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Kakao founder pledges to donate more than half of assetsFeb 8, 2021The founder of South Korea's top mobile messenger operator Kakao Corp. said Monday that he will donate more than half of his wealth -- currently estimated to be more than 10 trillion won ($8.9 billio... -
AfreecaTV enjoys record annual sales in 2020Feb 8, 2021South Korea‘s biggest live streaming platform AfreecaTV saw its revenue and operating profit hit new highs in 2020, the company said Monday. According to a regulatory filing, the company’s revenue a... -
Kakao Games’ 2020 sales best in company’s historyFeb 8, 2021Kakao Games, the gaming unit of South Korea’s leading messenger app operator Kakao, registered 495.5 billion won ($442.9 million) in revenue last year, the best figure since the company started busin... -
Hyosung launches recycled plastic clothing brand G3H10Feb 8, 2021Hyosung TNC, the fiber production unit of Hyosung Group, said Monday that it has launched a clothing brand to showcase garments made of recycled plastic and organic cotton. The first product from th... -
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[News Focus] World’s first ‘hydrogen law’ takes effect. What's in it?Feb 8, 2021To usher in the hydrogen economy, South Korea passed the world’s first hydrogen law. It centers on the development of an ecosystem for a hydrogen economy and expanded public access to the alternative... -
Celltrion Pharm launches Remsima SC in KoreaFeb 8, 2021Rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease can now be treated at home by patient -
LG Display to invest additional $750m for its Vietnamese plant: reportsFeb 8, 2021LG Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, will make an additional $750 million investment in its plant in Vietnam, news reports showed Monday, as the company eyes expanding OLED pan... -
Korea Shipbuilding bags W152b order from OceaniaFeb 8, 2021Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Monday it has won a 152 billion-won ($136 million) order from Oceanian companies. Under the deal, two 40,000-cubic meter liquefied petroleum gas (L... -
Doosan Infracore wins large-scale orders from emerging marketsFeb 8, 2021Top construction equipment maker Doosan Infracore Co. said Monday that it has won orders of 221 units of construction equipment from emerging markets such as Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Central... -
Celltrion's Remsima SC lands in S. KoreaFeb 8, 2021South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. said Monday that its drug Remsima SC for the treatment of autoimmune diseases has begun sales in the country. The subcutaneous (SC) version of Rems... -
Samsung seeks Texas tax cut for foundry, claiming $8.9b boost to economyFeb 7, 2021Samsung Electronics’ plans to build semiconductor foundry plants in the US could yield $8.9 billion in the local economy, according to analysis by Impact DataSource, quoted in Samsung Electronics’ le... -
SK Innovation considers arbitration proceedings against Peruvian governmentFeb 7, 2021SK Innovation said Sunday it is considering initiating international arbitration proceedings against the Peruvian government for blocking the company’s exit from Camisea Gas Project in Peru. The Sou... -
LG Chem brand value grows amid pandemicFeb 7, 2021LG Chem is the only firm among the world’s top seven chemical companies that saw its brand value grow amid the pandemic. According to the Brand Finance Chemicals 25 2021 report, the South Korean che... -
Only 2.5% of South Korean firms utilize AI: reportFeb 7, 2021South Korean companies have become familiar with using mobile devices in their businesses, but only a handful of them are utilizing new information and communication technologies including artificial... -
Samsung Electronics rolls out Galaxy A12 at W275,000 in KoreaFeb 7, 2021Samsung Electronics will launch the Galaxy A12 phone in South Korea on Tuesday at a price of 275,000 won ($246). The Galaxy A12 has four cameras on the back, with a 5,000-milliamp-hour battery des...
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