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  Global Business

  Solum Enters Qatar EV Charging Market, Signs MOU

  (From left) KOTRA Doha Trade Center Senior Project Manager Mohamed Showman, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Qatar Infrastructure Manager Mohammad, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Qatar Counsellor Ju Jeong-hoon, KOTRA Doha Trade Center Director Kim Hyun-ah, SoluM Middle East & Africa Head Ene

  2026.05.21
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  Global Business

  Samsung Electro-Mechanics Scores KRW 1.5 Trillion AI Chip Deal

  Silicon capacitors. Provided by Samsung Electro-Mechanics Samsung Electro-Mechanics has signed a large-scale supply contract for “silicon capacitors,” a key component that supports power stabilization in artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors. On the 20th, Samsung Electro-Mechanics disclosed th

  2026.05.21
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  K-Beauty

  ‘Scalp Is Skin’: K-Beauty Haircare Exports Hit Record Q1

  A local consumer at a Rossmann store in Poland searches for information on Aekyung Industrial’s haircare brand “Alpist” on a mobile phone. Courtesy of Aekyung Industrial In the first quarter of this year (January–March), exports of haircare products by K‑beauty companies reached a record high. As th

  2026.05.21
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  Biopharma

  Yuhan Thrives in APIs, KRW 210 Billion Gilead Deal

  Yuhan Corporation Central Research Institute. Courtesy of Yuhan Corporation Yuhan Corporation has signed an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) supply contract worth more than KRW 210 billion with global pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences. This follows an API supply contract worth about KRW 5

  2026.05.20
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  MOU

  LG Innotek, Kakao Form Autonomous Driving Alliance

  (From left) LG Innotek CTO Min Zone (Executive Director), CSO Oh Se-jin (Senior Vice President), Kakao Mobility Head of Physical AI Division Kim Jin-kyu (Executive Vice President), and Kakao Mobility Head of Business Division Ahn Kyu-jin (Executive Vice President) pose for a commemorative photo at t

  2026.05.20
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  Global Business

  Korea, Japan Push Crude-LNG Swap; Lee Urges Resolve

  President Lee Jae-myung wearing the eyeglass frames presented by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on the 19th, and Prime Minister Takaichi wearing President Lee’s glasses. Provided by the Office of the President President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗) agreed o

  2026.05.20
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  Global Business

  SK Innovation Launches KRW 3.3 Trillion Vietnam LNG Project

  SK Innovation announced on the 19th that a consortium formed with PV Power, a power generation company under Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), and NASU, a local company, held a groundbreaking ceremony on the 18th for the infrastructure of the “Quynh Lap Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project” in the Tan

  2026.05.20
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  Global Investment

  Uber Becomes Top Shareholder of Baemin Owner DH

  A delivery app Baedal Minjok (Baemin) sticker is attached to a restaurant in Seoul on the 22nd. 2025.1.22 ⓒ News1 Uber has additionally acquired shares in Delivery Hero (DH), the parent company of Baedal Minjok, becoming its largest shareholder. On the 18th (local time), DH announced, “With Uber’s a

  2026.05.19
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  LG·Honda

  LG Energy Solution, Honda Build EV Scooter Battery Network in Hanoi

  Battery swapping station and swappable electric two-wheeler battery showcased by KOOROO, LG Energy Solution’s in-house independent company, at InterBattery 2024. Photo by reporter Kim Min-beom LG Energy Solution is moving to expand the electric motorcycle market in Vietnam, known as a motorcycle hav

  2026.05.19
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  K-Food

  Korea, Malaysia Hold Seminar to Expand K-Halal Food Distribution

  The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) are expanding a safe K-food distribution network in Malaysia.aT announced on the 19th that it held the “K-Halal Food Distribution Expansion Korea-Malaysia Joint Seminar” on the 18th at the

  2026.05.19