Temu says 91% of surveyed Korean sellers report business gains
Chinese e-commerce platform Temu said Friday that a survey it conducted found that 91 percent of Korean sellers reported improvements in their businesses after joining the online marketplace, includin...
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Samsung Biologics labor dispute drags on as union stages another strike
Samsung Biologics' unionized workers staged another strike Friday, as wage and collective bargaining negotiations between labor and management have dragged on for more than six months. With global riv...
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Lotte Chemical remains in red in Q3
Lotte Chemical Corp. on Friday reported its third-quarter net loss of 289.8 billion won ($213.6 million), remaining in the red compared with a year ago. The company, which makes advanced chemical prod...
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Hanwha Engine Q3 net profit down 61.7% to $8.6 mil.
Hanwha Engine on Friday reported its third-quarter net income of 11.6 billion won ($8.6 million), down 61.7 percent from a year earlier. The company, which is part of Korea's largest weapons producer ...
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4 decades on, Maestro charts new course in Italian elegance
Introduced in 1986, LF's premium menswear brand Maestro is one of Korea's longest-running menswear labels, having spent four decades adapting its styles and sizing to better suit Korean men's physique...
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Hankook Tire & Technology Q3 net income down 59.5% to $116.2 mil.
Hankook Tire & Technology on Friday reported its third-quarter net income of 157.9 billion won ($116.2 million), down a sharp 59.5 percent from a year earlier. The firm, one of the largest tire makers...
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Kia to invest $2.2 bil. in Gwangju to build PBV mobility ecosystem by 2029
Kia Corp. said Friday it will invest 3 trillion won ($2.2 billion) through 2029 in the southwestern city of Gwangju to establish an ecosystem for purpose-built vehicles (PBVs). The Korean automaker si...
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Nongshim takes Shin Ramyun food truck to northeastern India
Korean food company Nongshim is running a Shin Ramyun food truck in northeastern India to build its brand in a market of 1.4 billion people, the company said Friday. The truck started its tour Oct. 30...
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SK Biopharmaceuticals builds massive AI dataset to speed up drug discovery
SK Biopharmaceuticals, a Korean firm focused on developing original prescription drugs, has built a massive artificial intelligence (AI) dataset of more than 7 million chemical entries to streamline c...
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Doosan Corp. expands in China to boost supply of key materials for AI chips, smartphones
Doosan Corp., a major supplier of core materials for high-tech electronics, is expanding its manufacturing footprint in China to boost production of copper-clad laminates — essential components used i...
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TPG to take Lotte Rental private via tender offer
U.S. private equity firm Texas Pacific Group (TPG) will acquire the remaining shares in Korea's leading car rental company, Lotte Rental, through a tender offer by early next month, the company said F...
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Lam Research appoints Kim Tae-won as new Korea head
Lam Research said Friday it has appointed Kim Tae-won as the new regional vice president of Korea, succeeding Park Joon-hong, who has worked at the U.S. semiconductor equipment maker for nearly 25 yea...
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Palantir signs partnership with Korean footwear manufacturer
Few people who lace up a pair of Nike sneakers have heard of Changshin, but there is a good chance the Busan-based company made them. And before long, those shoes may carry Palantir's technology, too....
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Celebrity restauranteur Paik Jong-won suits up as delivery rider to promote new pizza
Celebrity restaurateur and entrepreneur Paik Jong-won traded his usual role as a restaurant executive for that of a delivery rider, personally bringing pizzas to customers to promote a new menu item f...
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Why Lumos thinks Singapore needs another affordable Android tablet brand
The homegrown projector brand is taking on the crowded tablet market with four models starting from S$139, including a new 12-inch Tablet Ultra....
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Celebrity restaurateur Paik Jong-won suits up as delivery rider to promote new pizza
Celebrity restaurateur and entrepreneur Paik Jong-won traded his usual role as a restaurant executive for that of a delivery rider, personally bringing pizzas to customers to promote a new menu item f...
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Does the Democratic midterm victory spell the end of US AI data centre boom?
The sweeping midterm election victory by US Democrats has triggered warnings from analysts that an impending regulatory clampdown could derail the nation’s multi-trillion-dollar artificial intelligenc...
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AI can help me think faster, but I still have to decide how I actually use AI in healthcare
One of the biggest changes AI has brought to my work is that I can do more. I am no longer as daunted by the mundane work involved in getting something started. A research idea, teaching session or pr...
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Singapore tops a new Commonwealth AI readiness index, but Australia’s results show where the real gap lies
Young Singaporeans are the best prepared in the Commonwealth to ride the AI wave, according to a new index. The more useful lesson for Southeast Asia, however, sits with Australia, the country in thir...
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Here are 6 new features coming to iOS 27.3 that you need to know
Apple’s upcoming iOS 27.3 is going to be a big update....
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Malaysia carried Southeast Asia’s IPO market in 2026. The rest of the region went quiet
Strip Malaysia out of the numbers, and Southeast Asia’s public markets in 2026 look less like a listing venue and more like a waiting room. Southeast Asia recorded 56 initial public offerings (IPOs) r...
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The ROG Xbox Ally X20 will be available as a standalone purchase, with pre-orders starting from 16 Nov
It was previously only available as part of a bundle with the ROG Xreal R1 Edition 20....
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Start with the problem, not the token: What Wall Street’s tokenisation push means for Southeast Asian founders
During five weeks in the United States, I spent much of my time in New York exploring the intersection of blockchain, finance, and emerging technology. I attended Avalanche Summit, spoke about stablec...
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I automated my entire life with AI agents. Then a 2 am voice note exposed the lie
I spent months building the ultimate autonomous productivity engine to eliminate every bottleneck, until a founder in crisis made me realise that execution is cheap, but presence is priceless. The ter...
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Nothing announces new flagship Headphone (1) Pro headphones with audiophile features *Updated*
These headphones will likely sound different, thanks to a new tuning partner....
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Razer’s releases the Raiju V3 Pro Signature Edition, but only for a limited run
The Raiju V3 Pro Signature Edition controller will be available starting 10 November, but only 1,337 of them will be sold....
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Taiwan’s envoy says its startups are capable enough to go global, with Singapore as the first step
SINGAPORE: The aisles around the Taiwan Pavilion at SWITCH 2026 were busy. At Booth Q01 of Sands Expo and Convention Centre, 33 Taiwanese startups spent three days, from 27 to 29 October, meeting visi...
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Meta, TikTok, Google sue California over child online safety restrictions
Meta, TikTok and Google filed separate lawsuits against California over a new law seeking to tighten restrictions on child social media usage, arguing the legislation violates the companies’ First Ame...
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Markets tank after post-Election Day surge
Stocks nosedived Thursday, one day after rallying on the heels of Democrats’ resounding midterm victories. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled by more than 2,100 points from the opening bell and ...
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Top GOP House lawmakers want Nvidia's Jensen Huang to come to Congress
Republican Reps. John Moolenaar (Mich.), Brian Mast (Fla.) and Rick Crawford (Ark.) sent a letter to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Wednesday, following reports he sent intelligence to China. The GOP lawm...
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