The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Elec. proposes global research for 6G frequencies
Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s tech behemoth, has put forward global research on 6G service frequencies as it aims to take the lead in...
May 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics receives ISO certification for auto chip technology
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, has received ISO certification for its automotive chip development process, includ...
May 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Can Samsung Electronics ever catch up to foundry leader TSMC?
For years, Samsung Electronics Co. has been touted as the backbone of the South Korean economy, Asia’s fourth-largest, under the government&rs...
May 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Samsung Electronics shares rebound as foreigners turn net buyers
Shares of Samsung Electronics Co., the largest stock on South Korea’s main bourse, rose strongly on Friday, snapping a five-day losing streak,...
Apr 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Electronics establishes hiring-guaranteed AI department at Yonsei
LG Electronics Inc. is poised to set up a new department at Seoul-based Yonsei University to train aspiring artificial intelligence engineers. ...
Apr 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity Equity to refinance Serveone to recoup investment
Affinity Equity Partners is in the process of raising 700 billion won ($565 million) to recapitalize South Korea's Serveone Co. in an attempt to rec...
Apr 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to supply chip substrate for Apple’s next-gen M2 processor
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. will supply its semiconductor package substrate to Apple Inc. for the US tech giant’s next-generation M2 process...
Apr 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Dongwon restructuring plan faces shareholder backlash
A South Korean leading seafood and logistics conglomerate Dongwon Group’s corporate restructuring plan hit a roadblock as institutional invest...
Apr 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics widens lead over Whirlpool as top home appliance maker
LG Electronics Inc. is consolidating its lead over Whirlpool Corp. as the world’s top home appliances maker, with $1 billion more in sales rev...
Apr 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Samsung, LG, SK step up push into blockchain market
Top South Korean conglomerates such as Samsung, LG and SK are stepping up efforts to build a presence in the blockchain and crypto-asset markets, a ...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI Research opens first overseas base in Michigan
South Korean LG Corp.'s artificial intelligence research institute set up its first overseas base in Michigan to expand its global AI research ...
Mar 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung looks to metaverse, robots for future growth
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. is eyeing the metaverse and robotics as keys to the global tech giant’s future. At the same time, it is ...
Mar 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Seoul to tighten eligibility for institutions to bid for IPOs
South Korea will tighten its eligibility requirements for institutional investors to bid for initial public offerings, a move aimed at cooling the o...
Mar 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to focus on IT, automotive electronics sectors
South Korea’s Samsung Electro-Mechanics is set to focus on information technology and automotive electronics sectors as they are core growth e...
Mar 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI Research: Foundation of group’s long-term future
Artificial intelligence that composes music and creates images, a forecasting model that reduces the development period of customized anticancer dru...
Feb 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Koreans' global shareholdings at record $588.5 bn
South Korean institutional and retail investors sharply raised their risk appetite last year, gobbling up Nasdaq-listed technology stocks such as Te...
Feb 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG Electronics to pull out of solar panel market
South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. said on Wednesday it has decided to close its solar panel business in the face of deepening competition and sluggi...
Feb 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI Research forms 'Hyperscale' AI alliance with 13 companies
LG AI Research unveiled an alliance network consisting of 13 corporations and organizations based in South Korea and abroad on Tuesday. There a...
Feb 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
BlackRock names new head of institutional investment for APAC
BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager with $10 trillion assets under management, named Hiroyuki Shimizu head of institutional in...
Feb 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea's working young teeter on brink of debt disaster
As the liquidity party is coming to an end, rising interest rates and falling asset values are highlighting concerns about household debt taken on b...
Feb 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG dominate global TV market with premium models
South Korea’s two home appliances giants – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – dominated the global TV markets last ...
Feb 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea Post to invest in overseas data centers and warehouses
Korea Post will increase its alternative investment from 13.6 trillion won ($11.3 billion) at the end-2021 to 16.7 trillion won ($13.9 billion) in 2...
Feb 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kospi melts as Fed, LG Energy spur foreign selling
South Korean stocks lost ground with the main index entering a bear market on Thursday as foreign investors intensified their selling after the US F...
Jan 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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The Deep Dive
Behind the eye-popping numbers of LG Energy's IPO
The initial public offering of South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. drew a record 11,500 trillion won ($9.65 trillion) in bids from institutional i...
Jan 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kospi in lethargic trade ahead of LG Energy debut
South Korea's benchmark stock index Kospi declined to its lowest closing level in one and a half months on Monday, moving in the opposite direction ...
Jan 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics to open its eco-friendly tech to competitors
LAS VEGAS – Samsung Electronics Co. has announced that it will make its eco-friendly technologies openly available to its competitors as part ...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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CES 2022
Samsung ushers in era of bespoke homes with AI butlers
Samsung Electronics Co. is showcasing an unprecedented immersive home electronics experience at CES 2022 (Jan. 5-8.) YOUR HOME AS A METAVERSE...
Jan 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Elec expands global auto electronics market share
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. is raising its market share in the global automotive electronics industry with the company’s audio, vi...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Cybersecurity stocks market darlings on rise of metaverse
Just a couple of years ago, the prevalent market view on the cybersecurity industry was that it would go downhill rather than prosper as public orga...
Dec 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Mortgage loan growth slows to near four-year low in November
Mortgage loan growth at banks in South Korea slowed to near a four-year low in November, on the back of tightened lending rules and an interest rate...
Dec 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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