Level 4 autonomous driving
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Korean startups
South Korean firms bullish on hiring developers from India, SE Asia
Travel startup Storicity Inc. tried for a year to find a developer in South Korea – to no avail.But when it expanded its search abroad through...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis steps up future mobility business
Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s largest auto parts maker, is accelerating its future mobility businesses as well as intensifying open innovat...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Korea to further lag China on self-driving cars
South Korea is expected to lag behind China further on autonomous vehicle technology as Shenzhen, the technology hub in Guangdong province, allowed ...
Aug 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Samyang Foods' Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen sales surpass 4 bn
Samyang Foods Co. announced Monday it has sold more than 4 billion packets of its uber-popular Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, or buldak-bokkeum-myeon, to...
Aug 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor to buy Korean self-driving startup 42dot
South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is set to purchase autonomous driving startup 42dot, intensifying the automaker’s competi...
Jul 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Vale, two Korean firms to sell JV to ArcelorMittal at a loss
Brazilian mining giant Vale SA and two South Korean steelmakers are selling their joint venture in Brazil at less than half their investment in six ...
Jul 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK in talks to buy Korea's top online education firm MegastudyEdu
MBK Partners, one of Asia's largest private equity firms, is in exclusive talks to acquire Korea’s top online education company MegastudyEdu C...
Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec. celebrates world's first shipment of 3-nanometer chips
Samsung Electronics Co. held a ceremony on Monday to celebrate its first shipment of 3-nanometer semiconductor chips, notching its lead in the race ...
Jul 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung develops next-generation data storage device
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled an upgraded data storage device that significantly reduces the computer processing time and energy cons...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, Kia to launch Level 3 self-driving Genesis G90, EV9 in 2023
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will launch its most-advanced Level 3 autonomous cars next year, starting with Hyundai Motor Co.'s flagship ...
Jul 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Commercial real estate market in Seoul shrinks in H1 2022
The commercial real estate market in Seoul slowed this year, according to a report by South Korean online property platform RSquare. The sum of the ...
Jul 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean companies' net issuance of bonds in H1 hits six-year low
South Korea’s net issuance of corporate bonds during the first half of 2022 was its lowest in six years, according to Korea Financial Investme...
Jul 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets
South Korea’s major listed companies held record inventory assets as they piled up raw materials to deal with the global supply chain disrupti...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Samsung wins multi-billion-dollar camera module deal from Tesla
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., the electronic components unit of Samsung Group, has won a multi-billion-dollar deal to supply camera modules to Tesl...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Korean firms with high ESG scores show great P/E ratios
South Korean corporates’ price-earnings ratios are affected by their environmental, social and governance (ESG) management, experts said at an...
Jul 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT, Swift Navigation team up for ultra-precision location service
KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, has partnered with Swift Navigation Co., a San Francisco-based technology firm, to commer...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai’s US partner Aptiv invests in self-driving startup StradVision
Aptiv PLC, one of the world’s big three autonomous driving technology companies, has agreed to invest 50 billion won ($39 million) in StradVis...
Jun 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Telecom expands system for self-driving in Seoul
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has expanded the area covered by the traffic control system for self-driving in Seoul, takin...
Jun 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
1 in 4 biotech firms struggles with decreasing cash reserves
South Korea’s biotechnology firms – public and private alike – are facing increasingly negative financial conditions. T...
Jun 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea won at 13-year low on recession fears amid tightening
South Korea’s won hit a 13-year low, weakening past the psychologically important 1,300 per US dollar level for the first time since the 2008-...
Jun 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
LG, Kakao Mobility to roll out autonomous delivery robot service
LG Electronics Inc. and Kakao Mobility Corp. have agreed to form a future mobility technology partnership with an aim to jointly launch an autonomou...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carve-out, bolt-on key themes driving M&As: BDA Partners
Amid escalating market uncertainties, M&As are not just a growth tactic but survival tools for businesses, Euan Rellie, co-founder and managing ...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Golf simulation centers' revenue soars 48% on-year
Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, sectors serving golf enthusiasts have thrived in South Korea.Financial services company BC Card analyzed the sales ...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign ownership of S.Korean stocks at 13-year low
Foreign investors’ stockholdings in South Korea have plunged to their lowest level in nearly 13 years, dealing a heavy blow to the domestic st...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Uplus’ Uplus Drive to be installed in Lexus New Generation NX series
The in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system by LG Uplus will be equipped in the new line of vehicles by Toyota Motor Corp. and its luxury division Lexu...
Jun 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI, Lockheed to join forces for US megaproject
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s aerospace manufacturer, has agreed to join forces with Lockheed Martin Corp. to enter the...
Jun 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO revs up eco-friendly, smart steelmaking
South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO Group reignited its No. 4 blast furnace at its Gwangyang plant on June 10. The blast furnace has been u...
Jun 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Startup tapped to lead S.Korea’s autonomous car security project
South Korea has embarked on a public-private project to bolster communication security for autonomous driving, for which a domestic startup will pla...
Jun 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
S.Korea’s PE fundraising may fall after two-year growth
The National Pension Service will reduce the amount of its new capital commitment to domestic private equity firms by 17% to 500 billion won ($400 m...
Jun 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Ex-footballer’s startup QMIT raises $2.4 mn in Series A
QMIT Inc., the operator of athlete management platform plco, announced Tuesday that it raised 3 billion won ($2.4 million) in Series A round funding...
Jun 07, 2022 (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