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Webtoons
Google to target global webtoon sector with Korean creators
BENGALURU – Google is teaming up with South Korean creators to target the global webtoon industry, spurring expectations that global Big Tech ...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Electrification, Hyundai Mobis’ growth engine for future mobility
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s fifth-largest auto parts maker, is set to focus on electrification to enhance its competitiveness in future mob...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
MLOps startup Vessl AI eyes 50% sales from US in 2025
Vessl AI, a South Korea-native MLOps platform-operating startup, is envisioning a takeoff in the US next year after building a concrete client base ...
Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion gets approval of Steqeyma in Canada
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc., received new drug submission (NDS) approval from Health Canada for Steqeyma, a biosimilar of the autoimmune dise...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
LG Uplus to produce live-action robot drama
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced plans to partner with SAMG Entertainment and HighZium Studio Co. to create Korean-style robot content, aimi...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Elec calls for C-Lab Outside applications
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it will enlist startups to participate in its external startup incubation program C-Lab Outside unt...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea's early stage VC funding down amid dearth of targets
Early stage startup funding has plummeted in South Korea as venture capitalists shifted to late-stage venture firms with stable business models amid...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Elec invests in US bio startup Element Biosciences
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, said on Friday it has invested in US biotech startup Element Biosciences Inc. to ex...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax Group unveils new CI
South Korea's Cosmax Group unveiled a new corporate identity (CI) on Wednesday. The new CI reflects Cosmax Group's identity as a global beauty and h...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom, Singtel partner for next-gen network tech
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) to collab...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte Biologics targets $1.1 billion in sales with new bio plants
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Lotte Biologics Co. said on Wednesday it is aiming for 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in annual sales by 203...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
KB Securities downgrades LIG Nex1's investment opinion
KB Securities Co. on Tuesday raised the target price for LIG Nex1 Co. from 195,000 won ($140.4) to 200,000 won amidst a recent significant rise in...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Galaxy Ring, new foldables set to steal the show at Samsung Unpacked Paris
Now it’s official. Samsung Electronics Co. is hosting its next Galaxy Unpacked summer event in Paris on July 10.Samsung picked Paris as the ve...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean seafood giant Sajo acquires Foodist for $181 million
Sajo Group, a South Korean seafood and fisheries conglomerate, has acquired Foodist Co., a domestic food ingredient and catering service provider, f...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE eyes $3.4 bn worth of orders from France's CMA CGM
South Korea’s largest shipbuilder, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE), is eyeing around $3.4 billion worth of orde...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Home Shopping to enter health functional food market
South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping announced on Monday that it plans to establish a joint venture, The Edition Health, with H.Pio, a specialized heal...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Lotte Energy Materials sets sights beyond copper foil: CEO Kim
MUNICH – Lotte Energy Materials Corp. is one of South Korea’s leading battery materials specialists.Formerly known as Iljin Materials Co...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix patents-owned Mimir IP files complaint against Micron
Mimir IP, a South Korea-based patent management company, has filed a complaint against Micron Technology Inc., claiming that the US chipmaker infrin...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Japan golf courses, Korean investors’ new target assets
South Korean investors are eyeing Japan’s golf resorts to buy amid the weak yen, rising demand for golf courses in Japan, and relatively low p...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO Int'l breaks ground on traction motor core plant in Poland
South Korea's POSCO International Corp., broke ground on the new electric vehicle (EV) traction motor core plant in Brzeg, Opole Voivodeship, Poland...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean IT companies partner with K-pop girl groups
South Korean game companies like Krafton Inc. and Nexon Korea Corp., and telecom firms such as SK Telecom Co., are collaborating with K-pop girl gro...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE gets $100 mn order for two PC ships
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) announced on Friday that it has recently signed a contract with a Europ...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea's bad loan managers seek liquidity via bond sales
South Korean non-performing loan (NPL) managers are increasing fundraising through corporate debt issuance given an outbreak of bad loans amid highe...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
South Korea steps on accelerator for record 2024 car exports
ASAN, South Chungcheong Province – At Hyundai Motor Co.'s manufacturing plant in Asan, over 60 km south of Seoul, thousands of robots were bus...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai, Shell to develop liquefied hydrogen carrier
HD Hyundai Co., a South Korean shipbuilding and machinery conglomerate, announced on Friday that it will collaborate with global energy compa...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG targets India’s edtech market with interactive whiteboards
LG Electronics Inc. is acclerating its foray into India’s business-to-business (B2B) market, zooming in on the country’s rapidly-growing...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lunit buys breast cancer detection AI firm Volpara Health
Lunit Inc., a South Korean cancer diagnostics AI company, has completed the acquisition of Volpara Health Technologies Ltd., a New Zealand-based AI ...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to unveil QLC-based NAND in H2 to lead AI storage market
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to unveil a new high-capacity NAND memory chip in the second half to lead...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Samyang tops Korean ramen makers by market cap, beating Nongshim
South Korean food maker Samyang Foods Co., globally renowned for its Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, saw its stock hit a record high on Friday after it de...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Record $259 bn yet to find investment targets in South Korea
South Koreans parked a record 350 trillion won ($259 billion) in cash-equivalents such as money market funds (MMFs) as they failed to find investmen...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lotte Biologics signs antibody drug CMO deal with UK’s Ottimo Pharma
- 2 SK Hynix leads Samsung in customized HBM; lands Nvidia, Microsoft deals
- 3 South Korea unveils $14.6 billion 2nd extra budget to reinvigorate economy
- 4 Mirae Asset debuts AI-recommended ETF on NYSE to invest in US bonds
- 5 POSCO inducted into World Steel Dynamics’ Hall of Fame