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Bio & Pharma
GeneOne Life Science gets patent for coated microneedle tech in China
South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company GeneOne Life Science Inc. on Tuesday said it received a patent from the China National Intellectual Pr...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI unveils super-gap battery tech aimed at Chinese market
South Korea's leading secondary battery maker Samsung SDI Co. is setting its sights on China's battery market with its super-gap solid-state battery...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Samsung unveils HealthStack at US healthcare tech exhibition
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it will showcase Samsung HealthStack ver. 1.0 at the "2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Ex...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis develops world’s first rollable vehicle display
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth largest automotive components supplier, has developed a rollable vehicle display, the first of its kind i...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia surpass 100,000 global EV sales in Q1
Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicle (EV) sales have exceeded 100,000 units in the first quarter of this year, driven by the strong sales of its f...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
Korea’s homegrown OTT Watcha at crossroads amid dearth of cash
South Korea’s homegrown over-the-top (OTT) platform Watcha Inc. is struggling to raise funds as it faces an uphill battle to win over customer...
Apr 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec launches foundry package turnkey service
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 2 foundry player, has begun package turnkey service for contract chip manufacturing as it aims to tak...
Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea, Boeing tie up for develop future advanced weapons
The Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) teams up with major US defense contractor Boeing to conduct research and development on...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Samsung Electronics opens 3rd C-Lab Outside regional hub
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday opened the third regional center of its C-Lab Outside, a corporate partnership program to nurture local startups...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
S.Korean display companies look to expand business in India with Vedanta
South Korean display companies try to make breakthrough in new market by entering Indian market.The Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) announ...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem teams up with US company to expand bioplastic global business
LG Chem Ltd. has partnered with a US-based biofuel company Gevo to expand its bio-material-based plastic business.The company announced on Thursday ...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea's online voting service company exports its techs to Kyrgyzstan
South Korea's online voting service company Kevoting announced on Wednesday that its mobile voting platform service was adopted for the local counci...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea fines Google $32 mn for squashing local rival
South Korea’s antitrust body on Tuesday fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC and its regional arms 42.1 billion won ($32 million) for allege...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
HD Hyundai Infracore targets Middle East and African markets with new brand Develon
HD Hyundai Infracore (formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co.), a South Korean construction equipment maker, has ventured into the Middle East and Afr...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Samsung Display poised to supply OLED panels to Ferrari
Samsung Display Co. of South Korea is set to supply Ferrari S.p.A. with its automotive organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels, accelerating its ...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG Electronics rolls out third-generation Cloi ServeBot
LG Electronics Inc. has rolled out a new serving robot that easily serves soup, boosting the device's performance and customer convenience. The com...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s debt-ridden public companies selling off overseas coal mines
South Korea’s debt-ridden public enterprises are selling off their stakes in overseas coal mines to improve their financial status and stay in...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Rebellions CEO aims to outrival Qualcomm within a decade
Artificial intelligence is the talk of the tech world, particularly with the rise of the worldwide sensation OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the generative ...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to eleven core tech areas
The South Korean government plans to allocate 70% of its annual R&D budget to 40 projects for research and development in eleven core industrial...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to transfer proprietary technologies to SMEs for free
Samsung Electronics Co. has partnered with South Korean government to transfer patented technologies free of charge in an effort to support the grow...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean won at 1-yr low vs yen; end of boon for exporters
The South Korean won has extended its losses against the yen, with the Japanese currency highly sought after as a safe haven asset in the wobbly fin...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korean AI chip fabless Rebellions beats global chip giants in MLPerf tests
Rebellions Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence chip design startup, beat global chip giants Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Nvidia Corp. in ...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia plans 'game changer' EV9 launch in US by 4th quarter
South Korean carmaker Kia Corp. on Thursday said it unveiled on Wednesday in New York its large electric sport-utility vehicle EV9 for the first tim...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
South Korea's Kosdaq Global Index set to add more stocks
Financial investment sources on Wednesday said Korea Exchange on March 31 conducted a regular review on listing more companies on the Kosdaq Global ...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders yield No.1 spot to Chinese rivals in March
Korean shipbuilders were outstripped by China in shipbuilding orders and backlogs last month, according to UK-based shipping industry specialist Cla...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea to allow actual construction of hydrogen-powered ship
South Korea's the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on Wednesday that it has established "tentative standards for ship hydrogen fuel cell e...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom's integrated tech links QCC networks
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Wednesday said it developed a technology that virtualizes and connects quantum cryptography and communication (QCC) ...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
KG Mobility focuses on electric vehicle platform, self-driving tech
South Korea's KG Mobility (formerly Ssangyong Motor Co.) says it will actively target not only Europe and the US but also niche markets in emerging ...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Autoever, Avikus jointly develop self-sailing ship solution
South Korea’s Hyundai Autoever and Avicus, the self-navigation vessel affiliate of HD Hyundai, on Tuesday said they signed a development contr...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
ETRI’s drone communication tech is selected as international standards
South Korean researchers have developed international standards for drone communication, solving the problem of drones being unable to exchange info...
Apr 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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