The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at jaemin.ahn@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Having solidified their competitiveness during the Covid-19 pandemic, Internet firms are to continue prevailing even after the outbreak comes to an end. We predict that NAVER’s competitiveness in
Samsung Electronics announced on June 4 that it has opened a virtual lighting exhibition where a range of up-to-date news about Samsung lighting solutions will be available to manufacturers, supply chain partners and end users, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.The new online booth provides a platfo
The conservative party of South Korea suffered a crushing defeat at the April 15 general elections. As a result, the Moon Jae-in administration came to dominate the executive, judicial and legislative branches for the first time since the nation's democratization in 1987 to complete a single hug
BIO KOREA 2020 International Convention, where global bio experts correspond, is shifting to an online-only event.BIO KOREA Organizing Committee has taken its final measures to execute a full digitalization of the event considering the health and safety of its participants and prevention of the furt
Hana Institute of Finance said in its report on April 14 that South Korean banks need to accelerate their digital conversion by making more use of open application program interfaces (APIs) with the ratio of non-face-to-face business soaring in the wake of COVID-19, which will drastically change the
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. She can be reached at mj27@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Amid the spread of Covid-19, online channels and non-face-to-face consumption are being highlighted. We recommend paying attention to Maeil Dairies and Clio, both of which proactively diversified into
Samsung AI Center Cambridge Director Dr. Nicholas Lane has been awarded the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGMOBILE Rockstar Award for 2020. The international award was founded in 2013, and recognizes an individual who has produced outstanding research or product contributions in the are
SK Telecom announced on March 30 its 5G milestones achieved over the past year since launching the world’s first 5G service on April 3, 2019, along with its plans going forward.According to data released by the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT in January 2020, SK Telecom has established itself as
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at soohong.cho@nhqv.com, -- Ed. In light of both shrinking production/consumption due to the impact of Covid-19 and concerns towards EMs stemming from plunging oil prices, we revise down our earnings forecasts and TPs for majo
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. She can be reached at mj27@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Amid the Covid-19 crisis, continued solid demand for consumer staples is buoying the F&B sector. Concentrated upon B2C sales, Orion, and Nongshim should show the briskest short-term earnings momentum
2019 was a fruitful year for the Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) as it exceeded its foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction goal by as much as 43 percent. Yet IFEZ needs to change its FDI attraction strategy this year as the South Korean government has abolished or reduced incentives for FDI an
uLikeKorea announced on Feb. 27 that it has successfully developed the world’s first micro-bio capsule to manage and detect calve-related diseases. The bio micro-capsule is 400 percent smaller than the original version of the calf capsule developed earlier by uLikeKorea.uLikeKorea is already well-kn
A Korean-German joint research team has succeeded in generating the world's first high-output (100 GW), high-quality single-cycle (2.6 femtoseconds) visible laser pulse. The technology is expected to be used for the generation of an isolated attosecond pulse and research on high resolutions in u
SK Telecom and Microsoft expanded the pilot service of Project xCloud on Jan. 21. The companies formed a partnership in September last year to run a joint cloud game business in South Korea and the pilot service was launched in October last year. According to Microsoft, the duration of use and reten
The South Korean government came up with a new policy package on Jan. 15 to accelerate the growth of the biotech industry. All of the 10 new projects that constitute the package are scheduled to be launched in the first half of this year. The government is going to concentrate on deregulation and th
To promote financial innovation, South Korean financial authorities have been pushing ahead with deregulation measures, including the authorization of internet-only banks and the introduction of a regulatory sandbox. However, Korea still has a long way to go to achieve financial innovation.According
Leaders of Korea’s major business organizations in unison have called on the government to carry out regulatory reform. They expressed frustration over the growing set of regulatory bills, rising tax burdens and the deterioration of labor competitiveness.Indeed, with no economic drivers except for t
Korea Western Power is seeking to expand its overseas solar power generation projects to 1 GW based on its experience in operating Korea’s largest floating photovoltaic facilities.In 2018, the global solar power generation volume reached its highest level of 108 GW. The figure is expected to exceed
Hyundai Motor has decided to produce cars in Indonesia with auto parts supplied by local partners. It is the first time since the Korean automaker began to produce cars overseas in 2000 that it does not use auto parts from Hyundai Mobis, the parts manufacturing arm of Hyundai Motor Group.Hyundai Mot
Naver is stepping up its efforts to become a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.Naver announced on Dec. 1 that it held a global workshop, “AI for Robotics,” with 11 top-notch scholars in AI and robotics in Grenoble, France from Nov. 28-29 (local time). The participants discus