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Hana Bank opens overseas office in Monterrey, Mexico
Lee Eun-Hyeong, Vice Chairman of Hana Financial Group (third from left); Huh Tae-wan, Ambassador to Mexico (fourth); José Ramón Canales…
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SK Telecom partners with Perplexity to level up conversational search
SK Telecom CEO Ryu Young-sang(left) and Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas South Korea’s largest telecom company SK Telecom Co. will enhance…
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Hanwha signs MOU with WB Group for $2 bn Polish submarine project bid
Hanwha Ocean Vice President Jung Seung-kyun (left) and Adam Bartosiewicz, vice president of WB Group, pose for a photo after…
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Samsung, SK Hynix up the ante on HBM to enjoy AI memory boom
Samsung memory business chief Lee Jung-bae at Semicon Taiwan 2024 TAIPEI – Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the…
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E-Mart, CJ CheilJedang to beef up strategic partnership
CJ CheilJedang CEO Kang Shin-ho (third from left) and E-Mart CEO Han Chae-yang (second from right) pose for a photo…
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LVMH, OpenAI, LG deepen ties with startups in S.Korea
MarqVision co-founder and CBO DK Lee (center from right) speaks on the stage (Courtesy of MarqVision) South Korean startups and…
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Samsung SDS AI service FabriX to launch on Microsoft Azure platform
Keynote Speakers of REAL Summit 2024, an annual tech conference hosted by Samsung SDS Samsung SDS Co., the information technology…
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Toyota chairman to visit Seoul, discuss hydrogen cars with Hyundai’s Chung
Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda at the 2020 CES in Las Vegas (Courtesy of Yonhap) Akio Toyoda, chairman of Japan’s top…
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Samsung, SK Hynix ramp up DRAM business on rapid AI growth
Samsung Electronics semiconductor manufacturing complex under construction in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province (Photo by Hyuk Choi) Samsung Electronics Co. and SK…
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LG Uplus, SM Entertainment to launch AI Idols
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. said on Sunday that it will team up with SM Entertainment Co. to develop content…
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Samsung Galaxy S25 to run on Qualcomm chips amid AI phone war
Galaxy S24 Ultra is embedded with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chips Galaxy S25, a new iteration of Samsung Electronics…
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Track records matter over name value for junior bankers
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Junior bankers at the Korean offices of major global investment banks such as Morgan Stanely and…
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Korea’s airlines to use SAF starting from routes to Japan
A Korean Air cargo aircraft refueled with SAF (File photo by Korean Air) South Korea’s airlines are set to use…
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NPS logs 9.71% return in H1 led by US tech stock
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, posted a 9.71% investment return for the first…
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Korea Shopping Festa in Vietnam records $12.9 mn in export consultations
The Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on Friday that the “2024 Korea Shopping Festa with Lotte” export consultation…
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Hana Card’s debit card overseas payment reaches 50%
South Korea’s Hana Card reported on Friday that its domestic market share in overseas debit card payments has reached nearly…
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MBK Partners’ sale of Homeplus Express hits a snag over valuation gap
A Homeplus Express store in Seoul MBK Partners’ planned sale of Homeplus Express, the supermarket chain of South Korean hypermarket…
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Doosan Bobcat scraps merger with Doosan Robotics
Doosan Group on Thursday scrapped a merger between heavy machinery maker Doosan Bobcat Inc. and collaborative robot manufacturer Doosan Robotics…
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Hanwha’s heir apparent to unearth new drivers, tighten grip
Polish President Andrzej Sebastian Duda (third from left), Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan (second from left) at the International…
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BGF Retail, Deeping Source to co-work on smart convenience stores
BGF Retail Co., the operator of South Korea’s leading convenience store chain CU, said on Thursday that it signed a…
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Hyundai Mobis 42 new techs utilizing AI, VR
South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Thursday that it held the M-Sphere 2024 exhibition at its Uiwang Research Center…
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S.Korean companies fret over Scope 3 disclosure rule
(Courtesy of KEF) Businesses in South Korea, Asia’s No. 4 economy, are voicing concerns about the government’s plan to mandate…
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One Store vows to crack Apple, Google-led app market with localization
One Store CEO Jeon Dong-jin introduces Taiwan-targetted One Store app market on Aug. 28, 2024 (Courtesy of One Store) One…
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LG Innotek ups automotive electronics patents for future mobility
(Courtesy of LG Innotek) South Korea’s electronics parts maker LG Innotek Co. actively increased patents on its new growth drive…
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IGIS, Naver Labs to develop tech convergence space platform
South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with six companies,…
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Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.5 bn EV battery plant in US
GM’s EV lineup (File photo captured from GM website) Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 battery maker, and General…
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APR, TJX to co-work for supply Medicube products in N.Amerca
South Korea’s cosmetic and clothing company APR said on Wednesday it signed a supply contract with TJX Companies, the North…
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YC-backed Relate defies conventional wisdom for deeper integration
(Courtesy of Pixelic) It may look like David versus Goliath, but Y Combinator-backed Relate has found a sweet spot where…
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BC Card, Uzbekistan to connect payment network
South Korea’s BC Card said on Monday that it signed a contract with Uzbekistan’s state-run payment operator National Interbank Processing…
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S.Korea’s Xingxing to merge Kickgoing
Pump Co., the operator of South Korea’s personal mobility (PM) sharing service Xingxing, said on Monday that it will merge…
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HD KSOE buys Finnish fuel cell maker Convion for $81 mn
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ dockyard in Ulsan HD Hydrogen, a unit of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD…
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Mastern, Woods Capital team up for tech hub
Mastern Investment Management Co., South Korea’s real estate investment firm, said on Monday that its US subsidiary Mastern America LLC…
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Lotte Energy to supply copper foil to Samsung SDI-Stellantis JV
Lotte Energy’s copper foil production line (Courtesy of Lotte Energy Materials) Samsung SDI Co., South Korea’s third-largest battery maker by…
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SK Telecom provides SaaS-based passkey solution for biz
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. said on Monday it offers a passkey system, enabling password-free login and user authentication, via…
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CJ ENM’s CJ Onstyle bets big on live commerce for breakthrough
The celebrity hosts of CJ Onstyle’s new mobile live-stream shopping shows pose for photos at a news conference on Aug.…
