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K-pop KAIST launches Korean rapper G-Dragon’s music into space

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has launched the music and iris image of G-Dragon, a Korean rapper and singer-songw...

Culture & Trends Nobel laureate Han Kang craze revives Korean book market

South Koreans are flocking to bookstores to snap up 2024 Nobel laureate Hang Kang’s novels, making her books — and even those of her nov...

Fashion Management dispute brewing at leggings brand Xexymix operator Brand X?

A leadership change in Brand X Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top leggings brand Xexymix, is spawning speculation that a management cont...

Mergers & Acquisitions KCGI buys control of Hanyang Securities for $166 mn

KCGI, a South Korean private equity firm, has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Hanyang Securities Co. for 220.3 billion won ($166 million), slig...

Future mobility Hyundai, Kia team up with KAIST on self-driving car sensor

Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s two largest automakers, have joined hands with the nation's top national research university to...

Executive reshuffles Kang Shin-ho returns as CJ CheilJedang CEO to revive sagging sales

South Korea’s CJ Group, which operates the country’s largest food and beverage company CJ CheilJedang Corp. and entertainment giant CJ E...

Research & Development KAIST, MIT jointly open Quantum Winter School

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Monday that it is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Techn...

Batteries LG Energy, KAIST develop Li-Metal battery tech for improved EV range

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd. and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) have developed a lithium-metal batt...

Bio & Pharma KAIST, IVI to collaborate on global vaccine research

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the I...

Bio & Pharma KAIST discovers diabetes treatment using light

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Wednesday that they have discovered a method to treat diabetes by insert...

Aerospace & Defense KAIST discloses Earth images from Next-Gen Small Sat 2

The main payload satellite Next-Generation Small Satellite 2" of the Nuri, launched on May 25, has been confirmed to be operating perfectly, as anno...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha Aerospace, KAIST to jointly develop off-road self-driving techs

South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have launched a joint project to develop off-r...

Robotics Team from KAIST wins Quadruped Robot Challenge of UK

A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has won the Quadruped Robot Challenge of the UK, easily beating models fr...

Culture & Trends Jaeger-LeCoultre unveils project with S.Korean artist

The Swiss luxury watch and clock maker Jaeger-LeCoultre on Monday unveiled "Origin," a collaborative work with South Korean digital media artist Y...

Aerospace & Defense S.Korean Army opens Future & Innovation Research Center at KAIST

South Korean army announced that the Korea Army Research Center for Future & Innovation, a defense-related advanced science and technology resea...

Tech, Media & Telecom S.Korea to prop up quantum tech with academia, private sector   

South Korea, trailing in the global race for quantum technology, will open a new quantum technology-dedicated graduate school with a consortium led ...

Leadership & Management Catering firm Ourhome CEO wins 1st round in sibling feud

South Korea’s catering firm Ourhome Ltd. has wrapped up the first round of its sibling dispute after its shareholders on Tuesday voted in favo...

ESG Kakao Impact, KAIST team up for social change through technology

Kakao Impact, a corporate foundation of Kakao Corp., South Korea’s top mobile platform company, said on Tuesday it has agreed to work with the...

Future mobility KAIST, Hyundai sign agreement for high-speed self-driving research

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) announced that it would embark on research into high-speed autonomous driving techn...

Robotics Samsung Electronics, KAIST join forces to train robotics experts

Samsung Electronics Co. has partnered with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to cultivate specialists in robotics. On M...

Tech, Media & Telecom AhnLab CEO Kang: Betting on next-gen technology from detection to cloud

Kang Suk-Kyoon, CEO of AhnLab, Inc. proposed a strategy to develop next-generation models and technologies, such as solutions to detect and respond ...

Aerospace & Defense LIG Nex1, KAIST, HHI sign MOU for unmanned marine system partnership

South Korea's defense contractor LIG Nex1 Co. took part in the "2022 Yi Sun-sin Defense Industry Exhibition" held at the Jinhae Naval Academy on Wed...

Research & Development KAIST invents world's 1st rubber-like printed circuit board

South Korea's top science and technology university has invented the world's first printed circuit board (PCB) that bends and stretches like rubber ...

Tech, Media & Telecom Hansol Group, KAIST to launch new tech, AI research center

South Korea’s Hansol Group and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have agreed to establish a research center to de...

Business & Politics KAIST, NYU to operate joint campus in New York City from 2023

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea's most prestigious national research university, and New York University wil...

Carbon neutrality Lotte Group to donate $10.4 mn to KAIST to build R&D, design centers

Lotte Corp. announced on Monday that it will donate 14 billion won ($10.4 million) to the prestigious Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Techno...

Artificial intelligence KAIST says its computation engine outperforms Google's, IBM's

Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), a prestigious South Korean university, unveiled an artificial intelligence computation...

Artificial intelligence KAIST develops brain-like, large-scale memory system

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), a prestigious South Korean university, has developed a highly-reliable, large-scal...

Korean startups Top-ranking S.Korean universities become hotbeds for promising startups

South Korean universities have become hotbeds for promising startups. Leading the trend are two of the country's best-known higher education ...

Korean startups KAIST Holdings to open US offices with $8.4 bn value in mind

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on Tuesday announced the blueprint to strengthen its foothold in the United States an...