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Shinhan Financial launches Lunar New Year sharing campaign across group
Shinhan Financial Group said on Feb. 10 it will run a Lunar New Year campaign through Feb. 11 with about 2,000 employees across the group taking part. Staff will use lunch breaks to buy supplies at nearby traditional markets for vulnerable people while supporting small merchants. Employees plan to deliver gift kits worth 100 million won, bought with Onnuri gift certificates, to about 2,000 people who need care.
AI & Enterprise
Digital twin startup Neara raises $63 million in Series D
Australian startup Neara has raised $63 million in a Series D funding round, SiliconANGLE reported on Monday. The round was led by TCV and joined by existing investors Partners Group, EQT, Square Peg Capital and Skip Capital. Neara combines IoT sensors and AI to recreate real power grids in 3D, helping power companies optimise equipment, identify unused capacity, improve responses to storms and fires, and support expansion planning.
People & Appointments
Kwak Byung-jin checks special Lunar New Year mail handling operations
Kwak Byung-jin, acting head of Korea Post, visited Dongdaemun Post Office on Monday as special handling of holiday mail stepped up ahead of the Lunar New Year. He toured the site, listened to staff difficulties and urged employees to prioritise safety and health. Korea Post said it has entered an emergency work system for the special period through Feb. 20, when about 12.32 million parcel items are expected nationwide.
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Finance
Hecto Financial can expect overseas sales via Circle CPN, KB Securities says
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Industry
Cabinet approves revision to R&D special zones law to strengthen protections in regulatory sandbox
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Finance
NH Nonghyup Bank expands WM specialized branches to 100
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AI & Enterprise
National AI Strategy Committee reports status of South Korea AI action plan to cabinet meeting
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Finance
Shinhan Bank signs MOU with Worlddagachi to boost services for foreign customers
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Telecommunications & Media
KT 2025 operating profit jumps more than 200 percent; subscribers rise despite hacking
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Games & Commerce
NCSoft posts 16.1 billion won operating profit last year, returns to black
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Finance
Korea Exchange acquires AI startup FairLabs in first M&A in 70 years
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Crypto
Fed, jobs, jobless claims, CPI: four key factors to steer bitcoin this week
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Industry
MSIT holds bio academies future policy forum
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AI & Enterprise
Tencent Cloud expands cooperation with global fandom platform BloomingTalk
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Industry
Government to offer up to 1 billion won for firms switching industrial complex facilities to green
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Telecommunications & Media
New broadcast media telecoms commission holds first parliamentary briefing, focuses on relicensing, AI and integrated media law
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Industry
MOTIE to invest 1.29 trillion won in materials and components development this year
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Games & Commerce
RAM shortage sends prices soaring; AYANEO Next II tops $4,299