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Aerospace & Defense
KAI inks deal to export 18 FA-50s to Malaysia
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) has secured a deal to export eighteen FA-50 light fighter jets to Malaysia for a sum of $920 million (1.2 tril...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung unveils new Exynos mobile chips for midrange smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has unveiled a duo of new Exynos mobile application processor (AP) chips to pow...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
AmCham pledges to make S.Korea Asia's top biz hub
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in South Korea on Thursday said it seeks to make the nation Asia's top business hub on the 70th anniversar...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samyang to develop biomaterials for battery heat management
South Korea’s Samyang Corp. signed a partnership agreement with local tech venture Nano Tim on Feb. 20 to jointly develop thermal interface ma...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
FuriosaAI speeds up development of next-gen AI chip with Hugging Face
FuriosaAI Inc., South Korea’s fabless chip designer, has teamed up with Hugging Face Inc., a New York-based AI company boasting a massive tran...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KTS secures contract for LS Cable's undersea cable construction project
KT Submarine Co. (KTS), a South Korean undersea cable construction company, said on Tuesday that it signed a contract with LS Cable & System Ltd...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea's Hanwha Asset Management staff protest personnel reshuffle
Internal conflict is growing at South Korea's Hanwha Asset Management over the company's de facto restructuring of its fund management in the wake o...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics opens office in Poland to beef up European business
CJ Logistics said on Tuesday that it has opened an office in Wroclaw, Poland’s largest industrial city located in the southwest, as part of th...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea's Hansol Technics enjoys profit on chip equipment unit
Hansol Technics Co., a South Korean company that makes modules for liquid crystal display (LCD) and solar panels, boosted earnings last year thanks ...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea United Pharm signs contract to supply medicines to Saudi Arabia
Korea United Pharm. Inc. announced on Monday that it signed a contract to supply nine types of medicines, including 11 anticancer drugs, to Saudi ph...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung leader eyes memory chip packaging investment
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, may accelerate investment in leading-edge technologies including chip packaging...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip designers in high demand despite industry slowdown
The semiconductor industry is reeling from a chip supply glut amid a broader global economic slowdown. However, as the saying goes, every cloud has ...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Chem invests $75 million in Piedmont Lithium, signs supply deal
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Friday it is acquiring a 6% stake in Piedmont Lithium Inc., a US mining company, ...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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The KED View
Vietnam’s rise: An ominous sign for Korean chipmakers
Just a few years back, it was Taiwan that was on everyone’s lips in the semiconductor industry.The small East Asian island country, home to th...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Daesang Wellife signs contract with RexSoft for healthcare platform
South Korea's Daesang Wellife Corp. has inked a 2 billion won ($1.5 million) investment contract with local healthcare data science company RexSoft ...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korean Chips Act revision hits roadblock as opposition lawmakers balk
The proposed revision to South Korea’s answer to the US CHIPS and Science Act has hit a roadblock as the main opposition party, which controls...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's Dongsuh to rival Nestle in local capsule coffee market
South Korea’s No.1 instant coffee maker Dongsuh Foods Corp. is set to rival global food and beverage giant Nestle in the local capsule coffee ...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO to produce low-carbon steel raw material in Australia
South Korea's top steelmaker POSCO has launched a project in Australia to produce hot briquetted iron (HBI), an essential raw material for the adopt...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean IT firms rush for tie-ups to compete with ChatGPT
South Korean tech companies are rushing to form partnerships in different sectors to develop superior AI services to compete with ChatGPT, a chatbot...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean AI chip developer Rebellions releases Atom SoC
South Korean AI chip developer Rebellions Inc. announced on Monday the release of its AI chip Atom, a system-on-chip (SoC) designed for data centers...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea doubles undocumented overseas remittance limit to $100,000
South Korea as early as June will double its annual limit on overseas remittance without evidential documents from $50,000 to $100,000.The Ministry ...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG makes big B2B push to regain momentum, boost profits: CEO
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. is stepping up efforts to enhance its presence in the global business-to-business marke...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Mirae Asset Securities signs long-term REC purchase contract
Mirae Asset Securities signed a long-term purchase agreement for solar renewable energy certificates (RECs) with Sunset Energy on Tuesday. Sunset En...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
South Korea's SK Ecoplant localizes core tech to make ultrapure water
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. is expanding its portfolio in the water industry through localizing core technology to produce ultrapure water (UPW), ...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SKC eyes M&As in semiconductor, rechargeable battery materials
SKC Inc., a South Korean chemical materials company under SK Group, is seeking to buy semiconductor and rechargeable battery materials companies in ...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS lags global peers in 2013-2022 investment returns
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, has underperformed its global peers over the past decade in te...
Feb 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chemical breaks ground on second anode material plant
POSCO Chemical Co., a battery material unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., on Jan. 31 broke ground on its second plant to p...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Two premium taxi apps mull tie-up to challenge Kakao
South Korea's two premium ride hailing apps TADA and i.M are considering a merger in a bid to challenge Kakao Mobility Corp., which commands about 9...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea likely to suffer recession as Jan exports tumble
South Korea is likely to head for a recession for the first time in three years as exports of Asia’s fourth-largest economy in January dropped...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 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