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KOREA Investment Week
S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11
South Korea’s largest investment conference will be held in Seoul Sept. 11-15 with around 100 chief executives from global financial services ...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Global fashion brands block Koreans' access to US websites
Some global fashion brands such as Ralph Lauren Corp. and Tommy Hilfiger have blocked South Koreans’ access to their US websites to support bu...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Hyundai Elevator sets sights on global ‘Top 5’ ranking by 2030
Shanghai Hyundai Elevator, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator Co., unveiled on Thursday an ambitious plan to bolster its market sh...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis wins EV component supply deal from VW
South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co. has bagged a deal purportedly worth billions of dollars to supply a key electric vehicle component to Volkswag...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Pharmteco secures 12 global pharma clients, sets up US R&D center
SK Pharmteco Co., South Korean conglomerate SK Group’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has secured 12 global pharm...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Telecom’s transition into AI company gains traction
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading telecom firm, reported solid earnings across the board in the second quarter, especially with steady gro...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Uplus to grow EV charging JV to be among Korea’s top 3
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, aims to develop its electric vehicle charging joint venture with Kakao Mobility Co...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Bullet maker Poongsan chief Ryu’s new role: Korea’s top business lobbyist
Jin Roy Ryu, chairman of South Korea’s leading copper smelter and defense equipment maker Poongsan Corp., has been chosen to lead the ...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Smilegate to host CFS Summer Championship 2023 in Vietnam
Smilegate Entertainment, a South Korean game developer and publisher, announced on Monday that it will host the "CFS Summer Championship 2023" in co...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Display receives Bosch top supplier award for vehicle displays
South Korea's display maker LG Display Co. announced on Monday that it has received the "Bosch Global Supplier Award" from Bosch, the world's top au...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy Solution tops global EV battery market excluding China in H1
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. in the first half of this year retained its No. 1 ranking on the global market for electric vehicle (EV) batte...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG 1st in South Korea’s ESG rankings for 2nd year
LG Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, ranked No. 1 in the country’s environmental, social...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea's No. 1 flight route in 2023 is Incheon-Osaka
South Korea's most popular international flight route in the first half of this year was between Incheon International Airport and Kansai Internatio...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Kakao to release super-large AI model, superapp
Kakao Corp. on Thursday announced that it will transform South Korea’s dominant mobile messaging app KakaoTalk into an AI-powered platform com...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korean cosmetics overtake French as top imports in Japan
South Korean cosmetics topped the Japanese import market for the first time in 2022, surpassing French brands, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Thursd...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
With long-gone heyday, Capro clings to stake sale for survival
Once everyone’s darling but now an ugly duckling, Capro Co., South Korea’s sole maker of caprolactam, a nylon raw material, is despera...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Uplus to equip Toyota Highlander’s infotainment platform
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Friday its strategy to outfit Toyota's Highlander, a seven-seater SUV, with Toyota Connect, powered by t...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Naver posts record Q2 operating profit on e-commerce, content
South Korea’s top online portal Naver Corp. on Friday posted record operating profit in the second quarter, driven by robust sales growth in i...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Electronics to form $100-million global startup fund
LG Electronics Inc. has committed over $100 million to a startup fund to unearth new technologies in sustainable energy, digital health, artificial ...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea’s mobile app spending hits record high in H1 2023
South Korean consumers' spending on mobile apps recorded the highest-ever in the first half of this year.Mobile data and analytics platform data.ai ...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean companies rushing to launch exotic AI-based services
Lowered barriers in South Korea to the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) have fueled the growing popularity of unique AI services. The em...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop girl group NewJeans tops US Billboard 200
South Korean K-pop girl group NewJeans topped the US Billboard 200 chart with their second mini-album "Get Up," since its debut a year ago. Acc...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Baskin-Robbins stands out in melting Korean ice cream market
Global ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins, the top ice cream seller in South Korea, is solidifying its market position with localization despite the cou...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi Semiconductor opens new bonder factory
South Korean chip equipment company Hanmi Semiconductor Co. said on Wednesday it has opened a new factory to boost the production of dual TC bonders...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s Bespoke Jet AI sweeps global acclaim
Bespoke Jet AI, the cordless stick vacuum cleaner of Samsung Electronics Co., continues to receive international recognition for its superior techno...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean LLM by Upstage beats global benchmark ChatGPT
The latest artificial intelligence model of South Korean AI startup Upstage scored higher than ChatGPT by global AI giant OpenAI in a world-recogniz...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG’s front-load washer selected as best by Consumer Reports
LG Electronics Inc.'s front-load washers have seized the top four spots in the US consumer review conducted by Consumer Reports, earning the title o...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
NewJeans’ Spotify streaming total exceeds 2 billion
K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed 2 billion cumulative streams of their songs on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, their ...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Some 100 foreign housekeepers to enter S.Korea in 2023
About 100 Philippine housekeepers will come to work in South Korea this year under a pilot public project to raise the birth rate by reducing the ho...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
S.Korea's top four accounting firms to cut hiring 30%
South Korea's top four accounting firms -- Samil PwC, Samjong KPMG, Deloitte Anjin and EY Hanyoung -- are expected to cut hiring this year more than...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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