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Energy
Korea’s DL Energy to expand US power plant business
South Korea’s DL Energy is set to expand its power plant business in the US.DL Energy, formerly known as Daelim Energy, said on Dec. 17 that i...
Dec 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung supplies self-driving, infotainment chips to global carmaker
Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying advanced memory chips to an unidentified global automaker for use in its self-driving and infotainment systems....
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix makes industry’s highest density 24Gb DDR5 DRAM chip
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. said on Wednesday it has shipped samples of 24 Gigabit (Gb) double data rate 5 (DDR5) DRAM, the industry’s h...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to produce STMicro's MCUs for use in iPhones
Samsung Electronics Co. has won a foundry order from Switzerland-based STMicroelectronics to produce microcontroller units (MCUs) for use in Apple I...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung’s mid-tier executive reshuffle: More female and foreign faces
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday carried out its year-end reshuffle of mid-tier executives, marked by the highest number of promotions for female...
Dec 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Korea sets up smart farm in UAE, envisions more projects in Middle East
South Korea is building a smart farm in the Middle East desert with technology enabling the growth of various crops while minimizing water consumpti...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
VR meetings with holograms, powered by metaverse startup DoubleMe
Come next year, attending meetings as a hologram version of yourself is set to become more common.Metaverse startup DoubleMe plans to commercialize ...
Dec 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace to develop small rocket system
Hanwha Aerospace Co., a unit of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, is developing system technology for small projectiles that launch a satellit...
Dec 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Mobis unveils foldable steering wheel
South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co., an auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has unveiled a foldable steering wheel along with other technologi...
Dec 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung’s new auto chip mounted in Volkswagen’s infotainment system
Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying one of its latest advanced chips to Volkswagen AG for the German carmaker’s in-vehicle infotainment syste...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S.Korea to build solar power plants in Chile for $130 mn
South Korea is planning to build solar photovoltaic power plants in Chile, investing $130 million, in a move to help local companies expand their re...
Nov 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Global cities with young elites will survive in long term, RXR chairman says
Now it is time to invest in e-commerce, healthcare and multifamily housing, or the so-called three megatrends, which have increased in demand during...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Memo from Howard Marks
The winds of change
The Korea Economic Daily Global Edition exclusively carries the full text of the latest memos from Howard Marks, co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktr...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s Toss operator invests $5 mn in US startup fintech platform Republic
Viva Republica Inc., a leading South Korean fintech unicorn and operator of mobile financial super app Toss, is investing $5 million in Republic, a ...
Nov 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea closer to independent satellite technology
South Korea has developed its own signal control system for a radar reconnaissance satellite to be launched next year, the system being a key techno...
Nov 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Ecoplant to start offshore wind power business
SK Ecoplant Co., the construction unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is slated to enter the offshore wind power business by acquiring a local win...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s LIG close to record $3.5 bn deal to export missile system to UAE
LIG Nex1 Co., a leading South Korean defense company, is close to a record $3.5 billion deal to export its surface-to-air missile system to the Unit...
Nov 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean retailers scale back on Southeast Asian operations
South Korea's top three retail groups -- Lotte, Shinsegae and GS -- are struggling with increased losses in the Southeast Asian market, once believe...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean TV stars tipped for Kosdaq IPO windfalls
A spate of South Korean entertainment companies' public listings will likely create windfalls of up to tens of millions of dollars for Korean TV sta...
Nov 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korea’s state electric companies to cease coal power generation by 2050
State-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and its six subsidiaries declared an aim to cease coal power generation by 2050 in a bid to pla...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SeAH to supply monopiles for Orsted’s UK offshore wind farm project
SeAH Steel Holdings Corp. ’s UK subsidiary is set to supply monopiles, steel tubes that serve as a fixed foundation for offshore wind turbines...
Nov 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Main opposition leads ruling party in poll ahead of 2022 election
A former top prosecutor, nominated as the South Korean main opposition party's presidential candidate last Friday, has widened his lead over the rul...
Nov 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai Oilbank to develop eco-friendly e-fuels with Danish firm
Hyundai Oilbank Co. plans to develop eco-friendly electrofuels, or e-fuels, jointly with Denmark's Haldor Topsoe as the South Korean oil refiner has...
Nov 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK's Lee listed among Forbes' power Asia businesswomen
MBK Partners' first female partner Lee In-kyung has made it to the list of Forbes Asia's 20 power businesswomen published in its November issue. For...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao becomes Korea’s top platform firm, besting archrival Naver
Kakao Corp., best known for South Korea’s top mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, has become the country’s top platform company in terms of ...
Nov 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Korean politicians seek to delay crypto taxation as another bubble looms
South Korean politicians are seeking to delay taxes on gains from cryptocurrency trading by one year as they gear up for the upcoming presidential e...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
SeAH set for record earnings on steel supercycle, offshore wind projects
SeAH Group, a South Korean mid-size special steel conglomerate, is set to post record earnings this year on the back of the global steel supercycle ...
Oct 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Race heats up in solid-state battery development
Global automakers and battery producers are accelerating the development of a next-generation electric vehicle battery, called an all-solid-state ba...
Oct 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM in exclusive talks to acquire SM Entertainment
South Korea's entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. is in exclusive talks to acquire a 19.37% stake in SM Entertainment Co., the country's first-gener...
Oct 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Plug-in hybrids a dying breed as carmakers favor battery EVs
A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) was once touted as the next-generation automobile technology as such models carry the strengths of both a c...
Oct 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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