Economy
Insurance
Life Insurers Profit from Investments, but Core Business Remains 'Gloomy'
The life insurance industry posted strong results in the first half of this year, driven by investment gains. However, the core insurance business faces challenging conditions—including a widening gap…
Business·Industry
Samsung Awards Scholarships to 15 International Olympiad Winners… Cultivating Talent in Basic Sciences
Samsung has expanded its efforts to nurture future talent in basic sciences by awarding scholarships to South Korean students who achieved outstanding results at the International Mathematical Olympia…
Business·Industry
NVIDIA’s Madison Huang Visits LG Corp.’s ‘Robot Training Center’… Accelerating the Humanoid Alliance
The physical AI alliance between LGELECTRONICS and NVIDIA is moving beyond an agreement between top executives and taking concrete shape on the robot development front. Madison Huang, Senior Director—…
Business·Industry
[Exclusive] ECM Skin Booster: Side Effect Reporting Requirements Tightened to “Twice a Year”… Regulatory Framework Outline
As cell-free allogeneic dermal-based extracellular matrix (ECM) skin boosters are reshaping the market, regulatory authorities are taking steps to strengthen safety measures. Rather than creating a ne…
Business·Industry
SamsungElectronics Teams Up with Activision Blizzard to Optimize New ‘Call of Duty’ Title
SamsungElectronics has partnered with global game developer Activision Blizzard to incorporate its display and gaming technologies into the latest installment of “Call of Duty.”
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Bonds·FX Policy
Corporate Bond Market Shows Signs of Recovery… Lotte Construction and E-Land World Conduct Bookbuilding
The corporate bond issuance market, which had effectively ground to a halt due to the overlap between the summer vacation season and the half-yearly report filing period, is beginning to pick up again…
Business·Industry
HK InnoN K-Cap: Three Reasons for Its Competitiveness in China, the Battleground for P-CABs
HK InnoN’s new drug “K-Cap” for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has begun to gain significant market share in China and has entered a phase of generating royalty revenue. Unlike Takeda Pharmace…
Financing
"Has the military actually used it?" rather than technological capability… The investment criteria set by defense-sector VCs
"No matter how advanced the technology is, if it hasn’t been validated in real-world operating environments, it cannot cross the ‘Valley of Death’ in the defense procurement market. That is why invest…
Financing
[Credit Signal] Interest Rates Have Fallen, but Spreads Have Skyrocketed… Corporate Bond Investor Sentiment Remains Frozen
Fluctuations in credit spreads serve as an indicator of investor sentiment and capital flows in the corporate bond market. “Credit Signal” provides an intuitive analysis of the market’s overall trends…
M&A·IB
[Market In] A Steady Exodus to Global Private Equity Firms… Junior Staff Also Leaving Accounting Firms
An increasing number of junior accountants from major domestic accounting firms are moving to global private equity (PEF) firms. Global private equity firms, which had previously preferred candidates …