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Markets
Samsung heiress sells $326 mn worth of Samsung Elec shares
Samsung Group heiress and Hotel Shilla Chief Executive Lee Boo-jin sold 441.2 billion won ($325.9 million) worth of Samsung Electronics Co. shares i...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Display surrenders foldable screen throne to BOE
Chinese smartphone manufacturers’ aggressive push for foldable models has threatened the dominance of Samsung Electronics Co., the world&rsquo...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Korean Kakao Pay’s acquisition of US' Siebert collapses
South Korean Kakao Pay Corp.'s takeover deal of US-based Siebert Financial Corp. has failed amid the growing legal risks surrounding top executives ...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
UAE, Korea’s Naver Z join hands for virtual reality tech
South Korea’s Naver Z Corp., the operator of virtual world platform Zepeto, said Monday it will join forces with the United Arab Emirates&rsqu...
Dec 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Apple ordered to compensate Korean users for iPhone slowdown
An appellate court of South Korea on Wednesday ordered Apple Inc. to pay 70,000 won ($53.3) each to seven Korean iPhone users for deliberately slowi...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Toss Pay expands on-site payment in 42 countries
Toss Pay, the convenient payment service of South Korea's mobile financial platform Toss, said on Monday it has expanded its overseas on-site paymen...
Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Naver Pay expands on-site payment to SE Asia countries
Naver Pay, the simple payment service of South Korea's Naver Financial, said on Thursday it has expanded its overseas on-site payment services. It...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shilla Duty Free partners with Line Pay to attract Asian tourists
South Korea's The Shilla Duty Free announced it partnered with Line Pay Taiwan to attract South Asian tourism on Thursday. Line Pay is the top mobil...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea mulls plan B as Indonesia falls behind on KF-21 project payments
Indonesia, a partner of South Korea’s KF-21 fighter jet development project, has failed again to notify the Korean government of its plan to p...
Nov 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver integrates points program with Samsung Pay
The online money and points of South Korea's Naver Pay, an affiliate of the country's largest web portal Naver Corp., can now be used at offline sto...
Sep 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Kakao Pay’s tie-up with Alipay spurs growth in China
BEIJING – Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is rapidly growing in China’s fintech...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Naver Pay to be available at all Alipay merchants in China
Naver Pay, the simple payment service of South Korea's Naver Financial, announced on Tuesday that it will start offering Naver Pay Money and Point Q...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Want to buy an iPhone 15 in South Korea? Pay more
During the unveiling of the much-anticipated iPhone 15 series on Tuesday, Apple Inc. said its newest product line is in same price range as its prev...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea to receive $1 bn in unpaid bills from Uzbek gas project
South Korean firms are poised to receive $1 billion in unpaid bill that has accumulated since 2017 from Uzbekistan’s Surgil gas project as the...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
S.Korea’s web novel sector hits $750 mn in value: Study
South Korea's rising web novel industry, which has seen popular works like "Reborn Rich" and "The Red Sleeve" made into TV series, has exceeded 1 tr...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung releases Galaxy Z Fold5 Thom Browne edition
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will unveil the Galaxy Z Fold5 Thom Browne edition, a foldable smartphone created in collabora...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startups join hands amid dwindling funding, acceleration support
Collaboration is becoming active among peer startups in South Korea to create synergy between different technologies and accelerate an early stage s...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Galaxy Z foldables set early sales record in Europe
Samsung Electronics Co. 's Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 smartphones have set early sales records in Europe, with annual sales of the company's folda...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea's HMM bidders shortlisted to LX Group, Harim, Dongwon
Bidders for HMM Co., South Korea’s top shipping company, have been shortlisted to LX Group, Harim Co. and Dongwon Industries Co., according to...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Poland kicks off approval process to import S.Korean reactors
Poland has started an approval process to build a nuclear power plant consisting of South Korean reactors, according to foreign media reports, despi...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Preorders for new Galaxy foldable smartphones exceed 1 million
The Samsung Electronics Co. foldable Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 could be the next big thing on the smartphone market.The company on Tuesday said it ...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung leads Apple in smartphone sales, albeit less profitable
Samsung Electronics Co. solidified its position as the world’s top smartphone vendor by volume in the second quarter, widening its sales gap w...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Virtual human Lucy to sell Galaxy Z in live commerce
Lotte Home Shopping's virtual human Lucy expands her activities by selling The Galaxy Z Flip 5 and "Z Fold 5" on live commerce, following her attend...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Naver Pay to enter Chinese payment market in 2023
South Korea's Naver Financial announced plans on Tuesday to bring its simple payment service, Naver Pay, to the Chinese market by the end of this ye...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung pins high hopes on new Galaxy Z foldables
Foldable phones will likely account for one-third of Samsung Electronics Co.'s domestic sales of its flagship Galaxy smartphone series this year, le...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5: Don’t bother to open it!
The Galaxy Z Flip 5, the fifth generation of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip smartphones, makes a clear distinction from its predecessors: enabling users ...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unpacks Galaxy Z Flip 5, Fold 5 foldables
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled the newest edition to its Galaxy Z foldable series – Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Fold 5 – designed...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s commitment to N brand pays off with over 100,000 car sales
Hyundai Motor Co.'s commitment to high-performance vehicles has paid off with sales of such vehicles exceeding 100,000 units six years after the lau...
Jul 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils global campaign video of Galaxy Z
Samsung Electronics Co. has announced the release of a new global campaign video ahead of the unveiling of the new foldable phone series on July 26....
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Kakao Pay launches ATM service in Japan, Vietnam, Laos
South Korea’s Kakao Pay Corp. on Wednesday said it started an overseas withdrawal service at automatic teller machines (ATM) in partnership wi...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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