future technologies office
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG, Samsung vie for HVAC lead with green technology
South Korea’s long-time technology archrivals LG Electronics Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. are upping the ante in the race to lead the grow...
Aug 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affinity's CJ Lee to become 3rd Korean executive to leave
Affinity Equity Partners’ founding member and Managing Partner Lee Chul-joo (CJ Lee) will resign from the Asia’s leading buyout manager,...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai, legendary chip architect Jim Keller to make chips for future cars
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday it has partnered with legendary chip architect Jim Keller to jointly develop ...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Advanced memory is strategic asset for Korea’s chip supremacy: Hwang
South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. – has been the dominant...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Westinghouse, KHNP seek licensing dispute arbitration
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Westinghouse Electric Corp. have taken their almost one-year dispute over South Korea’s nuclear...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung Electronics opens future tech office in DX Division
Samsung Electronics Co. has conducted an internal reshuffle by opening a future technologies office to discover “non-existent” technolog...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG developing technology to produce cathode without precursors
LG Chem Ltd. has embarked on a new technology development to produce cathodes without precursors in a bid to slash battery manufacturing costs and m...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop powerhouse SM to launch US office with Kakao
K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment Co. and Kakao Entertainment will jointly launch an office in the US later this year to boost their global business...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
S.Korea's HD Hyundai chairman: We can’t rely on bad profits
Kwon Oh-gap, chairman and co-CEO of South Korea's HD Hyundai Co., has ordered his company not to rely on “bad profits” gained from tempo...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
KT, LG Elec, Hyundai Elevator join robot-elevator project
A robot freely gets on and off an elevator and moves around a building, doing everything from coffee to parcel delivery and route guidance.This is t...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai partners with 5 universities for carbon neutrality center
In a bid to accelerate the development of carbon-neutral technologies, Hyundai Motor Group has joined forces with prominent domestic universities.Th...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s KFCC likely to see loss from London-based office investment
South Korea’s Vestas Investment Management Co. is slated to sell off a London-based office tower as the property value has plunged due to rate...
Jul 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax extracts raw materials from indigenous plants in Indonesia
Cosmax Inc., South Korea's cosmetics original design manufacturing (ODM) company, announced on Monday that it will unveil a cosmetics raw material b...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK E&S opens representative office in Vietnam
South Korea's renewable energy company SK E&S is speeding up the expansion of its global eco-friendly power generation business by opening a rep...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M spurs single-crystal cathode production
GWANGYANG – POSCO Future M Co., the battery materials unit under South Korean steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., is spurring production of singl...
Jul 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to advance future mobility with nanotechnology
Hyundai Motor Group, which seeks to pivot from a fast follower to a game changer in the global auto sector, has unveiled advanced materials technolo...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI opens office in Polish Air Force base
South Korea's leading aerospace manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced that it opened its sixth overseas base on Wednesday at the 2...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG unveils upgraded hyperscale AI for future businesses
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Wednesday introduced an upgraded hyperscale AI to be used for its future growth engine...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG AI Research launches patent screening AI
South Korea's think tank LG AI Research has teamed up with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) to develop the world's first patent screen...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer
Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG releases world's first connection cable-free OLED TV
LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday announced its release of the world's first wireless OLED TV, LG Signature OLED M.As the world's first OLED TV to hav...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Samsung C&T invests $7.5 mn in Canadian low-carbon concrete firm
South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has decided to invest $7.5 million (9.8 billion won) in CarbonCure Technologies I...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea tops US eco-friendly car import rankings despite IRA disadvantage
South Korea retained its top spot in exports of eco-friendly vehicles including electric cars to the US in the first quarter despite challenges pose...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
POSCO Int'l to build 1.26 mn tons of green hydrogen infrastructure by 2035
South Korea's largest trading company POSCO International revealed on Friday its strategy to establish a green hydrogen supply infrastructure with...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis GV80 to come with LG’s OLED auto display in close tie-up
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis will be equipped with LG Display Co.'s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) automotive display for its...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samyang Foods Group rebrands as Samyang Roundsquare
South Korea's food-oriented Samyang Foods Group said on Monday it rebranded the group and the holding company Samyang Naturals Co.'s name as Samyang...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea’s SK to buy US bio JV stake from Roivant for $48 mn
SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, is set to purchase the entire stake in a US bio joint venture held by its partner, as the...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung, LG, Sony vie for mixed-reality OLED display market
Samsung Display Co., LG Display Co. and Sony Corp. — the world’s three leading display panel makers — are ratcheting up efforts to...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI talent shortage poses threat to Korean AI tech development
Since the advent of the AI-powered chatbot sensation ChatGPT, the battle to win AI talent across companies large and small has intensified, threaten...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai showcases its future green vessel tech in Vietnam
South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. on Thursday said its CEO Chung Ki-sun visited the affiliate Hyundai Vietnam Shipbuilding in the central Vietnamese prov...
Jun 22, 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