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hen the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) epidemic hit Korea in 2015, leaving 38 people dead and 16,693 others quarantined, KT floated a novel idea. The company wanted to trace the migration and path of virus carriers using GPS information from smartphones and navigations. Given the serious…
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Representatives from Samsung SDS and its blockchain consortium partners for shipping and logistics pose during an inaugural meeting at its campus in Pangyo, Gyeonggi-do, on May 31. (Photo: Samsung SDS)
The logistics sector has become the first area in Korea to employ a blockchain technology. …
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Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun introduces the Kona, Hyundai Motor’s new SUV in the B segment of the SUVs at the automaker’s new studio in Ilsan near Seoul on June 13. (Photos: Hyundai Motor)
Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun debuted the Kona at the Kona World Premiere, the first SUV in the B segment, prod…
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LG Chem Vice Chairman Park Jin-soo. (Photo: LG Chem)LG Chem is concentrating its capabilities on the nurturing of core businesses, including basic materials, batteries, IT/electronics materials and life science. The company aims at becoming a “global top five” chemical company by advancing its bus…
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A number of key officials of Lotte Group led by Chairman Shin Dong-bin clap hands at a ceremony to open the Lotte R&D Center in Magok, Seoul, on June 1.
Lotte Group, Korea's food and retail giant, unveiled on June 1 its new research and development (R&D) center in eastern Seoul, vowing to s…
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CJ Group Chairman Lee Jay-hyun (Photo: CJ Group)CJ Jeiljedang will formally make inroads into the frozen food market in Russia as the company now has taken over Ravioli, a frozen food company in Russia, for 30 billion won, the company announced on June 1. The company is on its way to taking a 90 per…
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Hanwha Chemical President Kim Chang-beom
hanwha Chemical has decided to mass produce an eco-friendly plasticizer that do not cause harm to human body. A plasticizer is added to rubbers and resins to impart flexibility, workability, or strechability.
Hanwha Chemical’s third plant at the Ulsa…
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LSIS Chairman Koo Ja-kyun. (Photos: LSIS)
LSIS said its executives and staff, together with members of the Environment Action Association, and 30 local residents, all chipped in to clean the Anyang Stream, flowing through Seoksu-dong, Anyang, Gyeonggi Province. The group cleared out all kinds of de…
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Former Chairman Cho Suk-rae of Hyosung Group. (Photos: Hyosung Group)
Hyosung Group published a collection of articles written by 80 people on its former Chairman Cho Seok-rae on May 31 through a Publication Committee led by Chairman Sohn Byung-doo, who also heads the Hoam Foundation as chairman.
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Chairman Suh Kyung-bae of AmorePacific Co.A view of Outrun, a sun cream to protect the skin of athletes who train under hot sun, developed by a Lean Startup, run by a number of volunteers among the employees to come with a brand new cosmetics brand for the company. Chairman Suh initiated the in-hous…
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Secretary General To Lam of the Vietnamese Communist Party, escorted by BPA President Song Sang-geun, looks around the seventh wharf of Busan New Port, the nation’s first fully automated terminal, on Aug. 13. (Photo: BPA)Busan and Vietnam are streng…
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Jeollanam-do Gov. Kim Young-rok and other participants pose for a group photo while attending a policy session on Yeosu and Gwangyang ports, hub ports for Artic routes at the provincial government building on July 11. (Photo: Jeollanam-do)Yeosu Gwang…
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President Lee Jae-myung and First Lady Kim Hae-kyung attend a ceremony to receive a letter of “light appointment” from 80 national representatives, at the Gwanghwamun Plaza in Sejong the Great Boulevard in Seoul on Aug. 15, symbolizing popular sove…
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Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok announces Incheon’s AI innovation vision at the AI vision announcement and contract signing ceremony at Incheon Startup Park in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, on Aug. 4. (Photo: Incheon City)The Incheon City government said the muni…
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