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Korean games
Korean game sector looks to cute girls to lure new users
South Korea’s game makers rushed to launch games with cute girl characters to allure fans of Japanese animation as cartoons for the subculture...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
LG H&H hosts Korean Royal Court Culture event with Four Seasons Seoul
South Korea's major consumer goods company LG H&H Co. announced on Thursday that its cosmetics brand, The History of Whoo, hosts an event called...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Ssangyong E&C completes construction of Dubai's Atlantis The Royal
Ssangyong Engineering & Construction announced on Tuesday the successful completion of "Atlantis The Royal," an ultra-luxury hotel in Dubai, the...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics exhibits Art Lab in New York
LG Electronics Inc. recently introduced "LG Art Lab," a non-fungible token art trading platform mounted on LG TVs, through a large display board in ...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Korean firms head to CES 2023 to showcase innovative technologies
LAS VEGAS, NV – A growing number of South Korea’s leading companies and startups are heading to CES 2023, the world’s largest tech...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics to enhance Minute Maid Park digitally
Samsung Electronics Co. has been selected as an official partner for display solutions at Minute Maid Park, the home stadium of the 2022 Major Leagu...
Dec 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Art tech platform Tessa attracts strategic investment from Kyobo Securities
The art tech platform Tessa said on Thursday that it has succeeded in attracting strategic investment from Kyobo Securities Co. The amount of invest...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Lotte Department Store hosts Alfie Caine's first solo exhibition in Asia
Lotte Department Store on Wednesday said it will hold the first solo exhibition in Asia by Alfie Caine, a British artist who is emerging as a star o...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KT&G completes elementary school in Laos with employee donations
KT&G, South Korea's dominant tobacco company, announced on Monday that along with South Korea's non-profit organization Sharing Culture &a...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Yeolmae and Company emerges as major player in secondary art market
South Korean startup Yeolmae and Company, which operates ArtnGuide, has recently emerged as a significant player in the art market.ArtnGuide is an o...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On, Korean colleges to conduct R&D of next-generation batteries
South Korean battery maker SK On has raised its research and development (R&D) capacity in next-generation cells by joining forces with the dome...
Nov 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
LG Display holds digital art exhibition in London
South Korea’s LG Display Co. is holding a digital art exhibition in London for works created on its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels...
Sep 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI center joins forces with Parsons School for creative AI development
South Korea’s LG Corp. announced it signed an academic collaboration agreement with the New York City-based Parsons School of Design on Monday...
Sep 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Gucci to hold Alessandro Michele-directed show at Korean royal palace
Italian luxury fashion house Gucci will hold a fashion show choreographed by its famous creative director Alessandro Michele at a South Korean royal...
Sep 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK chairman to donate $10 mn to Metropolitan Museum
Michael ByungJu Kim, founder and chairman of MBK Partners, has pledged $10 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (the Met), the muse...
Sep 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
LG Elec unveils new NFT platform, aims to turn living room into art gallery
LG Electronics Inc. announced Monday it has launched its very own non-fungible token (NFT) platform, LG Art Lab. Now available in the United St...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Seoul outshines NY, LA to emerge as Frieze Art's No.2 market
The Frieze Art Fair’s first Asia exhibition in Seoul attracted big crowds of VIP collectors and general art lovers from across South Korea thi...
Sep 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics to operate two lounges for OLED R monitor at Frieze Seoul
South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics Inc. will operate two lounges at the world-renowned Frieze Art Fair’s inaugural event in Seoul.&...
Aug 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Corporate sponsors focus on luxury at Seoul's first Frieze Art Fair
With just three days before the world-renowned Frieze Art Fair launches its inaugural event in Seoul, corporate sponsors are duking it out to outs...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Exhibition: Samsung heir’s donation of Lee Jung-seob works
The late Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee was an avid arts collector.Though the business magnate did not mention names, it was easy to guess who h...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
Sejong Univ. unveils upgraded biosensor-related technology
South Korea’s Sejong University has developed a technology to sharply reduce the detection time of biomolecules produced by cells and living o...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Seoul poised to paint over Hong Kong in fine arts
Back in 2013, Hong Kong painted itself as the uncontested leader in Asia’s art scene – over Singapore, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Art Bas...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
LG to sponsor Guggenheim’s move for tech-based art
LG Group, South Korea’s No. 4 conglomerate, is set to support the Guggenheim’s move for technology-based art as the consumer electronics...
Jun 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Lawmakers debate military exemption for pop artists like BTS
As a historic first, South Korean lawmakers are duking it out on the hotly debated topic of military exemption for global K-pop sensation BTS. ...
May 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Art investment platform operator Yeolmae Co. raises $14 mn in Series B
South Korean startup Yeolmae Company announced Monday it received 17 billion won ($14 million) worth of funds through its Series B round. With the l...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
The Princeton Review up for sale by Korean edutech firm
South Korea's leading edutech service firm has put The Princeton Review up for sale, five years after it acquired the US college test preparation se...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s No. 2 art auction house to go public in Jan
K Auction, South Korea’s No. 2 art auction house, is set to go public in January 2022 as it aims to court the domestic leader Seoul Auction Co...
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Domestic NFT art sale surpasses 3.5 bitcoin; concerns of market turbulence
Last week, a piece of non-fungible token art by digital artist Jang Koal was sold for more than 3.5 bitcoin or around 200 million won ($168,314) on ...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Fractional investing platforms for art to Rolex lure VCs
The growing popularity of fractional investment in celebrated artworks, music copyrights and luxury items has spurred a flurry of venture capital in...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Now is the time for PEFs to show their art of exit
Leading private equity firms, including Bain Capital, KKR & Co. and MBK Partners, appeared to have turned to an exit mode in South Korea this ye...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 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
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet