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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix mulls foundry expansion, advances capex to ease chip shortage
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday that it is looking into various options to grow its foundry busi...
Apr 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup funding: Metaverse platform Anipen; autonomous vehicle simulator Morai
South Korea-based metaverse platform Anipen has raised 8.5 billion won ($7.6 million) from VC firms, including Partners Investment and Union Investm...
Apr 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Industrial clean rooms
Wonbang Tech: S.Korea’s leading chip clean room company
The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated with water vapor. When cooled further below the point, the airborne water vapor ...
Apr 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Second-tier chipmakers ramp up investments amid chip shortage
Second-tier chipmakers have been ramping up investment to boost their footing in the industry as they expect chip demand to gradually increase in li...
Apr 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
VC firms queue up for IPOs as startup valuations soar
A slew of South Korean venture capital firms are knocking on the doors of the domestic stock market, with startup investments hitting the jackpot am...
Apr 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Startup valuations surge; driven by Coupang effect and VC boom
In September 2019, South Korea-based mobile marketplace platform Danggeun Market received 40 billion won ($36 million) from venture capital firms wi...
Apr 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Motor Q1 net profit triples; chip shortage dims Q2 outlook
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday its first-quarter net profit nearly tripled to the highest level in four years,...
Apr 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip shortage worsens, keeps Samsung execs on edge
The global chip shortage, which began with declining supply of automotive chips, is crippling swaths of industries beyond the electronic devices sec...
Apr 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Factory suspension
GM Korea to halt 2 main plants next week on automotive chip shortage
The South Korean unit of US auto giant General Motors Co. will halt two of its three plants next week in the latest sign of the worsening global aut...
Apr 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Quest for semicon autonomy pushes countries to brink of chip cold war
The ongoing global race for semiconductors, largely driven by the aggressive measures taken by both China and the US, has entered a more serious pha...
Apr 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Archegos scandal
Ex-Samsung startup head's Archegos job ends after 3 mths
A former startup investment head of Samsung Electronics Co. has wrapped up his brief career in the asset management industry, following Archegos C...
Apr 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Shares of chip machinery makers rise on foundry boom
South Korean manufacturers of chip production equipment have seen their share prices rising sharply, buoyed by a series of new orders received from ...
Apr 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Fresh food logistics startup Team Fresh secures 30 bn won in Series C
South Korea-based fresh food logistics startup Team Fresh has concluded its 30 billion won ($26.7 million) Series C round, attracting high-profile i...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
Chips, EV and AI lead Korean firms' 2020 R&D spending
Semiconductor chips, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI) drove the top 100 South Korean companies' spending on research and developme...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Metaverse startups enjoy unrivaled attention on Kosdaq
South Korea’s virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) companies are rushing to get listed on the Kosdaq, as betting on metaverse stock...
Mar 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Factory suspension
Hyundai Motor to halt plant for a week; Kona, IONIQ 5 affected
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. will halt its main plant in Ulsan for a week due to a component supply disruption, the latest si...
Mar 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung widens lead over rivals with industry’s first advanced DDR5
Samsung Electronics Co. has extended its lead in memory chips over its rivals by unveiling the industry’s first 512 gigabyte DDR5 module based...
Mar 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
D.CAMP ramps up support for Korean startups' foray abroad
D.CAMP, the largest non-profit foundation for startups in South Korea, plans to offer enhanced support for local startups' eyeing overseas expansion...
Mar 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Tencent increases appetite for Korean gaming startups
Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings has been gobbling up South Korean gaming startups that have yet to launch their first products, a move see...
Mar 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Hynix's Intel NAND chip deal wins US regulatory approval
The US antitrust regulators have approved of SK Hynix Inc.'s $9 billion acquisition of Intel Corp.'s NAND memory chip business, also under review by...
Mar 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Memory chip shortage may drive SSD price hike in Q2
Chip shortages have hit the memory segment of the industry and are likely to have a price impact on solid-state drives (SSDs), storage devices typic...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean startups' combined valuation tops $150 billion
South Korean startups' combined valuation has topped 170 trillion won ($150 billion), accounting for nearly half of the country's junior bourse Kosd...
Mar 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Qualcomm chip shortage may squeeze global smartphone production
The global semiconductor shortage that has hit the automotive industry is also making its impact on major smartphone makers around the world. ...
Mar 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Semiconductor shortage
Qualcomm chip shortage may squeeze global smartphone production
The global semiconductor shortage that has hit the automotive industry is also making its impact on major smartphone makers around the world. ...
Mar 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Seed investors shy from investing in early stage startups amid pandemic
Early stage startups are almost always risky ventures, promising but unprofitable, and far from market-ready – often making it challenging to ...
Mar 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao's edtech startup eyes 2022 listing
South Korea-based edtech startup Yanadoo is the latest affiliate of Kakao Corp., the country's largest messaging app operator, to prepare for an ini...
Feb 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Natural disasters further tighten global chip supply
A severe cold snap in the US has taken another heavy toll on the global semiconductor industry, already reeling from tight supply exacerbated by a s...
Feb 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip shortages spread to backend firms, disrupting supply chains
A worldwide semiconductor shortage, which started with automotive chips, is getting worse, spreading to equipment makers and backend companies that ...
Feb 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Match Group buys Korean video chat startup for $1.73 bn
Match Group, the operator of the world’s largest dating app Tinder, has agreed to buy 100% of South Korea’s leading video chat startup...
Feb 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung mulls $17 billion Austin chip plant, seeks tax breaks
Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking tax breaks of $805.5 million from the US state of Texas in return for a new $17 billion chip plant, which the Sou...
Feb 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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