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‘Korea’s solar push might end up helping China’IndustryFeb 28, 2021Clean energy, new jobs and a revitalized local economy. President Moon Jae-in’s Green New Deal is billed to serve all these purposes. Yet, its push for solar energy runs the risk of fattening the po... -
Hanwha Group Chairman Kim returns to management after 7 yearsIndustryFeb 26, 2021Hanwha Group said Friday that Chairman Kim Seung-youn will come back to management as an unregistered representative of three Hanwha units, ending his seven-year absence. According to Hanwha Group, ... -
Smilegate’s latest game commemorates March 1 Independence Movement DayIndustryFeb 26, 2021Smilegate said Friday it will release Wonhon: A vengeful spirit to recount the atrocities South Koreans suffered under Japanese colonial rule and to celebrate the upcoming 102th anniversary of March ... -
Walt Disney Korea appoints new chief Tom OhIndustryFeb 26, 2021Walt Disney said Friday it has appointed Tom Oh as chief of its Korean branch to bolster its presence in the country. Tom Oh, whose previous post was the head of direct-to-consumer business division... -
Krafton now highest-paying gaming firm in KoreaIndustryFeb 25, 2021Krafton said Thursday it has raised the salary of new and existing employees by as much as 20 million won ($18,000), becoming the best-paying gaming firm in South Korea. According to the publisher o... -
Korean battery makers' premium strategy faces challengeIndustryFeb 25, 2021South Korean battery giants’ strategy for the electric vehicle market has been to go for premium, high-performance batteries, but the recent strides of Chinese makers with cheaper and less powerful b... -
Science journal Nature highlights Korea’s next-gen solar cell on front pageTechnologyFeb 25, 2021A next-generation solar cell developed by South Korean research team made the cover of leading science journal Nature, according to the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology on Thursday. T... -
Korea launches ‘carbon agency’ to spur flying car developmentIndustryFeb 24, 2021South Korea on Wednesday launched a new regulatory agency dedicated to accelerating the utilization of carbon materials in five core industries, including future mobility. The Korea Carbon Industry ... -
Samsung SDI to inject W1tr into Hungary battery plantIndustryFeb 23, 2021Samsung SDI said Tuesday it will inject 1 trillion won ($900 million) into its battery plant in Goed, 30 kilometers north of Budapest, Hungary. In a regulatory filing, the battery maker said its Eur... -
Texas blackout: A harsh lesson for Korea’s wind power industry?IndustryFeb 23, 2021The recent Texas ice storm, which froze wind turbines and caused massive blackouts, sparked a heated debate on the efficacy of wind power in the United States -- a debate that has spilled over to Sou... -
SK Innovation to liquidate 49% of SK Global Chemical for green transitionIndustryFeb 23, 2021SK Innovation said Tuesday that it would sell off 49 percent of its petrochemical subsidiary, SK Global Chemical, as part of a strategy to unload carbon-intensive assets and focus its investments on ... -
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[Time to Play] JBL Quantum One, for those willing to spend extra to winIndustryFeb 23, 2021Here’s the deal. The JBL Quantum series are decent headphones, but are they worth the price? Launched under the slogan “Sound is Survival,” the Quantum series are JBL’s first-ever headsets, designed... -
Samsung Electronics gets first homemade ultrathin copper foilsIndustryFeb 23, 2021Iljin Materials said Tuesday it has shipped the first batch of domestically produced ultrathin copper foils to be used for semiconductor packing to Samsung Electronics. According to the electronic m... -
LIG Nex1 heads to IDEX 2021, knocks on Middle East marketIndustryFeb 21, 2021LIG Nex1 said Sunday it is participating in the International Defense Exhibition and Conference 2021 to showcase its next-generation defense technologies. According to the South Korean aerospace and... -
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[News Focus] Call for transparency as gamers take issue with real odds of ‘random’ itemsIndustryFeb 21, 2021Last week, Nexon apologized for misleading users of the odds of receiving different types of probability-based items inside its fantasy adventure PC game MapleStory, becoming the first company here t...
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