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Pinkfong expands overseas business through round tour of offline pop-up theme park
SEOUL -- In an effort to expand its overseas business, the creator of a catchy cartoon song called "Baby Shark" stepped up efforts to bring global fans to an offline pop-up theme park that provides various experiences such as 3D realistic content, character sculptures, amusement and photographing. The first pop-up theme park opened in Singapore on October 7. Starting with Singapore, the pop-up park called "Pinkfong World Adventure" will go to Malaysia from Janua
October 7, 2022 -
CJ Cheiljedang ties up with Yuhan Kimberly to develop consumer goods with biodegradable plastic material
SEOUL -- CJ Cheiljedang, a key subsidiary of South Korea's food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group, tied up with Yuhan Kimberly, a major domestic sanitary product maker, to promote the development of consumer goods such as diapers, wet wipes, masks, and packaging materials using a biodegradable plastic material produced by bacteria during the fermentation process of sugar or lipids including fats, oils and waxes to store carbon and energy. CJ Cheiljedang said that the par
October 7, 2022 -
Deployment of advanced maritime surveillance radar set to begin in 2025
SEOUL -- The prototyping of a homemade maritime surveillance radar with significantly improved detection performance is set to begin for sequential deployment in 2025. It is essential for the offshore surveillance of ships in coastal areas and for sharing detected information with a military system. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), a state body controlled by the defense ministry, aims to complete system development through evaluations by June 2024. Defense Mini
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KG Steel releases new iron sheet with antibacterial and anti-fingerprint treatment
SEOUL -- KG Steel, a steel company in South Korea, has released a new electro-galvanized iron sheet with anti-fingerprint treatment. An antibacterial agent containing silver ions was added for antibacterial properties that can be maintained for more than 10 years in the domestic climate. KG Steel said that its new anti-fingerprint steel plate brand-maned "BioCOT" showed excellent antibacterial and anti-fungal performances verified with customers for mass production in the
October 7, 2022 -
Genie Music releases audio drama created by human and AI voice actors
SEOUL -- An audio drama created through collaboration between human and artificial intelligence voice actors was released on applications of Genie Music, the online music service wing of South Korea's top telecom company KT, and Millie's Library, an online e-book subscription platform. The voice drama series based on Millie's popular e-book titled "Welcome to Hugh-Nam-dong Bookstore" was released at 12 p.m. (0300 GMT) on October 6. Out of 19 key members that
October 6, 2022 -
POSCO partners with GS Energy to set up joint venture for waste battery recycling
SEOUL -- South Korea's top steelmaker POSCO partnered with GS Energy, an energy arm of GS Group, to extract rare metals from waste electric vehicle batteries by establishing a joint venture by the end of 2022 with a total injection of about 170 billion won ($121 million). The deal came after POSCO completed the construction of a battery recycling plant in Poland. POSCO Holdings will control 51 percent of the joint venture and the remainder to be held by GS Energy. "We hope
October 6, 2022 -
POSCO joins group research to develop low-carbon plastic manufacturing technology with byproduct gas
SEOUL -- South Korea's top steelmaker POSCO has joined a task force to utilize by-product gas generated by steel mills as a plastic raw material with carbon capture utilization technology that captures waste carbon dioxide and transports it to a storage site for recycling. Research on the development of low-carbon olefin manufacturing technology that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 15 percent compared to existing technologies will be conducted for three years until
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Airbus Helicopters partners with Korean Air to develop unmanned surveillance military helicopter
SEOUL -- South Korea's top flag carrier Korean Air has partnered with the helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus to develop an unmanned surveillance military helicopter that can be used by warships to monitor operational areas or patrol frontline islands near the volatile inter-Korean maritime border in the Yellow Sea. Because the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a ceasefire rather than a treaty, the two Koreas remain technically at war. The maritime border in the Yello
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Daewoo shipyard completes performance verification of ship-based carbon dioxide capture and storage equipment
SEOUL -- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, a major shipbuilder in South Korea, has completed the performance verification of ship-based carbon dioxide capture and storage equipment by mounting it on an actual natural gas carrier. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has teamed up with Gaslog, an LNG shipping service company in Greece, and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a classification society based in the United States, to apply an onboard carb
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Girl band NewJeans to release dance videos in collaboration with Baby Shark
SEOUL -- NewJeans, a rookie girl group formed by a subsidiary label of the agency of K-pop superstar BTS, will collaborate with a South Korean educational entertainment company that created famous characters such as Baby Shark, to release dance content. The five-member group gained attention through its debut song, "Attention," released on August 1. As part of a project to mesmerize young fans through spectacular dance performances by K-pop idols and dance crews, NewJeans
October 6, 2022
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Seoul unveils new slogan for iconic landmark 'Dongdaemun Design Plaza'
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VIDEO: Dongdaemun Design Plaza celebrates 10th anniversary
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Korean e-commerce firms vying to lure customers quitting Coupang over fee hike
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N. Korean leader inspects test-firing of new multiple rocket launcher shell
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Korean football team fails to qualify for Olympics for first time in 40 years
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Seoul aims to revitalize Han River into leisure, tourism hub
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Education startup Mathpresso makes TIME's top edutech company list
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Vietnamese schools adopt AI-based Korean learning platform
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VISUALS: Premier electric vehicle fair underway in Seoul
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HYBE takes legal action against NewJeans agency CEO amid management control feud