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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Labs opens door to unconventional idea seekers
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. has launched LG Labs, a playground for those wanting to test unconventional ideas that ...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Musinsa opens showroom in Tokyo for S.Korean designers’ brands
South Korea's online fashion platform Musinsa opened a showroom in Tokyo on Thursday targeting fashion buyers, as it aims to introduce domestic desi...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Energy acquires logistics platform Goodsflow
South Korea's SK Energy will buy all shares of Goodsflow, a Seoul-based provider of logistics platform services, to enter the urban logistics center...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Chemicals to supply diabetes drugs to AstraZeneca Korea
SK Chemicals Co., a South Korean chemicals maker and drug developer, said on Thursday it has signed a contract to supply diabetes medications to glo...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus to open metaverse for Yonsei Univ. in September
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Wednesday announced the opening in September of Virtual Campus, a metaverse for Yonsei University, one of the nation...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KKR leads $190 mn Series C funding of fashion platform Musinsa
South Korea’s leading fashion platform Musinsa said on Wednesday it has attracted 240 billion won ($189.7 million) in its Series C funding rou...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Lotte Chemical, DL Energy team up to produce renewable energy
South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. and DL Energy have joined forces to spread carbon neutrality and environmental, social and governance (ESG)...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
The Swing buys van-hailing service Tada for $19 mn
South Korea's personal mobility platform company The Swing Co. has acquired the management rights of the van-hailing service Tada.Negotiations betwe...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Naver Webtoon becomes No.1 webtoon platform in France
South Korea's Naver Webtoon has made a name for itself as the top webtoon platform in France. Naver Webtoon announced on Monday that it participated...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK’s Tmap enhances ESG efforts by navigating lowest-carbon routes
South Korea’s leading mobility platform Tmap Mobility Co. has stepped up its environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts via its naviga...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Doosan Enerbility, Johnson Matthey to develop ammonia cracking tech
South Korea’s power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Monday that it signed an R&D agreement with the UK-based chemical com...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Catchtable raises $24 mn in Series D funding
South Korean startup WAD, the operator of a restaurant reservation service platform, has recently raised 30 billion won($24 million) in a Series D f...
Jul 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Electronics aims to transform into platform-based tech firm by 2030
When LG Electronics Inc. made a surprise move to ungracefully exit the mobile phone business, one of its mainstay businesses, two years ago, investo...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
KT expands healthcare business in Vietnam
South Korea’s telecom service provider KT Corp. has recently organized a collaborative seminar on digital health alongside Hanoi Medical Unive...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
S.Korea’s petrochemical players boost plastic container recycling
South Korea's major petrochemical companies have entered the sector for 100% recycled plastic containers through cooperation with food and cosmetics...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
NHN Commerce acquires Italian luxury brands retailer Ikonic
NHN Commerce, South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s shopping platform, announced on Tuesday its acquisition of a 77.8% stake in Ikonic Srl,...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics opens gaming-focused shopping platform
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that it has opened the Samsung Gaming Portal on its domestic website Samsung.com to streng...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Uplus, Kakao Mobility to form EV charging JV
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. and transportation company Kakao Mobility announced on Monday their strategic allian...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok
South Korea's mobile beauty platform Hwahae has opened a flagship store on TikTok (Chinese name Douyin). Hwahae's operator Birdview announced t...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
Kakao Healthcare to build metaverse healthcare platform
Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao, announced on Wednesday that it has been selected as the final operato...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility to develop mobility platform with Vietnam’s Phenikaa
South Korea's Kakao Mobility and Vietnam's Phenikaa Group have entered into a business agreement to foster technology collaboration within the mobil...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
L&F to jump-start anode business with Mitsubishi Chemical
L&F Co., a major cathode supplier in South Korea, has embarked on a grand plan to take its battery materials business to new heights with the ad...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
KT to invest $5.4 bn by 2027 to develop AI platforms
South Korea’s telecom service provider KT Corp. will spend about 7 trillion won ($5.4 billion) by 2027 to become the country’s largest a...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Siltron to collaborate with Taiwan's Nanya on carbon neutrality
South Korea's SK Siltron announced on Tuesday that it has signed a business agreement with Taiwan's DRAM supplier Nanya Technology Corporation to st...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Chemicals, AZ mark first commercial production of diabetes drugs
South Korea's SK Chemicals has joined forces with global pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca to initiate commercial production of a chemical drug for di...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
LG Chem to sell $1.6 bn stake in LG Energy to foreign investors
South Korea’s leading chemicals company LG Chem Ltd. is slated to secure about 2 trillion won ($1.6 billion) by selling a minority stake in it...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-content makers to list on Nasdaq via $610 mn SPAC deal
Seven South Korean content makers are set to list on the Nasdaq through a $610 million merger deal with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Energy, SK REIT to establish complex energy platforms
South Korea's SK Energy announced on Wednesday its partnership with Clean Energy REIT, a real estate subsidiary of SK REIT, to embark on the SK Eco-...
Jun 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hyosung Chemical’s credit rating downgraded one notch
Korea Investors Service downgraded the unsecured bond credit rating of Hyosung Chemical on Thursday from A to A-, saying that its profit-generating ...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Investment in battery raw materials raises sodium hydroxide prices
The price of sodium hydroxide or caustic soda, an essential component in the smelting of raw materials for producing batteries, is rising because So...
Jun 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders this week ahead of G7 summit
- 2 Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
- 3 LG to drive future growth in emerging markets with battery prowess
- 4 South Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties
- 5 Naver Ventures to plant flag in Silicon Valley with TwelveLabs bet