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Automobiles
Hyundai launches 2023 season of HMG Driving Experience Center
Hyundai Motor Group announced the commencement of the 2023 season for its HMG Driving Experience Center, which is the largest of its kind in South K...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean startup DeepBrain AI unveils 3D virtual human B2B technology
South Korean AI startup DeepBrain AI has unveiled a 3D virtual human B2B technology that can engage in real-time conversations, display emotional ex...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Saudi Arabia emerges as land of opportunity to Korean startups
South Korean startups rush to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where the government is keen to nurture startups with innovative and disruptive ideas and...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean fashion platform Ably attracts $39 mn before Series C round
South Korea’s Ably Corp., operator of the fashion shopping app Ably, has attracted 50 billion won ($39 million) via venture debt amid the slow...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
EV fast-charging company Crocus succeeds in $5 mn Series B funding
Crocus Inc., a South Korean startup focused on energy infrastructure and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), announced on Wednesday that it rai...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Samsung reaffirms commitment to water conservation on World Water Day
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip producer, reaffirmed its corporate pledge to protect water resources, which are criti...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT, Amano Korea join hands to develop smart parking solutions
South Korean telecom operator KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a business agreement with parking control system specialist Amano K...
Mar 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Will S.Korean games benefit from China’s deregulation?
China is loosening its grip on foreign online games with approvals on 27 titles, raising hopes that South Korean publishers will expand their presen...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
SK Pharmteco again seeks $382 mn in pre-IPO funding
SK Pharmteco Co., a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), is eyeing pre-initial public offering funding again after it dropped...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Trouble with EV charging? Help is just a click away with Hyundai
Having trouble charging your electric vehicle at a charging station?With Hyundai Motor Co.'s automatic EV charging robot, help is just a click away....
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Startup Innospace launches Korea’s first private projectile
South Korean space startup Innospace said on Monday it has launched a suborbital test projectile, the country’s first private launch vehicle, ...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Toray Advanced Materials acquires S.Korea's water treatment company
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. announced on Monday the acquisition of Hanmee Entec Co., Ltd., the industry's longest-running water treatment fa...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy partners with Kongsberg Maritime for autonomous ships
Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the world’s largest shipbuilders, has signed a joint development agreement with Kongsberg Maritime AS, a Norw...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Two global shareholder voting advisors oppose activist funds in S. Korea
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis, the world's two biggest advisory bodies for shareholder voting rights, have recommended op...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean ETP market doubles amid increasing distrust of fund managers
South Korea’s exchange-traded product (ETP) market has doubled in four years as more investors preferred their own trades to discretionary inv...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korean aircraft maker KAI earmarks $3.4 bn in R&D investment by 2032
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, is set to pour 4.5 trillion won ($3.4 billion) into ...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's LifeSemantics establishes health functional food subsidiary
Digital healthcare company LifeSemantics Co. has entered the health functional food business by creating a new subsidiary, NutraSemantics. The South...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
ISS, Glass Lewis urge shareholders to veto activist fund's requests on JB
Proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. are urging shareholders of JB Financial Group Co., a South Ko...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Chairman Koo on the hunt for talent to win future technology war
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo is spearheading South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate’s search for top R&D talent in science and ...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
ESG: Name of the game in investing, funding amid Korea’s green push
With South Korea’s aggressive green push at both the government and corporate levels, money is flowing back to environmental, social and gover...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver D2SF invests in 3D avatar-based communication startup
Naver's startup-nurturing organization, D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), announced on Wednesday its investment in Goodgang Labs, a company focused on de...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
TravelWallet succeeds in attracting $15 mn Series C funding
South Korea's TravelWallet, a global payment service provider, announced on Wednesday that it has raised 19.7 billion won ($15 million) in Series C ...
Mar 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Wrtn Technologies joins latest AI fad, looking for prompt engineers
Wrtn Technologies Inc. has joined the latest generative artificial intelligence (AI) boom with its high-paying official job post for a prompt engine...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Hyundai Elevator to compete in Indonesian smart city projects
Hyundai Elevator Co. said on Wednesday that it will join a South Korean government-led team to bid for smart city projects in Indonesia, where the c...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK C&C to build advanced info systems for Nongshim's overseas corporations
South Korea's SK C&C, an IT services unit of SK Group, on Tuesday said it has started building next-generation information and communications ...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korean biotech NKMax’s unit aims for US IPO
NKMax Co., a South Korean cancer drug maker, is in talks with local and foreign investors in a bid to list its California-based unit NKGen Biotech I...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
S.Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC to set up Mumbai office
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has kicked off procedures to open a Mumbai-based office later this year, The Korea Economic...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung chief Lee vows bold investment to bolster chip R&D capabilities
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee pledged another bold investment in the world’s largest memory chipmaker’s next-generation se...
Mar 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hahn & Co. puts SK Shipping’s tanker business up for sale
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Co. is seeking to sell SK Shipping Co.’s tanker division, a business widely seen as the breadwinne...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT launches open beta version of metaverse platform Genieverse
South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Monday the launch of an open beta version of its business-to-consumer (B2C) metaverse platform, "Genieverse."The...
Mar 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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