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How Korea plans to take won global

How Korea plans to take won global

South Korea has allowed foreign financial institutions to settle won payments directly overseas, marking a step toward making the currency more widely used on a global scale, the Finance Ministry said

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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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Samsung welcomes Apple to the fold with playful jabs

Samsung Electronics greeted Apple’s long-awaited entry into foldable smartphones with a playful publicity campaign highlighting the Korean company’s seven-year head start in the category. Minutes afte
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Korean Air takes free, high-speed Wi-Fi to the skies

Korean Air said Friday it will begin offering free high-speed internet via SpaceX's Starlink satellite system, becoming the first full-service carrier in East Asia to adopt the low-orbit network. Star
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Why Apple’s first foldable may be its most Korea-dependent iPhone yet

Apple spent years waiting for foldable phones to become good enough for an iPhone. When it finally moved, however, it reportedly put the part that makes the phone fold in the hands of a single supplie
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Dyson makes oral care debut with AI toothbrush

Dyson has entered South Korea’s oral care market with CameraJet, an AI-powered toothbrush that uses a built-in camera and targeted liquid jet to combine brushing and interdental cleaning in one device
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Samsung, Mistral AI team up on smarter chipmaking

Samsung Electronics is teaming up with French AI startup Mistral AI to build customized artificial intelligence models for chip design and manufacturing, deepening a relationship backed by Samsung’s i
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ChatGPT Enterprise users in Korea surge 28-fold

OpenAI Korea is entering its second year after explosive growth in corporate adoption, with the number of ChatGPT Enterprise users in the country surging 28-fold over the past year. Korea’s overall Ch
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Samsung, ASML deepen partnership to advance high-resolution chip tech

Samsung Electronics and Dutch manufacturer of chip equipment ASML said Tuesday they would expand their long-standing partnership on next-generation lithography technologies critical to producing advan
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Korean game firms diversify global push in Germany, Japan

Korean game companies are ramping up efforts to better target global gamers by strategically and selectively taking part in international game conventions: showcasing big-budget PC and console titles

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