Celltrion is expanding its market presence in Peru, a major Latin American country, by winning a series of successful public tenders.First of all, Truxima (rituximab) 500 mg won a tender held by the National Health Ministry of Peru (Centro Nacional de Abastecimiento de Recursos Estratégicos en Salud
HL Group, a leading electric vehicle and autonomous driving solutions company, announced a mobility software agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) at CES 2024 in Las Vegas in the U.S.The agreement ceremony, held on Jan. 9 at the CES 2024 HL Mando booth, was attended by HL Mando’s Vice Chairman Ch
LOTTE Energy Materials announced on Aug. 24 that the company signed a business agreement with the city of Mont-roig del Camp and the Catalonia Trade & Investment Agency (ACCIO) of Catalonia, Spain, to successfully establish a high-end copper foil production base in the European smart factory.The agr
An analysis says that it is necessary to prepare a comprehensive response system for possible spillover risks between crypto assets and the traditional financial system. This is because the global crypto asset market recently revealed vulnerabilities similar to those of traditional financial markets
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at jack.baek@nhqv.com. -- Ed. With its recent takeover of Taylor Farms (specialized prune juice producer), Hyungkuk F&B is ready to enter the B2C arena. In addition, its traditional B2B business (clients include Starbucks, Cou
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at jack.baek@nhqv.com. -- Ed. HLscience is a specialized health functional food company with years of experience and built-up technological acumen in the pomegranate extract-related market. Based on the positive reviews its P-
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at jack.baek@nhqv.com. -- Ed.Traditionally referring to the beauty found within a person’s character, ‘inner beauty’ is now increasingly used as a domestically-coined generic term for edible cosmetics and cosmetic functional f
The nanoparticle technology applied to SK Bioscience's COVID-19 vaccine GBP510, which is under development, is drawing attention. Nanoparticles applied to GBP510 were jointly developed by researchers at SK Bioscience and the University of Washington. The university’s nanoparticle technology is k
A research team of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has developed a ultra-fast electron diffraction device that can capture atomic motions more than three times faster and more than 100 times brightly than existing ones.Atomic motions are difficult to capture as they last for a ver
South Korea’s financial authorities announced on January 31, that their investigation into initial coin offerings (ICOs) led them to maintain a negative stance on the institutionalization of ICOs in the future. They added that their investigation found that ICOs lacked information disclosure for inv
Security token offerings (STOs) have become the talk of the town in the cryptocurrency industry, following initial coin offerings (ICOs) which attract investment by issuing cryptocurrencies.Issuing a security token means converting assets into a form of cryptocurrencies offer them to invetors. These
A simple cryptocurrency purchase service first introduced in Korea is spreading overseas. The advantage of 'simple purchasing' is that users can invest in cryptocurrencies more easily because exchanges or communities have already verified their identities. In addition, this new service reduc
As “security token offerings (STOs),” which refer to issuances of cryptocurrencies using traditional assets, such as real estate, stocks and paintings, as collateral, have emerged as an alternative to initial coin offerings (ICOs) for the cryptocurrency industry, STO-related technology platforms and
Korea’s top financial regulator has reaffirmed his negative stance on virtual currency transactions and initial coin offerings (ICOs)."The government does not deny the potential of the blockchain industry," said Choi Jong-koo, the chairman of the Financial Services Commission, at the parliamentary a
South Korean lawmakers are moving to legalize initial coin offerings (ICOs) that have been left neglected for more than a year after the government banned all forms of ICOs in September last year.Min Byung-doo, a lawmaker from the ruling Democratic Party who chairs the National Policy Committee of t
The South Korean financial authorities are planning to come up with a specific plan to supervise the initial coin offering (ICO) industry after launching a fact-finding mission by Sept. 21. This has come one year after the government has prohibited all forms of ICOs in September last year.In this re
The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is planning to launch a series of blockchain-related projects as part of its efforts to turn the island a hub for blockchain technology and initial coin offerings (ICOs). According to industry sources, the province is going to apply the technology to land man
It has been a year since the South Korean government has prohibited all types of initial coin offerings (ICOs) in September last year. In the meantime, the government has come up with conflicting policies of promoting blockchain technology while banning ICOs, instead of providing a minimum guideline
Mass Vehicle Leger (MVL), a Korean company that provides ride-hailing service TADA in Singapore, has gathered 50,000 users and 12,000 drivers one year after the service launch in July 2017, chasing right behind the top service provider, Uber.MVL's TADA, which means "let's ride" in Korean, ha
An extraordinary session of the National Assembly has kicked off. During the short session, standing committees and political parties will discuss measures to promote the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry and create a guideline on initial coin offerings (ICOs). They will also discuss the propos