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Do Korea's sidecars still work?

Do Korea's sidecars still work?

With South Korea's stock market having been the world’s most volatile earlier this year, questions are growing over whether the country's sidecar, a five-minute halt on program trading, remains effect

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Will Oriental Brewery's first soju make a splash?

Oriental Brewery, the AB InBev-owned maker of Cass and long the dominant force in Korea's beer market, is shedding its beer-only focus. The company will launch its first soju for the Korean market on
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From shipyards to steel: Why Korea leads humanoid deployment

After humanoid robots took center stage in recent years' AI-driven hype, the critical challenge shifted to real-world deployment — with automotive assembly lines and logistics serving as the primary p
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LG, Microsoft step up AI partnership across data centers, physical AI

LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo has taken the group’s relationship with Microsoft to a new level, agreeing with CEO Satya Nadella on a broader artificial intelligence partnership spanning data-center infrast
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NC pushes global expansion with Astrae Oratio in Japan, Aion 2 worldwide

NC is stepping up its global expansion with a two-track strategy tailored to regional markets, introducing Astrae Oratio in Japan while preparing Aion 2 for a broader international release. The South
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Why Musinsa is taking on Olive Young ahead of its IPO

Musinsa is going up against CJ Olive Young in beauty as it makes its case to investors that the company is worth as much as 10 trillion won ($7.2 billion). The harder sell is to prove that its nonfash
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Samsung breaks ground on FlaktGroup HVAC plant in Gwangju

Samsung Electronics broke ground Monday on a new FlaktGroup heating, ventilation and air-conditioning plant in Gwangju, expanding its capacity to supply cooling systems for artificial intelligence dat
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Volvo ES90 blends sedan poise with SUV practicality

Electric sedans have a packaging problem: Batteries need space, passengers want more of it and neither should come at the expense of the low, elegant profile that defines a sedan. Volvo believes its n
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AI boom gives Samsung pricing power as MLCC supply tightens

The artificial intelligence boom is tightening supplies of multilayer ceramic capacitors, as leading manufacturers shift production toward premium server components and away from mainstream parts used
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Naver-Toss rivalry spills from search into offline payments

Naver and Toss have opened disputes on two fronts, with Naver seeking a police investigation into Toss’ reward-based search campaigns and Toss preparing an antitrust complaint over access to Naver’s m
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Samsung’s foldable lead faces the Apple test

Samsung Electronics has spent seven years developing the Galaxy Z Fold from an experimental device into one of the world’s best-known foldable smartphones. Next month, for the first time, it will face
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Korean Air wins antitrust approval for W4tr mileage merger

South Korea’s antitrust regulator approved Korean Air’s plan to merge its frequent-flyer program with Asiana Airlines’ on Tuesday, clearing the last major hurdle before the carriers become a single le
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Samsung SDS becomes Anthropic’s first Korean Select partner

Samsung SDS has become the first Korean company to attain Select Tier status in Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network, strengthening its ability to help businesses deploy and operate the generative AI pl
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K-coffee chains take second US shot on K-culture wave

American coffee giants, Starbucks chief among them, have long held court in South Korea's cafe scene, but Korean brands have yet to claim similar ground stateside. At a high tide of global interest in
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Samsung Display pushes mobile OLED to 2K at 165Hz

Samsung Display has pushed smartphone OLED performance to a new threshold, developing what it says is the world’s first 6.9-inch panel to combine 2K resolution with a 165-hertz refresh rate while cons
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Musinsa’s first beauty flagship gets a pharmacy twist

Musinsa built its name by spotting fashion trends early. Its latest beauty bet takes it somewhere more clinical — and into more direct competition with Korea’s dominant beauty retailer, CJ Olive Young
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Lotte, KAIST open joint research center

Lotte Group and KAIST have jointly opened a new research and development center, bolstering their industry-to-academia ties while ramping up capabilities for securing next-generation technology. Accor

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