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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM opens Shanghai-Mexico container route
South Korea's HMM Co. announced on Monday that it launched a new Far East Latin America Express (FLX) container service bound for Mexico.The service...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom accelerates AI push via alliance with more partners
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, is ramping up its artificial intelligence push by bringing more domestic partners into its A...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Chairman Lee visits India for Ambani wedding
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Thursday visited India for the wedding of Anant Ambani — the youngest son of Asia’s riche...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kumho Tire to supply tires for Alpine Class
South Korea's Kumho Tire Co. announced on Friday that it will exclusively supply high-performance tires for the Renault high-performance car one-mak...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Financial mulls non-banking M&As for growth: CEO
Hana Financial Group, one of South Korea's top five financial groups, is mulling mergers and acquisitions in non-banking sectors in a bid to seize n...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Q Cells gets solar power plant order in Colorado
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar panel manufacturing arm of South Korea's Hanwha Solutions Corp., said on Thursday that it has secured a large-scale sola...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Millie Seojae introduces AI book reader
Millie Seojae, the e-book platform subsidiary of South Korea's KT Corp., announced on Thursday that it introduced an AI text-to-speech (TTS) feature...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
North Face supplier Youngone to build R&D center in Bangladesh
Youngone Corp., a South Korean original design manufacturer (ODM) for foreign outdoor brands such as The North Face and Nike, will build an R&D ...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's 4by4 to supply AI solution to Cakap
4by4 Inc., a South Korean content AI solution company, announced on Thursday that it signed a supply contract for its image enhancement AI solution ...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Mirae Asset's India Billion Consumer ETF surpasses $150 mn in net assets
South Korea's Mirae Asset Global Investments said on Thursday that the net assets of its TIGER India Billion Consumer ETF surpassed 200 billion wo...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Energy Solution acquires anti-bribery certification
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced on Thursday that it achieved ISO 37001 certification, an international standard for anti-bribery man...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
Lotte Home Shopping's Bellygom debuts in Taiwan, Japan
South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping announced on Wednesday that its character Bellygom will enter the Taiwanese and Japanese content market,following ...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax Group unveils new CI
South Korea's Cosmax Group unveiled a new corporate identity (CI) on Wednesday. The new CI reflects Cosmax Group's identity as a global beauty and h...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
PharmaResearch acquires TuringBio for digital therapeutics
PharmaResearch Co., a South Korean company specializing in regenerative medicine, announced on Wednesday that it acquired TuringBio, an AI-based dig...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai Rotem leads manufacture of next-generation railway
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province – Engineers at Hyundai Rotem Co.'s rolling stock factory in South Korea have their hands full manufacturin...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Samsung boosts renewable energy in Vietnam facilities
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday its Vietnam facilities will ramp up eco-friendly operations by directly purchasing renewable energy under ...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Innovation to host Global Forum in US
South Korea's SK Innovation Co. announced on Wednesday that it will host the “SK Innovation Global Forum” on July 13 in San Jose, Califo...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Law&Company vows to go global with AI legal assistant
Law&Company Co., the operator of South Korea’s largest legal advice app LawTalk, will venture into the US legal tech market in five years ...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec, Tennessee Titans renew sponsorship
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Tuesday that it renewed a three-year expansion to its official partnership with the Tennessee Titans, an NFL team b...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO International completes Korea’s first non-state-run LNG terminal
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Tuesday i...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Biopharma exports Alyglo to US
South Korea’s major pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Monday that it shipped the initial volume of Alygro, its immunoglob...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Innovation gets MSCI ESG's leader rating
South Korean oil refiner SK Innovation Co. secured an AA rating in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assessment by Morgan Stanley Capi...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom, Singtel partner for next-gen network tech
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) to collab...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
SK Geo Centric produces sustainable synthetic fiber
South Korea’s SK Geo Centric Co. will collaborate with global companies in the petrochemical, textile, and apparel sectors from Japan, Finland...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Doosan Tesna to invest $160 mn in chip testing plant in Korea
South Korea’s Doosan Tesna Inc. will build a semiconductor testing factory in the country with an investment of 220.6 billion won ($159.7 mill...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Kyobo Life, Japan’s SBI to team up on security token, digital finance
South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Group and Japan’s SBI Group have entered into a strategic business partnership agreement to expand th...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Display gets Pantone Validated
Samsung Display announced on Thursday that its monitors and laptop panels received Pantone Validated and SkinTone Validated. The company said i...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Kwangdong Pharma acquires stake in Precision Bio
South Korea's Kwangdong Pharmaceutical announced on Tuesday that it signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Precision Biosensor Inc., a company...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LG Chem launches Synovian in China
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Wednesday that it launched its homegrown new drug for osteoarthritis Synovian (marketed in China as Hyruan O...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI plagiarism detection startup Muhayu eyes IPO in 2026
South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) startup Muhayu hired Mirae Asset Securities as the lead manager for its initial public offering (IPO) targ...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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