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Energy
POSCO International, Pertamina win gas exploration rights off Indonesia
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Thursday ...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
AmCham pledges to make S.Korea Asia's top biz hub
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in South Korea on Thursday said it seeks to make the nation Asia's top business hub on the 70th anniversar...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's EuBiologics to receive support from Gates Foundation
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company EuBiologics Co. announced on Wednesday that its meningococcal pentavalent conjugate vaccine EuMCV5 under dev...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
S.Korea's UAM project finalizes list of 46 participating companies
Forty-six companies in South Korea including three in mobile telecommunications are participating in the Korean-style urban air mobility (UAM) demon...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom, NTT Docomo jointly publish technical white paper
SK Telecom Co. announced on Wednesday that it had published a technical white paper on 6G common requirements and 5G base station power-saving measu...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
S.Korea's LG Uplus opens children-specialized metaverse Kidstopia
LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday that it will be launching an open beta service of its metaverse "Kidstopia" at the end of this month. The servi...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
Hyundai takes lead in Korea’s dividend policy reform
The Hyundai Motor Group is set to become South Korea’s first conglomerate to disclose dividend allocations ahead of the ex-dividend date, a mo...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire's Ventus S1 evo3 tops braking performance in Germany
Hankook Tire & Technology's high-performance tire, the Ventus S1 Evo3, claims the top spot in the braking distance category of the 2023 Summer T...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung maintains No.1 position in global TV market
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. maintained its No. 1 position in the global TV market in 2022, accounting for nearly 30% of TV sales, ac...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Daewoo E&C, Jeju Air kick off K-UAM Grand Challenge phase 1 project
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. and Jeju Air Co. have teamed up to participate in the Korean urban air mobility (K-UAM) project. The two c...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KTS secures contract for LS Cable's undersea cable construction project
KT Submarine Co. (KTS), a South Korean undersea cable construction company, said on Tuesday that it signed a contract with LS Cable & System Ltd...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO decides to build electric furnace at Gwangyang Works
South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO on Tuesday said it will begin its transition to a low-carbon production system by building an electric ...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha expects high-stakes US solar projects to pay off
South Korea’s chemicals-to-construction conglomerate Hanwha Group expects its high-stakes solar energy business to pay off amid industry forec...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lexus, Volvo: Koreans' top picks among foreign brands in after-sales service
Lexus, the premium brand of Japanese carmaker Toyota Corp., offers the best after-sales service among imported cars in South Korea, followed by Swed...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec wins best eco-friendly washing machine title in US
Consumer Reports, a prominent consumer magazine in the US, has named LG Electronics Inc.'s washing machines as the "best eco-friendly washing machin...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
LG Uplus to participate in Drone Show Korea
On Sunday, South Korean mobile telecom carrier LG Uplus Corp. announced that it would host a joint exhibition hall with Kakao Mobility, GS Engineeri...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK to build $480 mn recycling plant in France with partners
SK Geo Centric Co. is set to build a 450 million euro ($479.6 million) plastic recycling plant in France with the country’s utility company SU...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to lure global talent with high pay for space agency
South Korea is set to attract global talent with high salaries for a planned government space agency as the country aims to boost long-term growth i...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hanwha Solutions projects over $778 mn operating profit in 2023
Hanwha Solutions Corp. projects its operating profit for this year would exceed 1 trillion won ($778 million) on an anticipated solar energy boom in...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Behind the Scenes
Law firm's paper on SM: Trigger of SM Ent.'s management feud
On Jan. 19, SM Entertainment Co. founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man received a 17-page document written by South Korea’s largest la...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
10 villages featuring traditional Korean architecture to be built in Seoul
The Seoul Metropolitan Government is pursuing a "fusion Hanok" project of building 10 Hanok (traditional Korean architecture) villages in the capita...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's Dongsuh to rival Nestle in local capsule coffee market
South Korea’s No.1 instant coffee maker Dongsuh Foods Corp. is set to rival global food and beverage giant Nestle in the local capsule coffee ...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO ties up with Aussie firm on US EV cell mineral project
South Korea’s POSCO Group has joined hands with an Australian company to work on an electric vehicle battery material project in the US as it ...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. for the second straight year was No. 1 on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batteries excluding Chin...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Korean builders to ramp up overseas business in 2023
Major South Korean construction firms are set to expand their overseas business while reducing domestic projects this year to boost profitability. T...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom doubles capacity of its AI service's supercomputer Titan
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Sunday said it had doubled the processing capacity of its supercomputer Titan, the brain of its artificial intellige...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Eng. promotes MMR nuclear power plant project in Poland
Hyundai Engineering is promoting a micro module nuclear power plant project in Poland, on the heels of completing a similar project in Canada.The co...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Philip Morris aims to top Korea's heated-tobacco market with Iluma
Philip Morris International Inc., a major US tobacco maker, aims to regain the throne in South Korea's competitive heat-not-burn cigarette market wi...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Financial returns to top in Korea with record NP in 2022
Shinhan Financial Group Co. reported a record-high net profit of 4.6 trillion won ($3.6 billion) last year, snatching back the crown of South Korea&...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK E&S, Ce-tek demonstrate carbon dioxide absorbent
Ce-tek, a research company in carbon capture technology supported by South Korea's SK E&S, has conducted a demonstration experiment that dramati...
Feb 08, 2023 (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