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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE partners with University of Michigan to foster US ship engineers
South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) has joined hands with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (UM) a...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
High power bills drive Korean manufacturers out of country
South Korean manufacturers are increasingly moving abroad as the country's electricity bills are hovering about 30% higher than those of major eco...
Jul 23, 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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Automobiles
Kia overtakes Hyundai in US EV market driven by SUVs
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 carmaker after sister company Hyundai Motor Co., is racing ahead in the sports utility vehicle (SUV) and electr...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean qualifies to compete for US Navy MRO
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co. announced on Monday that it signed a Ship Maintenance Relations Agreement (MSRA) with the US Navy. It got the right t...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec OLED evo TV tops in 14 countries
LG Electronics Inc. announced that its premium lineup LG OLED evo TVs achieved first place in performance evaluations by consumer media outlets in...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK ties up with BlackRock-backed Korean startup for EV chargers
SK Signet Inc., South Korea’s electric vehicle charger manufacturer, joined hands with a local renewable energy startup backed by global asset...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea’s Woori Bank raises $550 mn in AT1 hybrid bond
South Korean major bank Woori Bank said on Thursday that it raised $550 million by issuing additional tier 1 (AT1) hybrid bonds on July 17 with call...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung buys UK deep tech startup to boost AI business
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top mobile phone maker, will acquire Oxford Semantic Technologies, a British deep tech startup, to enhanc...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
TeamSparta acquires Weplanet
South Korea's coding education startup TeamSparta Inc. said on Thursday that it acquired the domestic software development firm Weplanet to expand i...
Jul 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Hana Bank, SK Telecom to support AI startups
South Korea's Hana Bank and SK Telecom Co. held the final selection and inauguration ceremony for the second AI Startup Accelerator BootCamp at Spar...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK invests $200 mn in US AI cluster builder SMART Global
SK Telecom Co. said on Tuesday it has agreed to invest $200 million in SMART Global Holdings Inc. (SGH), a US artificial intelligence cluster builde...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1’s guided rocket passes US performance test
LIG Nex1 Co., a South Korean defense company, said on Monday that its Poniard guided rocket passed the final performance test in US Foreign Comparat...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics’ new HVAC center in Europe to fight extreme temperatures
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, said on Monday it has set up a research center in Germany to help develop advanced...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells gets solar power plant order in Colorado
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar panel manufacturing arm of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., said on Thursday that it has secured a large-scale sola...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai qualifies to compete for US Navy MRO
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. announced on Thursday that it signed a Ship Maintenance Relations Agreement (MSRA) with the US Navy. I...
Jul 12, 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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Korean startups
Routinery readies for new chapter with 2.0
Born in South Korea but blowing up abroad, the Routinery app is designed to make small changes in users' daily routines to make a big difference in ...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung to invest $52 mn in US biotech VC Flagship Pioneering
Samsung C&T Corp., its bio units Samsung Biologics Co. and Samsung Bioepis Co. and Samsung Venture Investment Corp. have committed a combined 72...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Kyobo Life nurtures 136 startups over 7 years
South Korea's Kyobo Life Insurance Group announced on Thursday that it nurtured 136 impact businesses (Impact-Ups) in seven years to create social v...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Korea challenges PCA ruling in favor of Mason Capital over Samsung case
South Korea is seeking to revoke an international tribunal’s ruling in April that its government must pay US-based Mason Capital Management LL...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Don’t dwell on Korea discount; light up visibility on global stage
To the world, South Korea is well known as home to the world’s top two memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., but it is...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation to host Global Forum in US
South Korea's SK Innovation Co. announced on Wednesday that it will host the “SK Innovation Global Forum” on July 13 in San Jose, Califo...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Law&Company vows to go global with AI legal assistant
Law&Company Co., the operator of South Korea’s largest legal advice app LawTalk, will venture into the US legal tech market in five years ...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec, Tennessee Titans renew sponsorship
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it renewed a three-year expansion to its official partnership with the Tennessee Titans, an NFL team b...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s edtech startups defend against global giants with AI
South Korea’s major online adult education platforms improved their earnings powered by classes on artificial intelligence, defying concerns o...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma exports Alyglo to US
South Korea’s major pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Monday that it shipped the initial volume of Alygro, its immunoglob...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kospi on upward run; individual investors turn bearish
South Korean individual investors are strongly betting on a drop in domestic share prices, in contrast to foreign investors’ aggressive buying...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI to ink $726 mn ESS deal with NextEra Energy
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, is set to provide batteries for energy storage systems (ESS) to NextEr...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Kakao supports startups with cloud services
Kakao Enterprise, an AI-based cloud solutions service subsidiary of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced on Thursday that it started the Rocket La...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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- 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