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King Sejong the Great
Introduction to Sejong: A Background of Greatness King Sejong the Great, widely regarded as one of the most influential monarchs…
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POSCO restarts furnace after upgrade with smart system
POSCO Holdings Chairman Chang In-hwa lights the No. 4 blast furnace at Pohang Steel Works on June 27, 2024 (Courtesy…
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Samsung Electronics unveils new smartphone image sensors
Samsung Electronics new image sensors (Courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics Co. has developed new image sensors — ISOCELL HP9,…
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Naver’s webtoon unit to raise $315 mn via Nasdaq IPO
Advertisement of Webtoon Entertainment (Courtesy of Webtoon Entertainment) Webtoon Entertainment Inc., South Korean tech giant Naver Corp.’s online comics platform,…
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SK Bioscience to buy German vaccine maker IDT Biologika for $244 mn
SK Bioscience’s vaccine manufacturing facility (Courtesy of SK Bioscience) South Korea’s vaccine developer SK Bioscience Co. will acquire a controlling…
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Tencent-backed Shift Up to raise up to $313 mn in IPO
The launching event of “Stellar Blade” on April 26, 2024 (Courtesy of Yonhap) Shift Up Corp., a South Korean game…
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Korea’s bet on US assets up on bull stocks, EV incentives
Bundle of the US dollar and Japanese yen at Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul South Korea’s financial assets in the…
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Korea’s NPS CIO talks with GPIF, GIC execs on asset allocation
National Pension Service Chief Investment Officer Seo Won-joo (Courtesy of NPS) South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) Chief Investment Officer…
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Booming AI industry boosts chip packaging equipment makers
Hanmi Semiconductor CEO & Vice Chairman Kwak Dong Shin showcases its product on April 7, 2022, at its headquarters in…
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SK Ecoplant seeks to absorb SK Materials’ industrial gas units
SK Group’s headquarters in Seoul SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management company, is seeking to…
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Hyundai Glovis enters LNG transport business with Woodside Scarlet Ibis
Executives from Hyundai Glovis and Woodside Energy at HD Hyundai Samho for the naming ceremony for the Woodside Scarlet Ibis,…
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d’Alba maker Bmonument, Memebox, Easytem line up for Korean IPOs
Bmonument’s d’Alba brand is a fast-growing Korean beauty brand (Screenshot captured from its website) South Korea’s promising beauty and healthcare…
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Hanwha acquires $100 million Philly Shipyard to debut in US market
Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Courtesy of Hanwha Group) South Korean chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha has signed a $100 million deal…
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South Korea-Japan air travelers soar to 10 mn in first five months
The number of air passengers traveling between South Korea and Japan has surpassed 10 million in the first five months…
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Mom’s Touch adds two new restaurants in Mongolia
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom’s Touch & Co. announced on Friday that it has recently opened its…
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Netmarble’s new RPG Solo Leveling logs $70 mn sales for 1st month
Solo Leveling: Arise, an action role-playing game launched on May 8, 2024 (Courtesy of Netmarble) South Korean game developer Netmarble…
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North Korea Sent Excrement Balloons. South Korea’s Response: Blasting BTS Hits.
A military vehicle stood near the border in Paju, South Korea, a day after the country blared out a local…
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Hyundai files for 1st overseas unit IPO in India: reports
Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Euisun (third from left) poses after a town hall meeting with Hyundai Motor India employees in…
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Hyundai Rotem wins express train supply deal from Uzbekistan
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) and Uzbekistant President Shavkat Mirziyoyev hold a joint news conference in Tashkent on…
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South Korean webtoon makers in quandary after pandemic
Naver Webtoon becomes the No. 1 webtoon platform in France in July 2023 At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Frozen kimbap market emerges as new K-food battlefield
Allgot’s frozen kimbap South Korean fishery processing and seafood major Sajo Daelim Corp. has forayed into the frozen kimbap market,…
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Korea to put poison pill adoption on new policy agenda
(Courtesy of Getty Images) South Korea will put the adoption of poison pills and dual-class shares on the new policy…
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Hyundai, Hanwha in uphill battle vs Japan for A$11 billion frigate deal
A 1,500-ton landing ship (from the top), a 3,400-ton frigate and a 2,200-ton deepwater guard ship built by HD Hyundai…
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Japan golf courses, Korean investors’ new target assets
Kabaya Golf Club in Ibaraki (File photo, courtesy of Tokyo Leisure Development) South Korean investors are eyeing Japan’s golf resorts…
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Asia’s largest startup fair NextRise 2024 held in Seoul
The Korea International Trade Association and Korea Development Bank announced on Thursday that the Asia’s largest startup fair “NextRise 2024…
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SK, Geely join forces for EV battery, component production
Polestar’s first electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) Polestar 3 (Courtesy of Polestar) SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s…
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LG Innotek begins supplying AI chip substrates to Big Tech
LG Innotek at CES 2023 LG Innotek Co., a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, for the first time, is…
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Mom’s Touch opens new flagship store in Myeongdong
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom’s Touch & Co. announced on Tuesday that it opened a new flagship…
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Lotte Home Shopping to unveil Bellygom game
South Korea’s Lotte Home Shopping announced on Monday that it will release a mobile game called Bellygom Match Land, leveraging…
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Nara Space selected as IPEF’s top-100 climate startups
South Korea’s micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. announced on Friday that it was selected as one of the top-100…
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S.Korea beats Japan in GNI per capita for first time in 2023
Stacked containers await loading onto ships at a South Korean port South Korea outstripped Japan in terms of gross national…
