Samsung Tech Day 2022
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Cryptocurrencies
Crypto exchange Binance to work with Busan on blockchain
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, announced on Friday it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s Genesis ranks top in J.D. Power’s innovative tech study
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis has been recognized by industry analysts for its excellence in innovative technology and consumer experi...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup accelerator D.Camp marks 100th demo day
Startup accelerator D.Camp’s demo day event dubbed D.Day celebrated its 100th event on Thursday. The first D.Day event was held in June 2...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Demand for Samsung foldables keeps smartphone parts makers busy
Smartphone parts suppliers to Samsung Electronics Co. are running their plants at full capacity as the South Korean tech giant’s latest fold...
Aug 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Samsung SDS to collaborate with NIST in post-quantum cryptography
Samsung SDS Co. announced on Thursday it will participate in the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) project hosted by the National Cyberse...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK delivers fourth straight rate hike as inflation persists
South Korea’s central bank on Thursday delivered its fourth interest rate hike in a row for the first time in its history as the monetary auth...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T to build solar power plants worth $595 mn in Qatar
South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp. is set to build solar power plants worth 800 billion won ($595.2 million) in Qatar, helping the Middle Eas...
Aug 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kurly, Golfzon get preliminary nod for 2022 IPOs
Gourmet food delivery platform Kurly and Golfzon County have won preliminary approval for their initial public offerings set for this year.The Korea...
Aug 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to spend $74 bn on chip production lines in Korea
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, is expected to invest some $74 billion to expand semiconductor production capacity ...
Aug 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics retains top TV vendor status in shrinking market
South Korea’s two home appliances giants – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – dominated the global TV market in the...
Aug 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to invest $15 bn in semiconductor R&D complex
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, plans to spend 20 trillion won ($15.1 billion) by 2028 on an advanced semiconductor...
Aug 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Tech giant Kakao turns to digital display advertising for added revenue
Kakao Corp. is looking to add display advertising to South Korea’s largest messaging app KakaoTalk, as well as the fintech apps developed by i...
Aug 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Drones, AI, big data power Korean fisheries’ earnings
The Jubilee, a 2,200-ton tuna fishing vessel operated by South Korea’s leading fishing company Dongwon Industries Co., has been using drones t...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung Group CEOs drum up support for Busan Expo 2030
Samsung Group affiliates’ CEOs are working to bring the World Expo 2030 to Busan in South Korea using their overseas networks. Samsung Electro...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
S. Korea's digital asset exchange operators bulk up despite crypto winter
Despite being in crypto winter, or a period in which prices of major cryptocurrencies have slid and stayed low for weeks on end, South Korea's bigge...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics, Samsung C&T extends investment in US biotech firms
The Life Science Fund, jointly launched by Samsung Biologics and Samsung C&T Corp., announced Wednesday it invested $15 million in US biotech fi...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Boston emerges as Korean firms’ R&D hub for AI, batteries
Top South Korean conglomerates Samsung and Hyundai have selected Boston as the home of their first overseas research centers for batteries and artif...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung Elec. unveils Odyssey Ark, 55-inch curved gaming screen
Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday announced the global launch of Odyssey Ark, the world’s first 55-inch 1000R curved gaming screen. 100...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung Group to speed up corporate governance reform
Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest conglomerate, is expected to accelerate the restructuring of its corporate governance to help Vice Chairm...
Aug 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung Electronics to announce plans to join RE100 Initiative
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone and memory chipmaker, will soon join The Climate Group’s RE100 Initiative as the...
Aug 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung’s Lee reinstated; big moves in store for top conglomerate
Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Group’s de facto leader, on Friday had his right to work restored, paving the way for big moves for South Korea’s ...
Aug 12, 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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Electronics
Foldable smartphones will go mainstream at Samsung: Mobile chief
NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. has vowed to make foldable smartphones its mainstream products in the high-end segment, setting its sales t...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea suffers from foreign workers shortage in farming
South Korea’s agricultural product prices are expected to increase this year as the agriculture industry is suffering chronic labor shortages....
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s new foldables: High-stakes game changers in smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled its fourth-generation foldable phones – new additions to its high-end line of Galaxy Z Fold and ...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung Medical Center jobs global top 10 in robot-assisted surgeries
Samsung Medical Center announced Tuesday that it performed more than 15,000 robot-assisted operations in the first of this year. Last yea...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
It's time for individual investors to bet on stocks: Carlyle's David Rubenstein
A lot of stock investors have jumped into the bullish market in recent years. But global inflation and recession appear as threats to invest...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
South Korean firms bullish on hiring developers from India, SE Asia
Travel startup Storicity Inc. tried for a year to find a developer in South Korea – to no avail.But when it expanded its search abroad through...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
K-bio firms embrace gene therapy CDMO as Samsung looks the other way
South Korea’s major biopharmaceutical companies are rapidly embracing the cell and gene therapy business under a contract drug-making mechanis...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Broadcom applies for consent order on unfair deals with Samsung
US chipmaker Broadcom Inc. applied for a consent order to the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFT) in July against allegations that it forced Samsung E...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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