UAE AIM Foundation
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom accelerates AI push via alliance with more partners
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, is ramping up its artificial intelligence push by bringing more domestic partners into its A...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
CU to accept Japan's Ponta Points for payments
South Korea's BGF Retail, the operator of the leading domestic convenience store chain CU, announced on Sunday that it signed a memorandum of unders...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai Rotem leads manufacture of next-generation railway
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province – Engineers at Hyundai Rotem Co.'s rolling stock factory in South Korea have their hands full manufacturin...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group, Oxford Univ. establish Foresight Center
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Tuesday that it partnered with the University of Oxford and established the Oxford-Hyundai Motor Group Foresight Ce...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s GS Entec to invest $217 mn in wind power business
South Korea’s GS Entec Corp. is set to invest 300 billion won ($216.8 million) in facilities to manufacture wind power equipment as it shifts ...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung launches dedicated HBM, advanced chip packaging teams
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has officially launched a team dedicated to developing advanced high-bandwidth ...
Jul 05, 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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Artificial intelligence
Korea's LG Uplus aims for $1.4 bn in B2B AI sales by 2028
South Korea’s leading mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp., which is set to unveil its first artificial intelligence chip by the end of this year, ai...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
POSCO aims to quadruple operating profits by 2030
POSCO Group, South Korea’s No. 1 steelmaker, has set an ambitious goal of quadrupling its operating profits and doubling revenue by 2030 with ...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hyundai Glovis to spend $6.5 billion, seek M&As for expansion
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, said on Friday it will spend 9 trillion won ($6.5 billion) throug...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
South Korea sets sights on fostering EDA tech to win HBM chip war
In an escalating war in the semiconductor industry, insiders know there’s one technology critical for gaining chip supremacy: Electronic desig...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha, Taihan to spur global sales of extra-high voltage cables
Hanwha Solutions Corp., the chemical and renewable energy unit of South Korea’s No. 7 conglomerate Hanwha Group, and Taihan Cable & Soluti...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai to transform Jeonju plant into hydrogen vehicle hub
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, will transform its commercial vehicle plant in the country into the manufacturing hub for its ...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK puts shares in Goldman-backed Korea Superfreeze on market
SK Group has put its shares in Korea Superfreeze Inc., a cold chain logistics company jointly owned by EMP Belstar and Goldman Sachs, on the market,...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Fried chicken chain bhc adds two more stores in Thailand
South Korean fried chicken chain bhc Chicken announced on Monday that it opened its fifth and sixth stores in Thailand.The number of stores has incr...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart24 opens first store in Cambodia
South Korea's convenience store chain E-Mart24 Inc. announced on Sunday that it opened its first store in Boeung Keng Kang, a bustling district of P...
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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Short selling
MSCI keeps Korea on emerging market list on short-selling ban
MSCI Inc. maintained South Korean stocks in its emerging market list as the government kept its blanket short-selling ban, denting the country&rsquo...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
SK Shieldus, CP6 team up for autonomous vehicle security
SK Shieldus Co., the unmanned security subsidiary of South Korea's SK Group, announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement with CP6, a domesti...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Mom's Touch adds two new restaurants in Mongolia
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Friday that it has recently opened its sixth and seventh stores i...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korean soju maker HiteJinro aims high with its first Vietnam plant
HANOI – Thai Binh, a port city about 120 km southeast of the Vietnamese capital, has long been associated, in people’s minds, with the i...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin expands European logistics bases
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation, a logistics unit of Hanjin Group, announced on Monday that it will expand its European bases, including establi...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
S.Korean companies open K-food section at Amazon
South Korean small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will showcase Korean food (K-food) on Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce platform, the Mi...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Asiana's cargo unit to be sold for $362 mn to Air Incheon
South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. has tapped Air Incheon, a local airline dedicated to cargo business, as the preferred bidder to acqui...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK-backed TerraPower breaks ground on nuclear power plant in US
Bill Gates’ nuclear energy firm TerraPower LLC, backed by South Korean conglomerates SK Inc. and HD Hyundai Co., has broken ground on its firs...
Jun 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Mom's Touch opens new flagship store in Myeongdong
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Tuesday that it opened a new flagship store in Myeongdong, Jung-g...
Jun 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
France's Archimed seeks to delist aesthetic laser maker Jeisys
French private equity firm Archimed SAS, managing around €7 billion ($7.5 billion) in assets as of end-May, plans to secure a controlling stake...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Yellow Umbrella's new CIO to spur alternative investment
The Yellow Umbrella Mutual Aid Fund, a 25.4 trillion won ($18.5 billion) savings arm of South Korean small business owners, has tapped an alternativ...
Jun 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
CJ Logistics, Libiao Robotics partner to co-work for robotic system
South Korea's CJ Logistics said on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic partnership with global rob...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO, Hancock to invest $432 mn in Senex's LNG production
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and resources exploration unit of South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Tuesday that ...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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