinsegae Live Shopping announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Mode Tour to sell travel products to India for the firs...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
HD Hyundai Infracore opens online excavator store
South Korea's HD Hyundai Infracore Co. announced on Thursday that it has opened the first "Develon Online Store," an excavator online mall in the co...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Big Bang deregulation poised to bolster S.Korean ST market
South Korea’s fractional investment market is gearing up for a grand opening after the government earlier this year unveiled security token of...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean companies rushing to launch exotic AI-based services
Lowered barriers in South Korea to the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) have fueled the growing popularity of unique AI services. The em...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air’s operating profit falls to $360 mn in Q2 2023
Korean Air Lines Co.’s operating profit in the second quarter fell over 30% from the same period last year in line with market consensus.Consi...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korean academics to verify truth of room-temperature superconductor
The Korean Society of Superconductivity and Cryogenics has recently established a verification committee composed of experts in response to the ongo...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Baskin-Robbins stands out in melting Korean ice cream market
Global ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins, the top ice cream seller in South Korea, is solidifying its market position with localization despite the cou...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
APR’s fashion brand Nerdy opens two more stores in Vietnam
South Korea's cosmetic and clothing company APR announced on Wednesday that its street style fashion brand Nerdy opened its third and fourth stores ...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Com2us launches RPG game ‘Heir of Light: Eclipse’ in Canada, Indonesia
Com2us Holdings Corp. announced on Wednesday that its new role-playing game (RPG), Heir to Light: Eclipse, is now available on Google Play in ...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LabGenomics plans to buy 4 to 5 more CLIA labs in US by 2027
LabGenomics Co. will advance into the US diagnostics market with laboratories regulated by the country’s Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amend...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
SK C&C begins to construct S.Korea's first ATS
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group announced on Wednesday it has started constructio...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korean carmakers post brisk sales on strong exports in July
South Korea's car sector posted strong sales last month as favorable exports offset the sluggish domestic market.Industry sources on Tuesday said th...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
42dot launches its first B2B self-driving shuttle service
42Dot, a self-driving technology affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, on Tuesday said it launched a self-driving shuttle at Samsung Mobility Museum in ...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong launches GERD treatment Fexuclu in Philippines
South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on Tuesday that it has launched the GERD treatment drug "Fexuclue" (active ingredient: Fexuprazan) i...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean LLM by Upstage beats global benchmark ChatGPT
The latest artificial intelligence model of South Korean AI startup Upstage scored higher than ChatGPT by global AI giant OpenAI in a world-recogniz...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Soju: Well-known Korean alcoholic beverage
The Korean alcoholic beverage that foreigners are most familiar with is Soju, according to the Korean Food Promotion Institution. The institution re...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LG Chem to make first domestic 6-in-1 vaccine for infants
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. will produce the nation's first homegrown six-in-one vaccine for infants, something that the country is entirely reliant ...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Super-large screens account for one third of Samsung’s TV sales
Samsung Electronics Co. announced that one out of every three of its Neo QLED and QLED TVs sold in South Korea between January and July this year fe...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG’s front-load washer selected as best by Consumer Reports
LG Electronics Inc.'s front-load washers have seized the top four spots in the US consumer review conducted by Consumer Reports, earning the title o...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Naver Pay to enter Chinese payment market in 2023
South Korea's Naver Financial announced plans on Tuesday to bring its simple payment service, Naver Pay, to the Chinese market by the end of this ye...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
SK Shieldus appoints former Samsung SDS president as new CEO
South Korean security company SK Shieldus announced on Tuesday that it has appointed Hong Won-pyo, former president of Samsung SDS, as its new CEO a...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Daesang's spicy rice cake project launches two products
With tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) drawing attention at home and abroad amid a South Korean food craze worldwide, domestic food company Daesang Corp....
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
IMM PE seeks to sell Korean contract drugmaker at $784 mn
IMM Private Equity has put a South Korean contract drugmaker on the market for up to 1 trillion won ($784 million) in a deal likely to attract major...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Cosmetics giant Amorepacific hints at succession plan change
South Korean cosmetics powerhouse Amorepacific Group Inc. is giving signs of changing its succession plans as Suh Min-jung, Chairman Suh Kyung-bae&r...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Fractional investing to gain traction in Korea with green light from FSC
Come September, South Korean investors will be able to freely and safely buy and sell fractions of artwork and even live cows just as they do with t...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Seoul mulls ‘treble damages’ for illegal K-content websites
The South Korean government and the ruling People Power Party are considering tripling punitive damages to illegal distributors of Korean entertainm...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Gencurix joins US gov't Cancer Moonshot project
South Korean cancer molecular diagnostics company Gencurix Inc. announced on Monday that it joins US President Joe Biden's cancer-conquering project...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi Pharm to develop obesity drug customized for S.Korean
South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. plans to develop the GLP-1 class "Epeglenatide," which it received as a technology return from Sanofi S.A., i...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Dior opens 2023 FW pop-up store in Galleria
South Korea’s Galleria Department Store has opened the first domestic Dior FW (fall/winter) collection pop-up store.The company on Sunday said...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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