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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Elice, FuriosaAI to develop training for AI semiconductor talent
South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) digital education provider Elice on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the AI semi...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai E&C, KAI to develop export-type package for defense industry
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) will jointly develop an export package for ...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's CJ Bioscience buys drug candidates from 4D pharma of the UK
South Korea’s pharmaceutical and healthcare company CJ Bioscience Inc. has acquired drug candidates from the UK's 4D pharma plc. to improve co...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korean startup investments rapidly dry up in wake of SVB debacle
The shock from the collapse of American startups’ main financing artery Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has been deeply felt in the South Korean sta...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Piracy of S.Korean webtoon surges amid content boom
The South Korean industry of webtoons, or digital comics, has seen its original content illegally posted on foreign websites over the past few years...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG takes lead in nurturing young AI talent by holding AI hackathon
South Korea's LG announced on Sunday that it held the "LG AI Hackathon" for nurturing young artificial intelligence (AI) talent for two days from ...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Korean research team develops AI chip to cut power use
South Korean scientists have developed a chip that needs less electricity for advanced efficiency and data processing to help the country’s se...
Mar 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha to build solar cell components plant in Georgia
South Korea’s Hanwha Advanced Materials Corp. will spend $147 million to build a solar panel components plant in the US state of Georgia, acco...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Hyundai Motor, Kia partner with DeepX to develop robotics services
South Korean carmakers Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have partnered with DeepX, a domestic startup that specializes in designing AI semiconductors...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Hancom to apply ChatGPT to Hancom Docs
South Korea's office software developer Hancom Inc. will apply ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) service that allows users to reque...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai, Korea Univ. open internship to develop future talent
South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. and Korea University will jointly develop next-generation personnel to lead core business lines of the future.Chung Ki-...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Motor, Kia develop ultra-high-temp hydrogen fuel cells with US firm
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. has joined forces with Advent Technologies, an American maker of membrane electrode assemblies (MEA), a key componen...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Innovation invests an extra $50 million in US clean energy firm Amogy
South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. has newly invested $50 million in Amogy Inc., a US ammonia-based power system developer, to expand its green b...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
EV fast-charging company Crocus succeeds in $5 mn Series B funding
Crocus Inc., a South Korean startup focused on energy infrastructure and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), announced on Wednesday that it rai...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Samsung reaffirms commitment to water conservation on World Water Day
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip producer, reaffirmed its corporate pledge to protect water resources, which are criti...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon Industries to make 100% plant-based eco-friendly plastic
Kolon Industries Inc.'s Future Technology Institute announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Stora Enso Oyj, a global biomaterials leader f...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT, Amano Korea join hands to develop smart parking solutions
South Korean telecom operator KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a business agreement with parking control system specialist Amano K...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
LB Investment draws record demand from individual investors
LB Investment Inc., a venture capital firm associated with the LG founder's family, has achieved a remarkable competition rate of over 1,000 to 1 fo...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Yanolja Cloud to develop real estate platform with SK Discovery
South Korea's Yanolja Cloud, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, announced on Tuesday its partnership with SK Discovery Co. to build a proptech ...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
S.Korean LPs name 41 best alternative asset managers
Blackstone, Hamilton Lane, HarbourVest Partners and Audax Private Equity were jointly named the most preferred PE firms by South Korean institutional ...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
SK Pharmteco again seeks $382 mn in pre-IPO funding
SK Pharmteco Co., a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is eyeing pre-initial public offering funding again after it dropped...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Wave Lifestyle Tech signs MOU with Saudi gov't to expand robot business
Wave Lifestyle Tech, a South Korean foodtech robot company, said on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia’...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma wins $44 mn flu vaccine order from WHO agency
South Korea's pharmaceutical firm GC Biopharma Corp. said on Monday that it has won a $44.3 million (57.9 billion won) order for flu vaccines in a d...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s KCC develops AI-based color matching system
South Korea’s chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. on Monday said it developed the K-Smart system of using an artificial intelligence (AI)-...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis develops in-wheel electric motor
Hyundai Mobis, South Korea's largest auto parts manufacturer, announced on Sunday that it developed an "in-wheel system" that places an electric mot...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung gets $191 million profit valuation from investment in Rainbow Robotics
Samsung Electronics Co. is found to have earned 250 billion won ($191 million) in profit valuation from its investment made two months ago in Rainbo...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korean aircraft maker KAI earmarks $3.4 bn in R&D investment by 2032
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, is set to pour 4.5 trillion won ($3.4 billion) into ...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Elec to spend over $4 bn on capex in 2023, biggest in a decade
LG Electronics Inc. has decided to go bold to widen the technology gap with its rivals, with its biggest capital expenditure in a decade of more tha...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Oceanplant, Corio team up for offshore wind power
SK Oceanplant, a South Korean offshore wind power subsidiary of SK Ecoplant Co., and Corio Generation, a global offshore wind power developer owned ...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK to acquire Korea’s top FCCL maker NexFlex for $407 mn
MBK Partners agreed to buy NexFlex Co., South Korea’s top flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCL) producer, as the leading Northeast Asian priva...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet