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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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KT to make AI, media-focused reshuffle in July
KT’s operating profit margin stays at a single-digit level KT Corp., South Korea’s largest telecom service provider, is slated to…
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Lotte Energy Materials sets sights beyond copper foil: CEO Kim
Lotte Energy Materials CEO Kim Yeon-seop at InterBattery Europe 2024 in Munich, Germany MUNICH – Lotte Energy Materials Corp. is…
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Yogiyo to begin autonomous robot delivery tests in August
Delivery robots in collaboration between Yogiyo and Neubility Yogiyo, South Korea’s second-largest food delivery app, announced on Friday that it…
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SK Shieldus, CP6 team up for autonomous vehicle security
SK Shieldus Co., the unmanned security subsidiary of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Friday that it has signed an…
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EcoPro BM in talks to produce sodium-ion battery cathodes
EcoPro BM’s headquarters and manufacturing facilities MUNICH, Germany – EcoPro BM Co., a South Korea cathode material producer, is in…
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Hyundai Motor eyes hydrogen value chain leadership
Hyundai Motor CEO Chang Jaehoon (far right) takes over from Yoshinori Kanehana (far left), Chairman of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, as…
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Uniqconn raises $7 mn in Series A round
South Korea’s system semiconductor startup Uniqconn announced on Tuesday that it attracted 10 billion won ($7.24 million) in Series A…
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Korean IT firms prefer engineers with business capabilities
Female software engineer writing code on desktop computer with multiple screens setup in coworking office space (Courtesy of Getty Images…
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SK Hynix patents-owned Mimir IP files complaint against Micron
A smartphone with a Micron logo is placed on a computer motherboard Mimir IP, a South Korea-based patent management company,…
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Samsung to launch 3D HBM chip packaging service in 2024
Samsung Foundry Forum 2024 took place in San Jose on June 12 SAN JOSE — Samsung Electronics Co. will launch three-dimensional…
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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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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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Samsung unveils new foundry tech; AI chip sales to rise ninefold
Samsung’s foundry business chief Choi Si-young unveils a new chipmaking tech at Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) 2024 in San Jose…
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Affluent Gen Xers lead e-commerce shopping in South Korea
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Affluent Generation Xers, also pioneers in the digital landscape who navigated the early days of personal…
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L’Oréal to nurture K-Beauty startups
L’Oréal, the world’s largest cosmetics group, announced on Wednesday that it is recruiting digital and innovative technology companies to participate…
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Korea grants RideFlux temporary Level 4 self-driving permit
An autonomous driving vehicle made with RideFlux’s technology RideFlux Inc., a South Korean autonomous driving technology startup, has received a…
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Hyundai E&C, KAERI partner to commercialize next-gen reactors
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Wednesday that it signed a public-private partnership agreement for the sodium-cooled…
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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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Hanwha picked to develop KF-21’s escort plane radars
A concept image of unmanned planes escorting the KF-21 fighter (Courtesy of Hanwha Systems) Hanwha Systems Co., a South Korean…
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Hyundai Mobis unveils M.VICS 5.0
Hyundai Mobis, the world’s sixth-largest auto parts maker, unveiled the latest version of its next-generation integrated cockpit system M.VICS 5.0…
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LG Uplus’ AI ixi to be available on Instagram
Screenshot captured from LG Uplus ixi Instagram page LG Uplus Corp. will enable its artificial intelligence ixi on Instagram later…
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HYBE accelerates transition into platform company
(Courtesy of Yonhap) HYBE Co. is accelerating its push to transform into a platform company as it is set to…
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LG Chairman Koo to embark on US trip to oversee battery, AI projects
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG, will embark on a weeklong business…
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Korean retail investors’ US stockholding at record high
(Courtesy of Getty Images) South Korean individual investors’ US stockholdings swelled to a record $82.19 billion as of early June…
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Hyundai, Kia to require tougher ESG compliance from subcontractors
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group plans to require stricter environmental, social and governance rule compliance from its partners…
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Southeast Asia, Korea Inc’s new IT outsourcing powerhouse
Software developers working at Mobile C&C Cambodia’s office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Jun 5, 2024 PHNOM PENH – South…
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Samsung to offer AI features in Galaxy Z6 foldable series
Samsung Electronics’ employee demonstrates Galaxy AI features in the Galaxy S24 phone at 2024 MWC (Courtesy of Samsung Electronics) Samsung…
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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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LG Uplus, GIST to build metaverse campus
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday a business agreement with the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)…
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Nvidia co-leads Series A round for AI startup Twelve Labs
(Photo file, courtesy of Twelve Labs) Global chip giant Nvidia Corp. has co-led a $50 million Series A funding for…
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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…
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LG Energy, ADI tie up for fast-charging EV battery technologies
Roger Keen, ADI’s general manager for battery management (left), and Lee Dalhoon, LG Energy’s head of the BMS R&D Center,…
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Korea’s KT, Microsoft form strategic alliance on AI, cloud sectors
KT CEO Kim Young-shub (left) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shake hands after signing a strategic partnership at Microsoft’s headquarters…
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Sampyo Group enters automated robotic parking business
South Korea’s SP&Mobility, a robotics unit of Sampyo Group, unveiled its MPSystem on Monday, an automated robotic parking system designed…
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Samsung releases 2024 lineup of gaming monitors
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it launched its new 2024 lineup of gaming monitors, Odyssey OLED, and high-resolution…
