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Economy
S.Korea sees first decline in household loans in 20 years
Household loans in South Korea last year fell from 2021 for the first time in 20 years because of high interest rates, but credit card debt hit a re...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Network usage fees likely to take center of debate at MWC2023
Major participants in the mobile world congress (MWC) 2023 such as Google Inc. and Netflix Inc. are expected to discuss telecommunications network f...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HYBE not to raise tender offer price for SM Entertainment
HYBE Co., the label behind the world’s top boyband BTS, said it does not plan to raise its buying price for SM Entertainment Co., denting hope...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
S.Korea's Kakao Enterprise introduces Matching 2.0 strategy
Kakao Enterprise, a leading IT platform business operator in South Korea, recently announced its "Matching 2.0" strategy to enhance the quality of s...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis ramps up patent development for future mobility tech
Hyundai Mobis, a South Korean auto parts maker and a key affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said on Thursday that it filed more than 3,000 patents la...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
AMCHAM head James Kim joins Hyundai Mobis as outside director
James Kim, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM), is joining South Korea’s largest auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co....
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Kakao Brain presents text-based AI motion generation model
On Tuesday, Kakao Brain, the AI unit of South Korea's Kakao Corp., announced the development of a new text-based motion generation model, called "FL...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Kakao Mobility fined $20 million over unfair taxi-hailing service
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing app operator, has been fined 25.7 billion won ($20.3 million) for discriminating agai...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Webtoon starring Netmarble's girl group MAVE coming soon
Netmarble Corp. announced that the webtoon "MAVE: Another World," based on the virtual girl group, will be available on KakaoPage and Kakao Webtoon ...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s trade outlook dismal in Feb with stagnant exports
South Korea’s trade deficit in just the first 40 days of this year inched close to 40% of its worst-ever annual deficit last year amid a conti...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG U+, Plana jointly research data transmission tech for urban air mobility
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. and Plana, a domestic startup for urban air transportation (UAM) craft, have signed a business deal on joint research o...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom doubles capacity of its AI service's supercomputer Titan
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Sunday said it had doubled the processing capacity of its supercomputer Titan, the brain of its artificial intellige...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Why SM emerged as hot battlefield between HYBE, Kakao
SM Entertainment Co., a South Korean music label widely credited as the pioneer of K-pop, has emerged as a new battlefield between HYBE Co., the age...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Kakao to unveil Korean language-specific, vertical AI
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s No. 1 mobile messenger platform, will launch Korean language-specific, vertically-integrated AI service this year s...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kakao Pay joins MSCI Korea Index
Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment arm of South Korean tech firm Kakao Corp., has been added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Kor...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korea game sector remains in dark after poor earnings
South Korea’s game publishers reported dismal quarterly earnings, deepening concerns over their outlook this year amid doubts over measures su...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Kakao Bank announces record-high performance in 2022
South Korea's KakaoBank Corp. on Wednesday said its net profit last year reached a record-high 263.1 billion won ($208.6 million), up 28.9% from 202...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom to launch multimodal AI to match ChatGPT
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. will adopt natural language generation and processing capabilities for its nascent artificial intelligence servic...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea EV battery makers lose market share against Chinese rivals
South Korean electric vehicle cell makers lost a market share against Chinese competitors last year as they failed to fully benefit from a surge in ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Fintech firm Kakao Pay logs first yearly net profit in 2022
Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., posted a net profit last year for the first time since its ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Low-cost carriers in S.Korea returning to profitability
South Korea's low-cost carriers (LCC) Jeju Air Co. and Jin Air in the fourth quarter last year each earned operating profit for the first time since...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
K-pop pioneer SM engulfed in management dispute
Kakao Corp., South Korea’s mobile platform giant and operator of the country’s top messenger app Kakao Talk, is set to become the second...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release
NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major game developing and publishing company, has recently laid off about 20% of its North American operation, joi...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong Pharma's botulinum toxin Nabota proves long-lasting effect
Daewoong Pharmaceutical said on Friday that a high-dose administration of botulinum toxin Nabota (US brand name: Jeuveau) to patients with frown wri...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Uplus narrows operating profit gap with bigger rivals in 2022
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, reported more than 1 trillion won ($814.2 million) in operating profit in 2022 for...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor opens Hyundai Mobility Lounge Kyoto Shijo
Hyundai Motor Co. is establishing a permanent location in Japan's Kansai region to allow customers to experience its eco-friendly cars such as the I...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia post record-high Jan. sales figures in US
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. posted the highest sales record in the US market in January. Hyundai Motor America said on Wednesday that it sold 52...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi's Rolvedon set to post $10 mn in Q4 net sales in US
South Korean drugmaker Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co.’s neutropenia agent, Rolvedon (eflapegrastim-xnst), is forecast to achieve about $10 million i...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Two premium taxi apps mull tie-up to challenge Kakao
South Korea's two premium ride hailing apps TADA and i.M are considering a merger in a bid to challenge Kakao Mobility Corp., which commands about 9...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea's credit card approval volume hit all-time high last year
The annual card approval amount in South Korea exceeded 1,000 trillion won ($811.4 billion) for the first time ever. This is largely because of "ret...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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