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Pension funds CPPIB invests in Seoul office building for rental housing conversion

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and South Korean property developer MGRV have jointly acquired the headquarters of a domestic women...

Korean games Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures named Google Play's Best Game

"Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures", the globally popular mobile game of South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp., was selected the Best for Googl...

Artificial intelligence SK Telecom partners with Perplexity to level up conversational search

South Korea's largest telecom company SK Telecom Co. will enhance its conversational search services through a partnership with US AI search startup...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai Marine wins $30 mn LNG-FSU conversion deal

South Korea's HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co. secured its first project to convert a floating storage unit for liquefied natural gas (LNG-FSU).HD Hyu...

Tech, Media & Telecom Kakao to launch conversational AI platform for B2C commerce

South Korean mobile platform giant Kakao Corp. said on Thursday that it will accelerate its artificial intelligence push by launching a conversation...

Bio & Pharma Huonslab eyes speedy anticancer drug delivery with new patent

South Korean biotech Huons Global Co. said on Tuesday that its research and development unit Huonslab has issued a domestic patent claiming a techno...

Retail Hyundai Premium Outlet runs AI Human for foreign customer

South Korea's Hyundai Premium Outlet announced on Tuesday that it will trial the artificial intelligence (AI) service AI Human at its Songdo store u...

Corporate bonds Korea intensifies rules on CB conversion price adjustment

South Korea will strengthen regulations on the conversion prices of convertible bonds (CBs) to protect stakeholders from excessive share dilution, t...

Energy Doosan Enerbility wins deal for fuel conversion project in Chile

South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Tuesday that it has won a contract for a fuel conversion project at a t...

Artificial intelligence Conversational AI startup Rapeech attracts $4.4 mn investment

South Korean conversational artificial intelligence (AI) startup Rapeech announced on Sunday that it attracted an investment of 6 billion won ($4....

Korean startups SM Entertainment founder invests $5.2 million in Mindlogic

K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co.'s founder and former Chief Producer Lee Soo-man is expected to invest up to 10 billion won ($7.5 million) in Mind...

Artificial intelligence ESTsoft launches conversational AI service Alan

South Korea's AI service specialist company ESTsoft Corp. announced on Tuesday that it launched its conversational artificial intelligence (AI) serv...

Entertainment HYBE to showcase game voice AI tech at G-Star 2023

Supertone, HYBE Co.'s AI audio subsidiary, is set to participate in the international gaming exhibition G-Star 2023, taking place from Nov. 16 to 18...

Korean startups TUNiB launches multi-persona AI chatbot DearMate

South Korean generative artificial intelligence (AI) startup TUNiB on Thursday announced the launch of DearMate, a mobile app for free conversatio...

Artificial intelligence Samsung to apply GenAI to all home appliances from 2024

BERLIN, GERMANY - Samsung Electronics Co. from next year will incorporate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into all home appliances and de...

Artificial intelligence Hyundai Engineering to develop conversational AI for construction

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. is developing a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) program for use in the plant and construction sect...

Carbon neutrality Hanwha, Shell join S.Korea-Malaysia carbon capture project

Korea National Oil Corp., Hanwha Corp., Air Liquide Korea and Shell have become the latest entities to join the Shepherd CCS project, a major cross-...

Shipping & Shipbuilding HD Hyundai to expand LNG tanker conversion biz with orders

HD Hyundai Global Service, the ship retrofit subsidiary of the world’s second-largest shipbuilder HD Hyundai Co., is poised to bag orders to c...

Automobiles Hyundai partners with 5 universities for carbon neutrality center

In a bid to accelerate the development of carbon-neutral technologies, Hyundai Motor Group has joined forces with prominent domestic universities.Th...

Mergers & Acquisitions HMM officially put on sale with CB conversion shares

The privatization of South Korea’s No. 1 sea flag carrier HMM Co. has gained traction after an official announcement of its stake sale. But th...

Carbon neutrality POSCO Int'l to cut carbon emissions 37% by 2030

South Korea's largest trading company POSCO International on Sunday said it officially declared its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 to b...

Artificial intelligence SK Telecom adds ChatGPT-based services to A Dot

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Friday that it has completely revamped the user experience (UX) and added ChatT, based on ChatGPT, to allo...

Artificial intelligence Genie Music launches AI-based arrangement service

Genie Music, the music production and distribution affiliate of South Korea’s KT Corp., has launched an arrangement service for digital music ...

Artificial intelligence Wrtn to offer free access GPT-4 conversation services

South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies announced on Thursday that it will offer unlimited free access to its conversation feature...

Shipping & Shipbuilding Daewoo Shipbuilding, GE Power Conversion to develop smart ship tech

South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the global energy...

Artificial intelligence S.Korean startup DeepBrain AI unveils 3D virtual human B2B technology

South Korean AI startup DeepBrain AI has unveiled a 3D virtual human B2B technology that can engage in real-time conversations, display emotional ex...

Automobiles Hyundai Motor offers Bluelink free to new customers in US

Hyundai Motor Co. in a world first is offering lifetime membership of its connected car care service Bluelink free to new customers in the US, judgi...

Artificial intelligence KT to unveil super AI to challenge OpenAI's ChatGPT

South Korea’s KT Corp. is set to commercialize a super artificial intelligence (AI) tool in the first half of this year, according to industry...

Memo from Howard Marks Conversation at Panmure House

I recently was asked by Patrick Schotanus of Edinburgh Business School to participate in their inaugural symposium on the subject of cognitive e...

Naver launches conversational search engine service 

South Korea’s internet juggernaut Naver Corp. announced Friday it has launched a conversational search engine service called Knowledge Interac...