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Automobiles
Hyundai to hike Exter SUV output to capitalize on void in India
Hyundai Motor Co. plans to ramp up the production of its compact sport utility vehicle Exter in India to capitalize on the void in the entry-level S...
Oct 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Tesla Model Y reclaims spot as Koreans' favorite foreign car in September
The Tesla Model Y reclaimed the top spot on the best-selling imported car list in South Korea last month for the first time since September 2022. Th...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung unveils next-generation flagship mobile processor
SAN JOSE, California -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, on Thursday unveiled the Exynos 2400, a new premium mobile ...
Oct 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW premieres new 5 Series in Korea, the model’s top market
German carmaker BMW Group on Thursday premiered its latest 5 Series premium sedan in South Korea, an indication of the growing importance of the Asi...
Oct 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI to invest $2 bn to build 2nd US battery plant with Stellantis
Samsung SDI Co. will inject $1.98 billion to build a second battery manufacturing plant in the US jointly with Netherlands-based automaker Stellanti...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis unveils redesigned GV80, first-ever GV80 Coupe
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis on Wednesday unveiled the partially redesigned model of its flagship sports utility vehicle (SUV), the GV8...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Tel launches world’s 1st Korean large language model
SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday announced the official launch of the world’s first Korean large language model (LLM) “A.”, or A Dot, whi...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Display steps up efforts in foldable laptop screen market foray
South Korea’s LG Display Co. is accelerating its foray into the market of foldable organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for laptops wi...
Sep 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung may use Qualcomm’s new AP for next Galaxy top model
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, may use Qualcomm Inc.’s new application processor (AP) for the top-end model ...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to change rocket launch permit system to licensing model
South Korea will change its system for sending projectiles into space to a licensing model covering one to five years instead of requiring approva...
Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Unid expands potassium hydroxide plant in Ulsan
OCI Group-affiliated chemical company Unid announced on Thursday that it has completed the expansion of its Ulsan plant after investing 11 billion w...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C, Naver Cloud to develop futuristic healthy housing model
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) on Thursday announced its signing of a deal with Naver Cloud on cooperation in the de...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia releases EV model of compact car Ray
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, on Thursday announced the launch of its newest electric vehicle (EV), The Kia Ray EV, an electrified...
Sep 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Genome & Co.’s bile duct cancer drug candidate enters Phase 2 trials
Genome & Company, a South Korean developer of microbiome-based drugs, on Tuesday said its GEN-001, a leading immunotherapy drug candidate for bi...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
KG Mobility unveils Torres EVX, electric version of its popular SUV
KG Mobility Corp., formerly Ssangyong Motor Co., on Wednesday unveiled its much-anticipated electric vehicle (EV), the Torres EVX. The Torres model,...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hyundai, Kia to launch solution for mobility impaired in Singapore
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are extending their Universal Mobility Project to Singapore with a new initiative aimed at aiding the ...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics wins $242 mn order from Bristol Myers Squibb
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract drugmaker, said on Monday it has signed an agreement to produce $242 million worth of anti...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Alipay’s Ant becomes No.2 shareholder of S. Korea’s Toss Payments
Ant Group Co., the operator of China’s biggest mobile payment platform Alipay, has become the second-largest stakeholder of Toss Payments, the...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Hynix tests new AI hardware on Meta’s generative AI model
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., has unveiled a new memory chip-based device that boo...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai holds christening of methanol-powered ship
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Co. announced on Monday that it held a christening ceremony on Thursday at the Port of Copenhagen in Denmark for the ...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor’s Genesis: Distilled luxury with 1 million car sales
In South Korea’s automobile industry, it is widely acknowledged that the country’s homegrown premium car brand started with the Genesis....
Sep 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
SK Telecom's solution slashes cloud operating costs up to 40%
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Monday said it launched an optimization solution based on Amazon Web Services (AWS) that slashes cloud operating cos...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Upstage to develop shopping-specific AI with ConnectWave
South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage on Monday said it will develop a shopping-specific AI service with domestic online ...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai NEXO retains fuel cell EV leadership; Toyota Mirai follows fast
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. retained its leadership in the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) market in the January-...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea inks FTA with Philippines, boon to Korean car exports
South Korea has signed a free trade pact with the Philippines, which is expected to bolster Korean car exports to the Southeast Asian country with a...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
High price, quality issues slow Kia EV9 sales in Korea
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is struggling to sell its flagship large all-electric sport utility vehicle EV9 at home as high pric...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha vice chair pitches submarines to Polish president
Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan is stepping up efforts to win Poland's high-profile submarine project worth an estimated 3 trillion won ($2...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAIST discloses Earth images from Next-Gen Small Sat 2
The main payload satellite Next-Generation Small Satellite 2" of the Nuri, launched on May 25, has been confirmed to be operating perfectly, as anno...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix, Samsung's fight for HBM lead set to escalate on AI boom
Long-time runner-up SK Hynix Inc. significantly narrowed the market share gap with global memory leader Samsung Electronics Co. to 6.3 percentage po...
Sep 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells brings forward US solar module production
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, brought forward operations of a US pla...
Sep 01, 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