National Strategy Technology Special Committee
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Alternative investments
Find opportunities amid macro uncertainty in 2023: M&G
Markets today are in the midst of a shift as interest rate hikes are nearing their end and economic growth is challenged. Other changes in demogra...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
S.Korea selects 100 core technologies to achieve carbon neturality
South Korea has designated 100 core technologies to achieve carbon neutrality including heat pumps that retrieve heat from air and water, the green ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
LG leader Koo seeks new growth drivers at group strategy meetings
Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, is seeking new growth drivers by hosting strategy meetings groupwide.L...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SK C&C to develop solution to prevent recycling fraud
SK C&C, an information and communications technology affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, on Thursday said it is developing a system for t...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution secures lithium concentrate in N.America
South Korea's battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Friday that it has signed a lithium concentrate supply contract with Australian c...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Display buys US OLED microdisplay maker for $218 mn
South Korea's Samsung Display has bought American OLED microdisplay maker eMagin for $218 million (290 billion won).eMagin on Wednesday said Samsung...
May 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Get away from it all? Korea is a must-visit, says Airbnb's strategy officer
This summer is expected to be one of the busiest travel seasons seen in a while.Trapped in the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown over the past couple of ye...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea, Canada to bolster key minerals supply partnership
South Korea and Canada will make close cooperation to strengthen their supply chains of critical minerals such as uranium and nickel, key materials ...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Amkor to top semiconductor packaging sector with better tech
Amkor Technology Inc., the world’s No. 2 semiconductor packaging company, aims to take the sector throne by improving technology competitivene...
May 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
BOK, Samsung to develop offline CBDCs using Galaxy devices
South Korea’s central bank and Samsung Electronics Co. have joined hands to further advance the country’s offline central bank digital c...
May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to invest $221 mn to build R&D chip line in Japan: Nikkei
Samsung Electronics Co. will build a prototype chip production facility in Japan for 30 billion yen ($221 million) to develop next-generation back-e...
May 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai Energy Solutions to develop ultra-high efficiency solar panel
South Korea's HD Hyundai Energy Solutions, HD Hyundai Co.'s solar power subsidiary, has set a goal to mass produce ultra-high efficiency solar panel...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong Pharmaceutical’s cumulative tech exports exceed $870 mn
South Korea’s Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Friday that it had concluded three technology export agreements for new drugs and new drug candi...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to invest $2.6 bn in quantum technology by 2035
South Korea will spend 3.5 trillion won ($2.6 billion) on quantum science and technology development by 2035 in partnership with the country’s...
May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to prop up quantum tech with academia, private sector
South Korea, trailing in the global race for quantum technology, will open a new quantum technology-dedicated graduate school with a consortium led ...
May 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire takes on market for high-end sports cars
South Korea's Hankook Tire & Technology is reinforcing its partnerships with makers of high-performance sports cars based on a systematic develo...
May 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea to launch 10 global innovation special zones by 2027
South Korean government plans to create ten global innovation special zones by 2027, implementing a negative regulation system for the first time in...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korean gov't proposes nuclear power plant cooperation to Hungary
South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang discussed ways to strengthen industrial and trade cooperation with Lászl&o...
May 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The Deep Dive
Hyundai’s quantum leap: how it shines through in crisis
Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. are slated to log a combined 150 million units of car sales this month. The carmakers of Hyundai Motor...
May 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Electronics to overtake TSMC within 5 years: chip president
DAEJEON – Samsung Electronics Co. will be able to overtake bigger foundry rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) at the leading e...
May 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2023
Alternative investment forum ASK 2023 to kick off May 17 in Seoul
South Korean institutional investors, including the world’s third-largest pension fund National Pension Service (NPS), and global asset manage...
May 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korean AI developers scurry to jump on generative AI bandwagon
AlphaGo was behind the first artificial intelligence shock in South Korea after its landslide victory in a Go match against the country’s lege...
May 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air showcases special aircraft livery featuring Blackpink
Korean Air Lines Co. held a 2030 Busan Expo Korean Air Special Aircraft Unveiling Event at the aircraft hangar at Incheon International Airport on W...
May 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 unveils AESA radar for FA-50 light fighter
A South Korean aerospace manufacturer and defense company has unveiled a prototype of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar mountable ...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Asleep forms partnership with National Sleep Foundation of US
South Korea's sleep technology startup Asleep, which was part of an economic delegation accompanying President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent state visit to...
May 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis to lead mobility platform innovation: CEO Cho
Hyundai Mobis Co. will take another leap forward to become a mobility platform provider for future mobility technologies and bolster its new growth ...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom, Golfzon develop AI golf platform
An artificial intelligence platform in South Korea has produced a golfing coach that analyzes and diagnoses problems in swing posture and recommends...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea to offer subsidies to foreigners investing in advanced technologies
Foreign companies investing in the fields of semiconductor, display and secondary batteries, which are part of South Korea's national strategic tech...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Direct lending tops private debt strategy again for Korean LPs
Direct lending, which has topped South Korean institutional investors’ private debt strategies for years, has become even more popular amid risi...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
CG Bio establishes US corporation to develop tissue products
South Korean bio-regenerative medical firm CG Bio has launched a new US corporation CG MedTech, to focus on the development and marketing of tissue ...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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