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Korean games
Com2uS to release host of new games this year
Com2uS Corps. will release a variety of new game titles this year with the goal of reaching 100 billion won ($78.6 million) in global sales for each...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Mirae Asset buys logistics center in India for $17 mn
Mirae Asset Global Managements Co. said on Friday that it has invested 21 billion won ($17 million) in a large logistics center in Mumbai to become ...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air Busan launches new Busan-Clark flight
Air Busan Co. began operating its first new flight route this year between Busan and Clark, the Philippines, and started a new leap forward in earne...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung’s Q4 profit tumbles; cuts 2023 chip profit forecast by half
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker, posted its worst quarterly operating profit in eight years on F...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
LG unveils self-driving auto parts, brighter OLED panels
LG Group’s two units have showcased new automotive and display products, which would expand their presence in the autonomous driving and premi...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's Smilegate RPG named in 3 categories of Steam game awards
South Korea's video game developer Smilegate RPG (Role-playing Games) on Thursday said its leading massively multiplayer online role-playing game (M...
Jan 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
LG Elec to increase partnerships for business expansion
LAS VEGAS -- LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliance maker, is seeking more partnerships with global leading companies and increas...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
HD Hyundai to boost offshore wind power, future ships, CEO says
LAS VEGAS – HD Hyundai Co., the largest shipbuilding conglomerate in South Korea, is set to diversify its future growth engines, focusing on s...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong, Onchorus to undertake research on mRNA anticancer drugs
Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Thursday that it has signed a joint R&D and commercialization agreement with America's biopharmaceutical venture...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro Group nearly doubles sales target to $7.8 billion this year
South Korea's EcoPro Group has set its sales target this year at 10 trillion won ($7.8 billion), nearly double that of last year, under a strategy t...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean law firm creates startup investment association
The Law Office of Choi & Lee, a small-sized law firm, became Korea's first law firm to invest in startups. In one of the most difficult times wh...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
KT receives record-high corporate bond bids of $2.3 billion
KT Corp., which boasts the nation's highest credit rating at the stable “AAA,” reached a whopping 2.89 trillion won ($2.27 billion) in c...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hyundai is not a carmaker but a tech firm: Chairman Chung
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun has vowed to turn the South Korean automotive giant into a state-of-the-art tech company to lead the pack ...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Com2verse attracts investment of $9.4 million from strategic partners
Com2verse, Com2uS Corp.'s metaverse subsidiary said on Tuesday that it has secured a strategic investment of 4 billion won ($3.1 million) each from ...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung Elec to invest $46 mn in S.Korean robot maker
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker, is set to invest 59 billion won ($46.4 million) in South Korean...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea's Daehan Green Power invests in energy superstation biz
South Korea's Daehan Green Power has entered the green hydrogen sector, a new growth engine, through an energy super station project.The company on ...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Daesang F&B changes company name to Daesang Dives
A South Korean food and beverage company Daesang F&B changed its name to Daesang Dives, the company said on Monday.Daesang Dives is a combinatio...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Ideahub to launch new platform for individual investors of patents in Q1
In the next three months, South Korea's Ideahub is poised to launch a platform on which individual investors can also invest in patents.If all goes ...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean banks must increase total shareholder returns: Align Partners
South Korean private equity firm Align Partners Capital Management Inc. is set to lead shareholder activism against the country’s top financia...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Silvia Health attracts investment through pre-Series A funding
Silvia Health Inc., an age-tech startup based in Seoul, South Korea said on Monday that it has completed a pre-Series A investment with the particip...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Disclosure obligations of venture capital accelerators to be strengthened
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on Monday that an amendment to the Venture Capital Investment Promotion Act, which will strengthen the disclo...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Korean business chiefs’ Year of the Rabbit messages: Keep investing
South Korea’s top business leaders on the first business day of the year stressed the importance of active investment and concentration of r...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Is semiconductor chip rental doable?: Samsung says yes
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is looking to launch a high-end memory chip rental service as its new business ...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Morning food delivery firm Oasis passes Kosdaq listing eligibility review
Oasis Corp., which operates the early morning food delivery platform "Oasis Market," said it passed the eligibility review for listing at Kosdaq mar...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KT Investment injects $27.8 million in 20 startups this year
KT Investment said on Thursday that it invested 35 billion won ($27.8 million) in 20 startups this past year, and that six invested companies succee...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
SuperBin completes plastic recycling factory in Seoul suburb
SuperBin, a South Korean startup reshaping the waste recycling ecosystem using Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, on Thursday said it had co...
Dec 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Naver D2SF makes follow-up investment in fashion startup Onthelook
Naver D2SF, Naver Corp.'s startup investment arm, made a follow-up investment in fashion content startup Onthelook.The company said on Wednesday tha...
Dec 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong Pharma, Neurolive to jointly develop new antidepressant drug
South Korea's drug company Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with biopharmaceutical venture Neurorive to joi...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
HL Mando to show off car electrification system at CES 2023
HL Mando ( Mando Corp. ) and self-driving technology company HL Klemove said Wednesday that they would participate in CES 2023, the world's largest ...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Elec to release new Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 laptop
South Korea's electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. will release its latest premium laptop model, Galaxy Book2 Pro 360, on Jan. 16, the company ...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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