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Korean games
Smilegate to launch video communication service
The face on a video call screen changes into a game character, making the conversation fun. This is the main function of P.Pool, a video communicati...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
The Hyundai Seoul attracts 100 mn visitors in 30 months
The Hyundai Seoul, the largest shopping mall in the South Korean capital, has attracted over 100 million visitors since its opening to emerge as a h...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Virtual bands, emerging stars to fuel global K-pop craze
Virtual bands have emerged as new stars to accelerate the K-pop craze across the world. An artificial girl quartet attracted more than 25 million vi...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia unveils design of EV5, its first China-made global electric car
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Friday unveiled the design of the EV5, its first China-made all-electric vehicle that th...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart to open 1st S.Korean convenience store in Cambodia
E-Mart Inc. is set to launch the first South Korean convenience store in Cambodia as the struggling hypermarket giant aims to seek growth opportunit...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea Credit Data raises $75.7 million from Morgan Stanley
Korea Credit Data (KCD), a South Korean fintech startup focusing on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has raised 100 billion won ($75.7 mi...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver eyes global market with new LLM HyperCLOVA X
Naver Corp., the South Korean online platform giant, has finally debuted its upgraded large language model (LLM) HyperCLOVA X, its new pillar busine...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
POSCO Int'l marks 1st animal vaccine exports
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea's steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Thursday t...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG aims to capture 50% of global luxury car display market by 2026
LG Display Co., the world’s leading manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, said on Wednesday it aims to more t...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
More Korean FSS retirees find jobs in legal, financial biz
More retirees of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) are snagging new jobs at private companies such as the banks they regulated during their te...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ's Bibigo launches new global campaign
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s flagship brand Bibigo is engaging with consumers worldwide through a new campaign. The company announ...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Mirae Asset Securities exceeds $3 bn in overseas equity
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it owns more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) of equity capital in overseas operations as of June 30 of t...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi Pharm to start global clinical trials for immune-oncology drug
South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Tuesday that it has received approval for the phase 1 clinical trial plan of the immune-oncology...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Ildong Pharma to export high blood pressure treatment to China
South Korea's Ildong Pharmaceutical Co. on Tuesday said it will export benidipine hydrochloride, a raw material used in the treatment of high blood ...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB, Shinhan, Woori improve rankings on Top 1,000 bank list
South Korea’s KB Financial Group, Shinhan Financial Group and Woori Financial Group improved their rankings on the list of the global top 1,00...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS’ ‘Boy With Luv’ surpasses 1.7 billion YouTube views
The number of YouTube views of the group BTS' "Boy With Luv" music video exceeded 1.7 billion, the agency Big Hit Music said on Tuesday.The music vi...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Young Poong, Lotte Global Logistics to form battery recycling supply chain
South Korea’s non-ferrous metal company Young Poong Co. has teamed up with Lotte Global Logistics Co. to form a supply chain system for recycl...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG Electronics top 2 global TV makers in H1
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., two South Korean tech giants, respectively achieved the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the global TV set ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
LX Pantos, POSCO Flow to cooperate in global logistics
South Korea’s LX Pantos Logistics and POSCO Flow, formerly POSCO Terminal, will strengthen their cooperation in logistics for secondary batter...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul’s slow but enduring push to be Asia’s premier financial hub
It is a long-cherished dream of Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, to present itself to the world as Asia’s prime financial hub, but the ...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
SK Telecom expands its Web3 ecosystem
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. has joined hands with Polygon Labs, a New York-based global blockchain company, to expand its Web3 ecosystem.Both compa...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion to merge with global sales affiliate by end-2023
South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Group has begun procedures to merge biopharmaceuticals developer and producer Celltrion Inc. with global...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
HMM wins top ESG rating among global shipping companies
South Korea’s No. 1 container transportation and shipping service HMM Co. has secured the premier position in global shipping for its environm...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom to host global AI hackathon in Seoul with OpenAI
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will hold next month an artificial intelligence contest with OpenAI, the American information and communications techno...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS’ Jungkook tops Billboard’s global charts for 4th consecutive week
BTS’ Jungkook’s solo debut single “Seven” topped the US Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US charts for four consecutive...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T sells 150-MW solar power project in US
South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. on Wednesday said its US-based green energy affiliate Samsung C&T Renewables sold a project for construction...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mirae Asset Global Investments buys Australian robo-advisor firm
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments announced its acquisition of Stockspot, a prominent Australian robo-advisor specialist.In a statement r...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics cuts H1 costs by $1.6 billion on stable supply chain
LG Electronics Inc. has slashed raw material and transportation costs by 2.12 trillion won ($1.6 billion) in the first half thanks to a stable sup...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean C&R Research to set up US, Thai units for global biz
C&R Research Inc., South Korea’s top contract research organization (CRO), plans to establish units in the US and Thailand this year while...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
NewJeans selected as models for Hyundai Dept. Store Duty Free
South Korea's Hyundai Department Store Duty Free announced on Monday that it has newly appointed the five-member K-pop girl group NewJeans as models...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
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