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Steel
Dongkuk Steel adds another production line of color coated steel
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of color coated steel, has expanded its production capacity even further. The company...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korean MZers become world's biggest spenders on mobile games
South Korean millennials and Gen Zers have become the world's biggest spenders on mobile games with the MZers accounting for over 90% of domestic mo...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to develop alternatives to automotive chips
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, plans to develop alternative elements to automotive chips in preparation for a prolonged suppl...
Sep 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
S.Korean content shares surge with global success of Squid Game
South Korea’s major content production houses have made a big comeback in the local stock market on Sept. 27 after a period of downhill over t...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
CJ enters 5-year marketing partnership with LA Lakers
South Korea’s CJ Cheiljedang Corp. will be sponsoring the Los Angeles Lakers (LA Lakers) as the first global partner of the American basketbal...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biosimilars
Samsung Bioepis gets FDA approval for Lucentis biosimilar Byooviz
Samsung Bioepis Co., a leading South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Byoovi...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics turns home appliance plant into smart factory
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday it is turning its main home appliance plant into a smart factory, which improves productivi...
Sep 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea refiners' recovery accelerates on strong margins
South Korean refiners are gathering recovery momentum as refining margins hit a two-year high on falling petroleum product supply from China and r...
Sep 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai mulls robot dog Spot for facility inspector job
South Korea's largest carmaker Hyundai Motor Group is considering employing Spot, the four-legged robot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc., in its ...
Sep 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro BM to reveal overseas production plans in mid-Oct
South Korea’s battery materials maker EcoPro BM Co. is set to unveil its plans for manufacturing in other countries including the United State...
Sep 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharamaceuticals
Korea’s Genome & Company aims US CMO market
South Korea’s microbiome medicine developer Genome & Company geared up for entering the U.S. market to boost profits and make inroads into...
Sep 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Heavy becomes third-most subscribed Korean IPO
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. became the third-most subscribed stock in South Korea after its initial public offering drew 1,130 trillion won ($968 b...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Intel to invest up to $95 billion in European chipmaking amid US expansion
Intel Corp. plans to build new chipmaking facilities in Europe valued at up to $95 billion, responding to a cross-border race to add manufacturing c...
Sep 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Steel stocks rally on iron ore price falls, Q3 outlook
Shares in South Korean steelmakers rose sharply in active trade on Tuesday, on the prospect that the declining iron ore price and Chinese rivals' ou...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Chem unveils new cover window technology for foldable devices
LG Chem Ltd., the chemical unit of South Korea’s LG Group, said on Tuesday it has developed a new cover window that folds both ways – in...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Non-ferrous metals
Korea Zinc emerges winner despite sharp decline in treatment fees
Just like many other manufacturers around the world, 2020 was a turbulent year for Korea Zinc Co., the world’s largest lead and zinc smelter.T...
Sep 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Elec unveils world’s 1st 200-megapixel mobile image sensor
Samsung Electronics Co. has become the first company to launch a 200-megapixel mobile image sensor, giving the world’s No. 2 image sensor make...
Sep 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
US, Korea approve nuclear fuel recycle technology
Authoritie of the United States and South Korea officially endorsed the results of a joint research on Pyro-SFR, a cutting-edge technology that re...
Sep 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai to step up push into eco-friendly ships with IPO
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. plans to spend 70% of the proceeds from its initial public offering on the Korea Exchange, or about 760 billion won ($6...
Sep 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Iljin Hysolus shares hit ceiling on first day of trading
South Korea’s only mass-producer of hydrogen tube trailers, Iljin Hysolus Co. made a strong debut on Kospi by reaching the price ceiling on it...
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Heavy, Babcock join forces for Korea’s first aircraft carrier
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. teamed up with British engineering company Babcock International to develop South Korea’s first aircraft carrier....
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate rebranding
SK Global Chemical rebrands as plastic recycler SK Geocentric
SK Innovation Co.’s petrochemical unit SK Global Chemical Co. has undergone a corporate name change to SK Geocentric Co., in a move to reident...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung to ramp up production capacity of foldable devices by 50%
Samsung Electronics Co. will expand the production capacity of foldable devices amid an unexpected global craze over its Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip ...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SEWORKS CEO: Black hat hacker-turned-security consultant
SILICON VALLEY -- In a digital world where data theft is growing rapidly, hackers who turn their lives around to help in the fight against cybercrim...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Global automakers' new battle field: small EVs
Global automakers stop producing smaller cars among internal combustion engine models. The industry is facing difficulties to make profits from thos...
Aug 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to benefit as COVID-19 slams competitors
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is expected to benefit as the COVID-19 has hit its competitors in the global multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market.T...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SM to absorb music production unit before founder's stake sale
SM Entertainment Co., a South Korean music powerhouse, will absorb a music production company wholly owned by its founder and chief producer Lee Soo...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
OsteoSys pioneers bone densitometer market for lab animals
South Korea-based OsteoSys Corp. aims to become the world's leading player in the bone densitometry market backed by its portfolio of high-tech bone...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SM Lab develops cathode with 98% nickel, industry’s highest density
SM Lab, a South Korean battery material startup, has developed a cathode with 98% nickel content, the highest density ever for rechargeable batterie...
Aug 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
S.Korea to launch first carbon credit ETFs in September
South Korea will launch its first set of carbon credit-themed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) next month, in a move to address the rising investor dema...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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