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From Samsung to Toss: Why Korean finance is betting on Japan

From Samsung to Toss: Why Korean finance is betting on Japan

South Korean financial firms are accelerating their push into Japan, with Mirae Asset, Hanwha and Toss moving to acquire local brokerages within weeks, betting on a surge in retail investing and sweep

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Samsung takes Africa's smartphone crown with 'pay-by-day' plans

Samsung Electronics has topped Africa’s smartphone market for the first time since entering the region in 1995, helped by payment plans that let customers pay for their phones by the day or week. Sams
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Galaxy S27 Pro may give Samsung new way to push buyers upmarket

Samsung Display is reportedly preparing to begin producing advanced organic light-emitting diode panels with built-in privacy technology for the upcoming Galaxy S27 Pro this month, as Samsung Electron
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[Gadget Review] Xreal Aura: Lighter than Galaxy XR, but still tethered

I pinched my thumb and index finger together in midair. A floating window opened; another gesture moved it aside. There was no monitor in sight, yet I was rearranging displays as if using a computer f
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Hanwha lands first US Navy shipbuilding order in $269m deal

Hanwha Defense USA, the US subsidiary of Hanwha Aerospace, has secured a $269 million deal to construct a medium landing ship, or LSM, for the US Navy and Marine Corps at its Philly shipyard, marking
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Yanolja Go Global to attend World Travel Market London 2026

Yanolja Go Global, the business-to-business unit of South Korean travel platform operator Yanolja Group, will participate in World Travel Market London 2026, a major international travel industry trad
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Hyundai puts parking robots in driver's seat

Hyundai Motor Group's car-parking robots demonstrated Thursday how vehicles can be moved and rearranged in parking spaces without human intervention. The technology was demonstrated through a pilot pr
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Apple, Google challenge Korea's W63.7b app store penalties

Apple has rejected South Korea's decision to fine it 20.81 billion won ($15.6 million) over its App Store payment practices, maintaining that its policies comply with Korean law and saying it is revie
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Zero sugar, zero margins: The strategy behind Zerostore's rise

For Pyeon Young-min, a 30-year-old co-founder and CEO of unstaffed convenience store chain Zerostore featuring zero- to low-sugar products, the brand's rapid rise has been more about building a franch
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Samsung Wallet taps Tencent to expand payments in China

Samsung Electronics is introducing QR code payments in China through Samsung Wallet Money, allowing Korean users to use WeChat Pay without setting up a separate payment service. The company signed a m
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Stella Artois unveils ‘invisible’ billboard campaign in Seoul

Belgian beer brand Stella Artois has launched an outdoor advertising campaign in Seoul that creates the illusion of transparent digital billboards to promote its new Pure Gold lager, its Korean distri
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Samsung Display faces profit squeeze as Apple, Samsung cut orders

Samsung Electronics and Apple are scaling back orders for smartphone components as soaring memory prices squeeze margins, threatening fourth-quarter earnings at Samsung Display, which draws nearly two
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AI shoppers get first say in Korea's retail race

Korean retailers are testing products on artificial intelligence-generated shoppers before bringing them to real customers, using virtual consumers to predict buying decisions, fine-tune prices and id
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'Because it's Apple': What drives Korea's first iPhone Duo buyers

"I ordered Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8 with my wife, but returned mine unopened when I heard Apple was releasing a foldable." Kim, a Seoul-based game company employee in his mid-40s, was among the first
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As Koreans eat less rice, CJ looks overseas to grow Hetbahn

JINCHEON, North Chungcheong Province — For three decades, CJ CheilJedang has honed a seemingly simple recipe for instant rice under its Hetbahn brand, which more often than not stands in for microwava
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K-beauty stocks stumble as strong won squeezes profits

While K-beauty’s overseas sales have never been stronger, markets seem hesitant to reward its soaring figures, fearing a surging won will eat into its earnings. Cosmetics exports reached $11.1 billion
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Nvidia taps Korean component makers for AI chips, robots

Samsung Electro-Mechanics and LG Innotek are expanding their ties with Nvidia, applying their expertise in semiconductor substrates and sensing technology to the US chipmaker's growing AI computing an

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