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Energy
SK Enmove stresses pursuit of energy efficiency: CEO
"This year is the first year of SK Enmove's process of becoming an energy-efficiency company," said Park Sang-kyu, CEO of SK Enmove, a lubricant sub...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
S.Korea's Kakao Enterprise introduces Matching 2.0 strategy
Kakao Enterprise, a leading IT platform business operator in South Korea, recently announced its "Matching 2.0" strategy to enhance the quality of s...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korean shipbuilding, defense sectors offer bright 2023 outlook
South Korea’s major companies in shipbuilding, defense and construction industries expect strong earnings this year, despite growing concerns ...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung develops world's first reusable air filter for harmful gases
Samsung Electronics Co., the South Korean electronics giant, has developed the world’s first filter that can remove both fine dust and harmful...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ford EV production halt casts doubts over SK cell quality
Ford Motor Co. said on Tuesday it has stopped production and shipments of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck due to a possible battery issue,...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung secures $16 bn loan from display unit for chipmaking
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has signed a deal to take out a cash loan of 20 trillion won ($15...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korean shipbuilders rule world’s eco-friendly vessel market
South Korea’s shipbuilders have won more than half of the orders to build eco-friendly vessels so this year based on advanced technology to do...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Webtoon starring Netmarble's girl group MAVE coming soon
Netmarble Corp. announced that the webtoon "MAVE: Another World," based on the virtual girl group, will be available on KakaoPage and Kakao Webtoon ...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
HK inno.N's GERD drug K-CAB gets approval in Mexico
South Korea's biohealth company HK inno.N said on Tuesday that its gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) treatment K-CAB (active ingredient: tegopr...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Olive Young exports K-beauty products to Middle East
Olive Young, a health and beauty platform, has begun targeting the Middle Eastern cosmetics market.South Korea's CJ Olive Young, which operates Oliv...
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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Cloud computing
Hancom goes global with SDK, SaaS products
South Korea’s homegrown office suite developer Hancom Inc. will seek to boost its brand awareness in the global B2B software market with softw...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire to supply exclusive tires for Formula E in India
Hankook Tire & Technology said on Friday that it will serve as the exclusive supplier and official partner of Formula E's 2023 Greenco Hyderabad...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Aekyung Chemical to expand surfactant plant in Vietnam
Aekyung Chemical plans to expand its surfactant plant in Vietnam, with the aim of targeting global markets in Southeast Asia, the company said on Fr...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1 to work with Romanian state-run defense supplier
South Korea's defense contractor LIG Nex1 Co. will join hands with ROMARM, a Romanian state-run defense company, to develop anti-aircraft missiles a...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
S.Korean firms showcase hydrogen offerings in United States
South Korean energy ministry and major Korean companies including Hyundai Motor Co., SK E&S, and Korea Zinc Co. participated in the Hydrogen &am...
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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Batteries
Korea EV battery makers lose market share against Chinese rivals
South Korean electric vehicle cell makers lost a market share against Chinese competitors last year as they failed to fully benefit from a surge in ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Humasis participates Dubai MEDLAB Middle East 2023
South Korean medical devices maker, Humasis Co., is participating in the MEDLAB Middle East 2023 event taking place at the Dubai World Trade Center ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korean biotech firm Genesystem to bring molecular testing to India
Genesystem, a South Korean biotech firm specializing in on-site molecular testing platforms, announced on Tuesday its entry into the Indian market t...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Profit matters for survival of startups amid investment drought
As venture capitalists tighten their purse strings amid looming recession fears, only startups with killer products that generate profits are well-p...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kumho Petrochem's rubber products win eco-friendly certification
Kumho Petrochemical Co. said on Tuesday that its four synthetic rubber products including SSBR, HBR, LBR, and NdBR have earned International Sustain...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Chong Kun Dang, Synaffix ink deal to introduce ADC technology
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp. said on Monday that it has signed a contract with Dutch biotechnology firm Synaffix B.V for the use of antibody-...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Aekyung commences mass production of eco-friendly plasticizers
Aekyung Chemical, an affiliate of South Korea's Aekyung Group, has begun mass-producing eco-friendly plasticizers derived from recycled waste plasti...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Toray Korea to boost PPS resin production with expansion plan
Toray Advanced Materials Korea (TAK) has announced plans to increase its annual production capacity of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin by 5,000 to...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Kia sponsors LoL e-sport world tourney for 5th straight year
For the fifth straight year, Kia Corp. is a sponsor at the e-sport tournament League of Legends (LoL) European Championship (LEC).The tournament has...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
SeAH begins construction on stainless steel pipe plant in Saudi Arabia
SeAH Gulf Special Steel Industries (SGSI), a joint venture between South Korea's SeAH CSS and Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco, has broken ground on a...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
DB HiTek to expand high value-added specialized image sensor business
South Korea's chip foundry DB HiTek Co. attained foundry process technology and is set to expand its high-value-added specialized image sensor busin...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS underperforms global peers by returns for Q1-Q3 2022
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, ranked 10th out of the global 42 state-owned investors by rate...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Philip Morris, KT&G extend sales partnership to 2038
KT&G Corp., the world's fifth-largest tobacco maker, has extended its sales partnership with US cigarette giant Philip Morris International Inc....
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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