digital innovation
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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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Corporate strategy
Lotte leader Shin Dong-bin stresses pivot to AI-centered innovation
Shin Dong-bin, chairman of South Korea’s retail, food and chemicals conglomerate Lotte, on Friday urged affiliate executives to ramp up effort...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK Innovation to be Asia’s top energy company through merger
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest energy company, is set to become the industry leader in Asia through a merger with an affiliate while...
Jul 17, 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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Corporate restructuring
SK Ecoplant to merge tech unit for group restructuring
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, is set to merge a profit-making technology subsidiary of the ...
Jul 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Lotte Innovate releases autonomous security robot Dooroo Eye
South Korea's Lotte Innovate will unveil its autonomous security robot, Dooroo Eye, at the upcoming Autonomous Driving Mobility EXPO 2024, the com...
Jul 16, 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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Batteries
SK Innovation to host Global Forum in US
South Korea's SK Innovation Co. announced on Wednesday that it will host the “SK Innovation Global Forum” on July 13 in San Jose, Califo...
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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ESG
SK Innovation gets MSCI ESG's leader rating
South Korean oil refiner SK Innovation Co. secured an AA rating in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assessment by Morgan Stanley Capi...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Time to revive innovator spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO
South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., also the world’s No. 3, must accelerate innovation and prop up fundamentals to ...
Jul 04, 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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Korean startups
SK Innovation-backed Marine Innovation looks to enter US green market
Marine Innovation Co., a South Korean eco-friendly social venture company sponsored by the country’s top energy firm SK Innovation Co., is par...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Innovation looks to merge with SK E&S for organic growth
SK Innovation Co., the parent of South Korea’s largest oil refiner SK Energy Co. and battery maker SK On Co., is looking to merge with energy ...
Jun 20, 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)
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Banking & Finance
Kookmin to revive Indonesian banking arm through digitalization
KB Bukopin, the Indonesian banking arm of South Korea’s Koomin Bank, extended its losing streak through the first quarter of this year, weighe...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Financial units to reside under one roof in Vietnam
Shinhan Financial Group Co. is upping the ante in the Vietnamese financial market to further widen the gap with rivals as the country’s leadin...
Jun 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Foreign VIP customers boost Korean department stores' sales
Wei Liu, a 41-year-old Taiwanese businessman, snapped up 300 million won ($220,000) worth of luxury brand products at Hyundai Department Store&rsquo...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Deloitte Korea taps new CFO, consulting head in reshuffle
Deloitte Korea, which operates accounting firm Deloitte Anjin LLC and consulting service provider Deloitte Consulting LLC, announced a reshuffle wit...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Innovation’s Ulsan plant goes smarter with AI, robot dog, AR tech
ULSAN, South Gyeongsang Province – At a petrochemical plant run by SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, Spot, a robot d...
May 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Niche real asset creates new opportunities, Korean investors say
The scope of real assets is expanding with new businesses such as infrastructure operating services and supply chain management, creating niche oppo...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
HL Mando, Kakao Mobility to develop autonomous parking robots
HL Mando Corp., an electric vehicle and self-driving system developing unit of South Korea's HL Group, announced on Thursday that it signed a busine...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea’s KT to innovate media, content businesses with AI
South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp. is set to innovate its media and content businesses with artificial intelligence as it seeks new growth d...
Apr 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Bet on innovations with societal impact: Kakao Ventures CEO
In the past 10 years, Kim Ki-jun has been on the hunt for deep technology startups that will have a significant societal impact, and he will continu...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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