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LG named UK’s best home entertainment brand for five years
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has been named Home Entertainment Brand of the Year at the “Which?…
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Hanwha Foodtech opens R&D center in Seongnam
Hanwha Foodtech, a subsidiary of Hanwha Hotels & Resorts specializing in food and beverages, announced on Wednesday that it opened…
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Korea’s Mobase to build US plant as it wins $733 mn Hyundai deal
Mobase Chairman and co-CEO Son Byeong-Jun speaks to The Korea Economic Daily on May 17, 2024 SUWON, Gyeonggi Province —…
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SK C&C unveils enterprise-tailored sLLM
SK Inc C&C (SK C&C), the information technology service unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that it…
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LG ends XR partnership with Meta; Amazon emerges as new partner
A headset using LG Display’s OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) technology South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. has ended its…
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Korea scraps ban on 80-item online purchase from abroad
Lee Jung-won (fourth from left), second deputy chief of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, speaks during a media briefing…
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South Korean startups’ Tokyo fever sizzles
Korean startup finalists at D.Day in Tokyo on May 16 (Courtesy of D.Camp) Despite the recent Line-Yahoo cacophony, South Korean…
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SeAH to invest $155.3 mn to build special alloy plant in US
SeAH Group, South Korea’s major steel group said to be a steel supplier to SpaceX, is set to make deeper…
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Samsung Heavy unveils eco-friendly ships, AI tech in Europe
An eco-friendly LNG carrier unveiled by Samsung Heavy (Courtesy of Samsung Heavy) Samsung Heavy Industries Co., South Korea’s second-largest shipbuilder,…
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Hyundai’s first full-size electric Genesis GV90 to roll out in late 2025
The rear of the Genesis Neolun Concept unveiled in March The Genesis, Hyundai Motor Co.’s standalone premium brand, will launch its…
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Naver to submit remedies to Japan without A Holdings stake sale
Naver headquarters in South Korea (Courtesy of Yonhap) LY Corp., the operator of Japan’s popular messenger app Line, is expected…
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LG to showcase Google AI-enabled home robots in June
LG Electronics’ robots LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s top home appliances maker, will unveil home robots featuring Google’s generative artificial…
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Hanwha wins fighter jet radar antenna deal from Leonardo
AESA radar for the KF-21, South Korea’s homegrown supersonic fighter jet, under development by Hanwha Systems (File photo, captured from…
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Korean government vows stern response to Tokyo’s Naver handling
Sung Tae-yoon, director of national policy at South Korea’s presidential office, holds a press briefing on Seoul’s response to the…
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Samsung aims to overtake TSMC, Apple with 3 nm Exynos W1000 chip
Samsung Exynos processor chipset Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to apply its latest 3-nanometer chip processing…
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Shinhan, POSCO invest $20 mn in Australian hydrogen startup Hysata
Australian green hydrogen technology startup Hysata’s electrolyzer plant in Wollongong, New South Wales (Courtesy of Hysata, Shinhan) South Korean steel…
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KEPCO teams up with Kyrgyzstan for new energy technology
Kyrgyzstani Minister of Energy Taalaibek Ibraev (left) and KEPCO President and CEO Kim Dong-cheol shake hands after signing a cooperation…
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Hyundai’s JV Motional delays robotaxi commercialization, cuts jobs
The Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxi carrying ride-hail passengers on The Strip in Las Vegas at night (File photo, courtesy of…
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Korea’s Koh Young to launch brain surgery robot in US in 2025
The Kymero, Koh Young’ neurosurgical robot (Courtesy of Koh Young) Koh Young Technology Inc., a South Korean developer of 3D…
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Japan’s pressure mounts on Naver as LY CEO demands ties cut
The logos of the mobile messenger app Line and Yahoo! Japan are seen in this November 2019 file photo (Courtesy…
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South Korea to accept Indonesia’s KF-21 project cost cut proposal
The KF-21 Boramae, South Korea’s first domestically developed fighter jet South Korea plans to accept Indonesia’s request to cut its…
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KT, Nokia to collaborate on global 6G research
South Korea’s KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with global mobile communications equipment manufacturer Nokia…
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Samsung Medison buys AI medical startup Sonio for $93 mn
(Captured from Samsung Medison website) South Korea’s Samsung Medison, a medical equipment subsidiary of the leading global memory chipmaker Samsung…
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UAE to invest up to $1 bn in S.Korean ventures
Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) shakes hands with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan at the Barakah nuclear power…
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Woongjin reborn as IT solution company beyond education firm
Lee Soo-young, co-chief executive of Woongjin Woongjin Co., better known as the home-study workbook brand Woongjin ThinkBig in South Korea,…
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Samsung Electronics unveils 114-inch Micro LED
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it unveiled its 114-inch Micro LED to expand its Micro LED lineup to…
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Samsung sets up team to win AI chip deal from Nvidia
(Courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, established a team for a billions-of-dollars high-bandwidth memory…
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Hyundai to launch new hydrogen-powered NEXO in Q2 2025
The Hyundai NEXO FCEV (Courtesy of Hyundai Motor) South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. plans to introduce a next-generation…
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Japan’s request to shed Naver’s Line control ‘unprecedented’: CEO
Mobile messenger app Line (right) is indirectly owned by Korea’s Naver and Japan’s SoftBank (Courtesy of Nikkei) TOKYO – South…
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Hankook Tire buys $1 bn Hanon Systems stake from Hahn & Co
Hanon Systems’ modular car platform for electric vehicles are supplied to Volkswagen Hankook Tire and Technology Co. on Friday reached…
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HD Hyundai, ABS to set standards for e-propulsion ships
South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., partnered with the…
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Hyundai to spend $923 mn on self-driving JV Motional
Motional’s IONIQ 5 robotaxi in front of the Sphere in Las Vegas (Courtesy of Motional) Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s…
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Jusung Engineering to spin off major units
South Korea’s Jusung Engineering Co. plans to spin off its semiconductor, solar, and display equipment businesses and transform into a…
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Rakuten backs S.Korea’s new mobile carrier Stage X
Sharad Sriwastawa (center left), co-CEO of Rakuten Mobile and president of Rakuten Symphony, poses for a photo with Seo Sang-won…
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LG Chem, Saudi’s Alkhorayef join hands for seawater project
Hyung Hoon, head of LG Water Solutions (far left), Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al Fadley, Saudi’s agriculture minister (center) and Mohammad…
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NGeneBio to transfer NGS tech to UAE company
South Korean medical diagnostic company NGeneBio Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with the United Arab Emirates…
