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Retail
Hyundai Dept. Store introduces AI chatbot service Jellppo
Hyundai Department Store Co. said on Sunday that it would introduce the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot "Jellppo." Jellppo is an AI-based one-o...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Electronics opens experience store in New Delhi
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Sunday that its Indian subsidiary Samsung India opened a large experience store in New Delhi’s main street Con...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Bespin Global launches all-in-one AIoT
South Korea's cloud solution provider Bespin Global said on Thursday that it would launch "IoTOps," a software as a service (SaaS)-based artificial ...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
K-pop label SM taps activist investor as board member
K-pop behemoth SM Entertainment Co. said on Jan. 20 it has decided to tap Lee Chang-hwan, the CEO of local activist fund Align Partners Capital Mana...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy partners with Seoul Nat'l Univ. for battery technology
South Korea's No. 1 secondary battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Seoul National University on Friday signed an agreement to establish an indu...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Genie's overseas sales of music sources surge with K-pop boom
Genie Music Corp., a music content distributor of South Korean telecommunication giant KT Corp., said on Jan. 19 that its overseas sales of music so...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea internet data center construction faces health issue
South Korea’s information technology industry hit a snag with building new internet data centers (IDCs) due to controversies over the potentia...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
South Korea Revives Nuclear Debate as Tensions With the North Rise
SEOUL—Rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang’s spree of weapons tests are fueling a debate in South Korea over the deploy...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
K-pop label SM to increase number of outside directors
South Korea’s SM Entertainment Co. will increase the number of outside directors and ban its chief executive from chairing the board as part o...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea to extend trading hours of local forex market
South Korea will extend the trading hours for the local foreign exchange market to attract overseas investors and improve the trading system so that...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Major startup event Slush to hold spin-off meeting in Korea
Slush, one of the world’s largest startup events, is set to hold a spin-off meeting in South Korea this year.Slush is a startup and tech event...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea resumes egg imports in 13 months due to soaring prices
As egg prices soared due to the spread of bird flu or avian influenza, the South Korean government resumed imports of eggs to ease price pressure.It...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean apparel retailer F&F to produce global K-pop stars
South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. made a foray into the entertainment sector to create a synergy of K-content and fashion, competin...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax shows off advanced beauty tech at CES with Seoul Nat'l Univ.
Cosmax, a cosmetics original design manufacturer (ODM) of South Korea, said on Tuesday that it unveiled the beauty technology developed jointly ...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Seoul in talks to share nuclear plant export profits with Westinghouse
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. and its parent company Korea Electric Power Corp. are in discussion with Westinghouse Electric Corp. to share pr...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul ranks 7th in city competitiveness assessed by Japanese Institute
Seoul's urban competitiveness rebounded after five years, ranking seventh in the world. It was due to the fact that the ranking of the economy categ...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Caliverse, KT Alpha join hands to add K-pop to metaverse
Caliverse, a subsidiary of Lotte Data Communication, said on Thursday that it has signed an agreement to expand the range of immersive metaverse con...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hotels in top Seoul tourist area on sale due to rate hikes
South Korea's KB Asset Management Co. is set to sell two three-star hotel buildings in Myeong-dong, one of the most popular spots for foreign touris...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's coffee brand Ediya to open 1st overseas branch in Guam
Ediya Coffee, South Korea's home-grown low-priced coffee brand, will open a branch in Guam in the first half of this year to seek growth through exp...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
Seoul Viosys receives CES Display Innovation Award
Seoul Viosys Co. said on Tuesday that it received the Innovation Award in the display category for a component called "WICOP pixel" at CES 2023, the...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
7-Eleven shows off first realistic metaverse store at CES 2023
Convenience store franchiser 7-Eleven said on Tuesday that it would display a new concept metaverse store for the first time in the industry toget...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
GS Retail to introduce forex kiosks in convenience stores
South Korea's convenience store franchiser GS Retail said on Monday that it would introduce foreign currency exchange kiosks at its convenience st...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Korea's Traders Wholesale Club launches paid membership program
S.Korea's big-box store Traders Wholesale Club officially launched its paid membership program called Traders Club on Sunday.The store has secured...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hilton Seoul to close business for redevelopment project
Millennium Hilton Seoul, founded in 1983, will close down for business on Dec. 31 due to redevelopment plans for the property.The five-star hotel ...
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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Retail
CU to make instant VAT refund for foreign customers
BGF Retail, a franchiser that operates convenience store chain CU, said on Tuesday that it would implement an instant VAT refund service for foreign...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
E-Mart enters Singapore with two corner shops selling K-food
South Korea’s largest supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. has become the first Korean company that has launched a convenience store in Singapore.The...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink's 'How You Like That' video tops 1.3 bn views
K-pop girl group Blackpink's "How You Like That" video has surpassed 1.3 billion views on YouTube, YG Entertainment Inc., the agency representing th...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Lotte mulls building transit hubs in retail stores for air taxis, drones
South Korea’s Lotte Engineering & Construction Co. said on Dec. 22 it is considering building vertiports on the rooftops of its retail aff...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
CJ CheilJedang develops biodegradable cosmetic containers
CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Thursday that it has applied a biodegradable container developed from a composite material mixed with PHA (polyhydroxya...
Dec 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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