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Shipping & Shipbuilding Samsung Heavy makes breakthrough in FLNG liquefaction technology

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a major Korean shipbuilder, has made a breakthrough in its liquefaction technology for floating liquefied natural gas ...

Energy Hanwha, LG join hands to take on Tesla with solar energy package

LG and Hanwha groups will join forces to develop and sell solar energy devices as a package to challenge Tesla Inc., the leader in the solar energy ...

Korean startups Two out of 5 CEOs hold negative views on Korean startup scene

Nearly half of South Korean startups hold negative views on the country’s startup ecosystem, citing the prolonged startup funding winter and t...

Corporate strategy Lotte leader Shin Dong-bin stresses pivot to AI-centered innovation

Shin Dong-bin, chairman of South Korea’s retail, food and chemicals conglomerate Lotte, on Friday urged affiliate executives to ramp up effort...

Earnings Kakao bets on AI bot for breakthrough

Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant chat app KakaoTalk, will seek a breakthrough with an artificial intelligence-powered bot a...

Venture capital S.Korean VCs go global for breakthrough

South Korean venture capitalists are actively discovering attractive investment assets overseas to find a breakthrough amid a prolonged local VC dro...

Tech, Media & Telecom SK Telecom rolls out super-fast 400 Gbps 5G wired network

South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday announced a national first through its 400 gigabit per second (Gbps) high-capacity wired network used ...

Korean games Korean game market needs new titles for breakthrough

South Korean game developers are struggling to revive gamers’ interest without releasing new blockbuster titles to fill the big shoes left by ...

Corporate strategy Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation

Disregarding existing ways and being open to new opportunities are challenging in South Korea’s large conglomerates, where a strict corporate ...

Research & Development Korean scientists publish breakthrough in high-resolution X-ray imaging

South Korean scientists led by physicist Park Yongkeun with global achievements in medical science and engineering have discovered a new X-ray imagi...

Korean chipmakers Samsung prepares for DRAM upturn with bold investment even after chip output cut

Samsung Electronics Co. has joined its peers in cutting memory chip production on its chip division’s anticipated first loss in more than a de...

Tech, Media & Telecom SK Telecom develops reconfigurable surface tech for 6G transmission

SK Telecom Co. on Thursday said it developed the world's first reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology that transmits 6G candidate frequ...

Tech, Media & Telecom KETI localizes core software for metal 3D printing

Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) on Tuesday said it developed domestic software to boost quality in manufacturing using metal 3D printe...

Artificial intelligence LG Group think tank unveils breakthrough AI tech Exaone

LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence (AI) think tank of South Korea's LG Group, on Thursday unveiled Exaone, a gigantic AI technology that ra...

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 ...

Mobile networks LG Elec takes quantum leap in 6G with THz band breakthrough

LG Electronics Inc. has made a breakthrough in next-generation networks by transferring wireless 6G terahertz (THz) data over a 100-meter distance i...