LG Uplus business plan
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Electronics
LG Elec opens LG Labs experience pop-up zone
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will operate the "Wow Life's Good Lab" pop-up zone at Ground 220 in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, until...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem emerges as global No. 4 chemicals maker: C&EN
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. has emerged as the world’s fourth chemicals producer, the second Asian company to be among the five largest a...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
LG Uplus to produce live-action robot drama
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced plans to partner with SAMG Entertainment and HighZium Studio Co. to create Korean-style robot content, aimi...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia’s Chinese business makes turnaround as it becomes export base
South Korean automaker Kia Corp.'s Chinese business has been struggling for years amid escalating tension between the US and China – Korea&rsq...
Jul 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI’s Q2 profit drops on sluggish European EV sales
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, saw its second-quarter operating profit plunge from the year-earlie...
Jul 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte India, Havmor to merge to raise $722.4 mn in sales
South Korean confectionery giant Lotte Wellfood Co. will merge its Indian subsidiaries — Lotte India Co. and Havmor Ice Cream Pvt — to b...
Jul 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
SM Entertainment, S.Korean startup Jienem to build K-Pop hotel
South Korea's residence operator startup Jienem announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kreation Music Rights (K...
Jul 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG bet big on gaming monitors on esports boom
South Korea’s electronics giants Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are gearing up for a fierce battle in the gaming monitor mark...
Jul 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha, Univ. of Surrey to team up for space business
Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s major aerospace and defense system developer, announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understan...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
China is LG H&H’s headache amid global K-beauty boom
South Korean cosmetics giant LG H&H Co. has yet to benefit from the global K-beauty boom due to its heavy dependence on China, the world’s...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
S.Korea fines AliExpress $1.4 mn for alleged privacy breach
South Korea’s privacy authority is punishing AliExpress with measures including a $1.4 million fine for allegedly not providing measures to pr...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Electronics posts record Q2 profit, to accelerate transition into AI leader
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean electronics maker, on Thursday posted its highest quarterly operating profit and sales for the April-Jun...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS, Aeon to collaborate on EdTech in Japan
South Korea's LG CNS announced on Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aeon, an education company operating over 300 direct l...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung, LG go in different directions for all solid batteries
South Korean household names Samsung and LG are in a new race to win the market for solid-state batteries, next-generation batteries promising enhan...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
LG Display cuts vendors’ stakes, axes jobs for turnaround
LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, reduced stakes in its vendors while cut...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Spear Korea to acquire AI medical firm Life Semantics
South Korea's aerospace materials company Spear Korea will acquire artificial intelligence (AI) medical firm Life Semantics Co. Life Semantics ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to feature in-car games to Kia EV3
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. said on Wednesday that it will offer its web-based in-car game service Game Portal in Kia Corp's electric vehicle (EV) ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver launches Saudi digital twin project for smart cities
South Korean internet giant Naver Corp. and the Saudi Arabian government have started a five-year project to build digital twin platforms for Riyadh...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Nongshim to build smart farm in Saudi Arabia
South Korea's food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Tuesday that it was selected as a participant in the Smart Farm Export Promotion Pro...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Rebound in large OLED TV demand bodes well for LG Display, Samsung
In the flat panel market, South Korea’s two display makers – LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. – have been bleeding for years...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Goldman Sachs taps ex-Morgan Stanley MD as Korea co-head
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said on Monday that it has appointed Ahn Jae-hoon, former managing director at Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as country co-h...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Innotek to foster car communication parts business with digital key
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. aims to accelerate growth in the global auto communication parts market with a new digital car key as its parent ...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean qualifies to compete for US Navy MRO
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Monday that it signed a Ship Maintenance Relations Agreement (MSRA) with the US Navy. It got the right t...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental to service Vietnam's individual long-term rental
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, announced on Monday that it will enter Vietnam's individual long-term car rental market in ...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec OLED evo TV tops in 14 countries
LG Electronics Inc. announced that its premium lineup LG OLED evo TVs achieved first place in performance evaluations by consumer media outlets in...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Lotte leader Shin Dong-bin stresses pivot to AI-centered innovation
Shin Dong-bin, chairman of South Korea’s retail, food and chemicals conglomerate Lotte, on Friday urged affiliate executives to ramp up effort...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG UltraGear selected as official gaming monitor of EWC
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that its UltraGear gaming monitors were selected as the official monitors of the eSports World Cup (EWC), th...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea's early stage VC funding down amid dearth of targets
Early stage startup funding has plummeted in South Korea as venture capitalists shifted to late-stage venture firms with stable business models amid...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG to foster smart factory business as new B2B growth driver
PYEONGTAEK, Gyeonggi Province -- LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to foster its smart factory business as a new gr...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung buys UK deep tech startup to boost AI business
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top mobile phone maker, will acquire Oxford Semantic Technologies, a British deep tech startup, to enhanc...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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