National Strategy Technology Special Committee
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Batteries
LGES to build pouch-type long-cell battery mother factory at $449 mn
LG Energy Solution Ltd. will add a new mother factory to its Ochang manufacturing complex, as part of its plan to turn the home manufacturing site i...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea wary of tougher US anti-China moves for chipmakers
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday kicked off a six-day state visit to the US with a tough assignment: finding diplomatic solutions for ...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec to strengthen its direct-to-consumer sales strategy
South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. is strengthening its direct-to-consumer (D2C) strategy and expanding its lineup of low- to mid-priced products to ...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Ecoplant aims to cut CO2 emissions from fuel cell power generation
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. on Monday said it is conducting a project to recycle a small amount of carbon generated when a fuel cell produces elec...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
More Korean LPs look to buyouts, special situations for private equity
Healthcare continued to be the preferred sector for South Korean institutional investors this year as it was last year, a survey found. Meanwhile, the...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
iMarket Korea, Taylor city in Texas sign MOU for business agreement
iMarket Korea, South Korean distributor of industrial materials, said on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with th...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte Biologics invests in S.Korean bio-venture Pinotbio
South Korea’s Lotte Biologics Co. said on Friday that it has made an equity investment in Pinotbio, Inc. for the development of antibody-drug ...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Kainos Medicine exports AIDS treatment technology to China
South Korean new drug developer Kainos Medicine Inc. announced on Friday that it had signed a technology transfer agreement with Chinese pharmaceuti...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Asleep dreams big to help sleepless people worldwide find right treatment
Armed with artificial intelligence and big data technologies, Asleep hopes to find the best treatment for sleep-deprived people around the world wit...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korean gov't unveils $424 mn strategy to boost software, AI industries
South Korean government has announced plans to invest about 563 billion won ($424 million) in bolstering the domestic software and artificial intell...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
POSCO Holdings opens new R&D center in Pohang
POSCO Holdings said on Thursday that it has opened a headquarters for POSCO N.EX.T Hub, which will lead the R&D efforts for the entire POSCO G...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean gov’t pledges additional $7.9 bn for startups amid fund squeeze
The South Korean government will spend an additional 10.5 trillion won ($7.9 billion) to shore up the country’s startups and venture capitalis...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chairman to refine strategy for EV battery production
Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, visited a cathode plant on Monday to review supply chains for the batt...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI unveils super-gap battery tech aimed at Chinese market
South Korea's leading secondary battery maker Samsung SDI Co. is setting its sights on China's battery market with its super-gap solid-state battery...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Seoul Semiconductor's Sunlike LED is installed in Volvo's new EV
Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd., a South Korean LED light manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that Volvo's new electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) EX9...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Samsung unveils HealthStack at US healthcare tech exhibition
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it will showcase Samsung HealthStack ver. 1.0 at the "2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Ex...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom enters next-generation broadcasting platform market in US
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday that it will sell a next-generation broadcast platform, utilizing mobile edge computing (MEC) technolog...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LS Electric to display smart energy solutions in Germany
LS Electric Co., South Korean manufacturer of power and industrial automation equipment, announced on Monday that it will participate in the Hannove...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec launches foundry package turnkey service
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 2 foundry player, has begun package turnkey service for contract chip manufacturing as it aims to tak...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korean state-run railroad companies meet Czech Minister of Transport
South Korea's state-run railway companies Korea Railroad (KORAIL) and Korea National Railway (KR) announced on Thursday that they had met with repre...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea's lunar orbiter Danuri captures back side of the moon
South Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri has released photos of the moon's far side. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced on Wedn...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea sees release of generic diabetes drugs after Forxiga patent expires
South Korea's pharmaceutical companies are competing to sell generic drugs to raise their presence on the domestic market for diabetes treatment wit...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to transfer proprietary technologies to SMEs for free
Samsung Electronics Co. has partnered with South Korean government to transfer patented technologies free of charge in an effort to support the grow...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea groans under snowballing national liabilities
South Korea’s liabilities ballooned last year following heavy fiscal spending related to the COVID-19 pandemic to buttress growth in Asia...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Robot dog Spot joins in S.Korea’s World Expo bid efforts
Spot, a dog-like robot developed by South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor-owned Boston Dynamics Inc., has joined in the country’s bi...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea's tech special IPOs face criticism on poor earnings of ventures
Around 200 South Korean ventures have debuted on the country’s secondary Kosdaq market through the technology special listing program since 20...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea invests $763.4 mn in strategic tech IP like aerospace, robotics
The South Korean government will inject this year budget of 1 trillion won ($763.4 million) in intellectual property (IP)-related projects.The Presi...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s small nuclear reactor technology falls behind global peers
South Korea’s small-sized nuclear reactor technology has fallen behind other major countries due to the years of the previous government&rsquo...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung C&T, Japan’s Chiyoda collaborate in green hydrogen
South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp. is boosting its eco-friendly energy business such as in green hydrogen, a carbon-neutral alternative resou...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSOFT partners with Gameforge for European release of Aion Classic
South Korean gaming company NCSOFT Corp. said on Thursday that its popular PC online multiplayer role-playing game (MMORPG) Aion Classic will soon b...
Mar 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 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
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