digital convergence engineering
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Korean startups
Enormous market ahead for Hopae, S.Korean DID pioneer
To Hopae Inc., a digital identity solution-developing startup native to South Korea, its home market is small. After successfully accommodating more...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG to seek most of profit from new growth engines
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, aims to generate most of its profit from future growth drivers by 2030 as the South Ko...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
RaonSecure wins order for Indonesia's digital ID project
South Korean cybersecurity firm RaonSecure Co. announced on Tuesday that it secured a project for Indonesia's integrated digital identity (ID) servi...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SkyLake offers to fully take over BusinessOn; stock rallies
Seoul-based private equity firm SkyLake Equity Partners has offered to buy the remaining shares of BusinessOn Communication Co., South Korea’s...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Electrification, Hyundai Mobis’ growth engine for future mobility
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s fifth-largest auto parts maker, is set to focus on electrification to enhance its competitiveness in future mob...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
HD Hyundai secures Korea's hydrogen engine generator project
HD Hyundai Infracore Co., a construction equipment and engine manufacturer, said on Thursday it has won the government's first project to develop ge...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Innotek, Ansys forge digital twin technology partnership
South Korea's LG Innotek said on Thursday that it would expand the use of digital twin technology across its operations, partnering with engineering...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Engineering gets Hillsboro solar power plant rights
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. announced on Thursday that it acquired a 260 MW Hillsboro Solar Power Plant project from OCI Energy. This is H...
Aug 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MezzoMedia acquires digital ad agency DBASE&
MezzoMedia, a digital marketing solutions company under South Korea's entertainment company CJ ENM Co., announced on Thursday that it acquired the d...
Aug 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T to participate in basic design of Romania SMR
Samsung C&T Corp., the construction and trading unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, will participate in the basic design of the Romanian ...
Jul 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Spear Korea to acquire AI medical firm Life Semantics
South Korea's aerospace materials company Spear Korea will acquire artificial intelligence (AI) medical firm Life Semantics Co. Life Semantics ...
Jul 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Artificial intelligence
Naver launches Saudi digital twin project for smart cities
South Korean internet giant Naver Corp. and the Saudi Arabian government have started a five-year project to build digital twin platforms for Riyadh...
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
LG Innotek to foster car communication parts business with digital key
South Korea’s LG Innotek Co. aims to accelerate growth in the global auto communication parts market with a new digital car key as its parent ...
Jul 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Net zero, digitalization to boost private infrastructure investment
Infrastructure debt is a growing asset class with much to offer investors, with a wide range of assets and characteristics available. AllianzGI mana...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean cosmetics makers see record Q2 profits led by exports
South Korean cosmetics original development and design manufacturers (ODMs) such as Cosmax Inc., Kolmar Korea Co. and Cosmecca Korea Co. are estimat...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea’s Lotte Card sees 1st profit in Vietnam since launch
Lotte Card Co., South Korea’s No. 5 credit card issuer, is enjoying its first monthly profit in Vietnam after offering various financial produ...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, Sungkyunkwan Univ. to develop battery engineer
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s sixth-largest electric vehicle cell maker, will establish a Department of Battery Engineering at Sungkyunkwan Uni...
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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Metaverse
S.Korea's RaonSecure establishes metaverse subsidiary
South Korean cybersecurity firm RaonSecure Co. announced Wednesday it established RaonMeta, a generative AI-based metaverse platform subsidiary. Rao...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
PharmaResearch acquires TuringBio for digital therapeutics
PharmaResearch Co., a South Korean company specializing in regenerative medicine, announced on Wednesday that it acquired TuringBio, an AI-based dig...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor unveils SUV digital ad series
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Monday that it will sequentially release the digital advertisement series Hyundai SUV (sports utility vehicles) Origi...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Kyobo Life, Japan’s SBI to team up on security token, digital finance
South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Group and Japan’s SBI Group have entered into a strategic business partnership agreement to expand th...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea’s Hanwha, Doosan to develop fighter jet engines
Hanwha Aerospace Co., South Korea’s top defense manufacturer, and Doosan Enerbility Co., a major local power plant builder, are set to develop...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GS Global launches BYD's T4K electric refrigerator truck
South Korea's general trading company GS Global Corp. announced on Monday that it will launch BYD Company Ltd.'s 1-ton electric truck, the T4K Refri...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO seeks additional lithium deals from Argentina, Chile
POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, aims to clinch additional deals from Argentina and Chile to secure lith...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean IT firms prefer engineers with business capabilities
More South Korean information technology companies are seeking engineers with business capabilities as artificial intelligence is expected to take o...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom invests $10 mn in Perplexity
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Thursday that it invested $10 million in Perplexity, the US-based generative artificial intelligence (AI) ...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
L'Oréal to nurture K-Beauty startups
L'Oréal, the world's largest cosmetics group, announced on Wednesday that it is recruiting digital and innovative technology companies to p...
Jun 13, 2024 (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