generative AI market
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Korean stock market
Funds with high exposure to Nvidia, Samsung yield higher returns
It's time again to snap up semiconductor stocks – the market darlings these days.Just like its global peers, including the New York Stock Exch...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
POSCO, LG Electronics to jointly build smart factory
POSCO Holdings Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that they will collaborate to upgrade POSCO's smart factory technology. The initi...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
AI-driven GPU, advanced chip shortage: Boon for Samsung, SK Hynix
The global chip industry, which has been reeling from elevated inventory levels due to weak demand, is seeing a silver lining: Inventories of advanc...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign demand for chip stocks powers Kospi to 1-year high
South Korea’s main bourse Kospi on Tuesday hit its highest closing since June last year, boosted by foreigners’ net buying in semiconduc...
May 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
POSCO to develop internal-use AI tool to replace ChatGPT
Steel giant POSCO Group has embarked on the development of an AI chatbot for internal use amid growing concerns about data leaks through generative ...
May 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung takes steps toward XR device processor chips
Samsung Electronics Co. has been taking steps to develop extended reality (XR) device processor chips to challenge Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Go...
May 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
S.Korean treasury yields top base rate on hawkish BOK
South Korea’s three-year treasury bond yield topped the base rate for the first time in two months, after the Bank of Korea (BOK) warned again...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics blocks access to generative AI in company
LG Electronics Inc. has decided to block access to generative AI services through its intranet. Industry sources said on Friday, LG Electroni...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korean karaoke machine leader TJ Media enjoys post-pandemic boom
South Koreans’ love for singing is no secret, and with the lifting of social-distancing rules in the post-pandemic era their suppressed desire...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Shift Up scouts former OpenAI engineer
South Korea's game develop and design studio Shift Up has hired AI developer Kim Tae-hoon, who hails from Silicon Valley, to enhance its game artifi...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK co-founder meets with Korean CIOs to finance 6th buyout fund
Asia’s private equity giant MBK Partners Ltd. is set to accelerate fundraising for its new fund, which is expected to become the firm’s ...
May 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Micron overtakes SK Hynix in shrinking DRAM market
Micron Technology Inc., the world’s third-largest DRAM maker, raised its share in the shrinking DRAM market in the first quarter, with a milde...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter
Drama & Company, the developer of South Korea’s popular cloud-based business card management app Remember, is readying its next business w...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
CJ dreams to build new kingdom in US with massive investment
CJ Group, a major South Korean conglomerate with a wide range of businesses spanning everything from food to bio, livestock feed, logistics, enterta...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK leaves door open for another quarter-point rate rise
The Bank of Korea’s (BOK) decision on Thursday to keep its base rate steady at 3.50% does not signal the end of its one-and-a-half-year tighte...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Neurophet strives to be first mover in fight against Alzheimer’s
Neurophet Inc., a South Korean startup developing artificial intelligence-powered medical solutions for brain diseases, is striving to make a breakt...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Innocean joins top 10 brand marketing agencies in India
Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Wednesday that its Indian corporation has joined top 10 of local brand m...
May 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Find opportunities amid macro uncertainty in 2023: M&G
Markets today are in the midst of a shift as interest rate hikes are nearing their end and economic growth is challenged. Other changes in demogra...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK Partners puts Korea’s largest golf course operator on market
North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners has put Golfzon County Co., the biggest golf course operator in South Korea, on sale at an estim...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver’s search engine dominance under siege as Google, MS advance
South Korea’s online portal Naver Corp., the undisputed search engine leader in the domestic market for decades, is under siege as global Big ...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI secures deal to export 18 FA-50 light fighters to Malaysia
South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., (KAI) has finalized a contract to supply Malaysia with eigh...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Boeing-backed Huneed eyes civil aircraft market beyond jets
South Korea’s Huneed Technologies specializes in aircraft components such as military communications equipment and supplies them to the armed ...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung retains No.1 position in global TV market
Samsung Electronics Co. has held on to its position as the world's top TV manufacturer in the first quarter of 2023, securing a 32.1% share of the m...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon's Toon Filter creates 20 mn AI-converted images
South Korea’s Naver Webtoon Corp. on Monday said over 20 million converted images were created in a week after the May 12 pilot launch of its ...
May 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
US antitrust body blocks $1.4 bn Korean Air-Asiana deal
Korean Air Lines Co. ’s acquisition of smaller domestic rival Asiana Airlines Inc. is poised to collapse after the US antitrust agency raised ...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
A Goliath vs. Davids battle in the S.Korean OTT market
Netflix Inc. is poised to further distance itself from its money-losing local peers in the South Korean video streaming market this year, as it make...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare launches Remsima SC in Brazil
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare Co. revealed on Monday its introduction of Remsima SC, a treatment for autoimmune diseas...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Hanatour unveils ChatGPT-based travel information service
Hanatour Service Inc. announced on Friday the introduction of its beta service, "Travel Information AI," on Friday. The service utilizes artificial ...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2023
Funding gap creates opportunities in private real estate debt: ASK 2023
Global real estate investors will see the funding gap continue for a while, which creates opportunities for private debt in the sector. The office s...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Capital raising
LS Group's US affiliate SPSX to raise $150 mn in pre-IPO
LS Group’s US cable affiliate Superior Essex (SPSX) plans to raise $150 million (200 billion won) via a South Korean private equity fund (PEF)...
May 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Google to invest $100 mn in Gentle Monster in smart glasses push
- 2 Growth equity portfolio largely shielded from policy headwinds: Summit
- 3 Naver Financial seeks to acquire S. Korean real estate data platform Asil
- 4 KakaoBank shares surge on Thai virtual bank approval
- 5 Lotte Biologics signs antibody drug CMO deal with UK’s Ottimo Pharma