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  ADC Drug Development Shifts to Platforms as Linker Technology Becomes Key Edge Antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) development is increasingly shifting from individual drug candidates to platform-based approaches, as companies seek technologies that can be scaled across multiple programs in cancer drug development, where costs and timelines are heavy. According to global market research firm Grand View Research, the ADC market is projected to grow from about $12 billion in 2024 to about $32 billion in 2033. As the market expands, companies that control core technology pla March 27, 2026
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  Dongkook Pharm Moves to Develop Generic of Chong Kun Dang Diabetes Drug Duvie Dongkook Pharmaceutical has begun developing a generic version of Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical’s diabetes drug Duvie (lobeglitazone). According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on the 27th, Dongkook Pharmaceutical on March 13 received approval to conduct a bioequivalence study for “DKF-457.” Duvie, developed by Chong Kun Dang, is described as South Korea’s first thiazolidinedione (TZD) class diabetes treatment, with annual prescriptions totaling about 20 billion won. TZD drugs o March 27, 2026
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  Ahn So-hee Says She Misses the Stage but Will Focus on Acting Wonder Girls member Ahn So-hee has shared her plans for future work. A video titled “Actor Ahn So-hee” was posted on March 26 to the YouTube channel “Insaeng84.” Ahn said she recently appeared in the play “Geuttaedo Oneul 2,” which ended last month. She said the two-person production was physically demanding, and that she played four roles, calling it a work that required significant energy both physically and emotionally. When Kian84 asked whether she would sing again, Ahn said she has March 27, 2026
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  Korea Pavilion at Venice Biennale to Explore ‘Liberation Space’; Han Kang Sculpture Included The theme of the Korea Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale, opening in May, is “Liberation Space: Fortress and Nest.” The exhibition revisits the “liberation space” of 1945 to 1948 — the transitional period after Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule and before the establishment of a new state — and extends it as an ongoing question in the present, reexamined through aesthetics. Nobel literature laureate Han Kang is also taking part. Choi Bitna, the artistic director overse March 27, 2026
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  South Korea to Cut Generic Drug Pricing to 45% of Brand-Name Level, Industry Warns of R&D Hit The government will lower the benchmark used to set prices for generic drugs to about 45% of the price of original medicines, down from 53.55%. The pharmaceutical industry says the cut, combined with supply uncertainty tied to the Middle East conflict, could curb research and development spending and worsen job insecurity. According to the industry on the 27th, the Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee approved the drug-pricing overhaul at a meeting the previous day. It is the fi March 27, 2026
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  Singer Lee Ji-hye Says Daughter Moved to Public Kindergarten After English Preschool Closed Singer and TV personality Lee Ji-hye said her younger daughter transferred from an English-language preschool to a public kindergarten after the preschool announced it was shutting down. A video titled “Why Lee Ji-hye’s daughter transferred to a public kindergarten after giving up English preschool? (Early English education)” was posted on March 26 to her YouTube channel, “밉지않은 관종언니.” Lee said she received a notice from the English preschool attended by her second daughte March 27, 2026
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  Korea Golf Course Managers Association Holds Annual Meeting on Tax, Labor Changes The Korea Golf Course Managers Association said Thursday it held its 2026 annual general meeting over two days, March 25-26, at Maison Glad Jeju and Golfzon County Ora CC. Advisers, an honorary chair, auditors and CEOs from member companies attended. The group reviewed last year’s projects and approved its financial statements, while discussing responses to fast-changing conditions in the golf course industry. The association shared the outcome of an appeals court ruling in a lawsuit over March 26, 2026
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  SK Chemicals, J2H Biotech sign MOU on drug development; Dongkook launches skincare brand SK Chemicals, J2H Biotech sign MOU to expand joint new-drug development SK Chemicals said March 26 it signed a memorandum of understanding with J2H Biotech to strengthen cooperation on joint development of new drugs. The agreement is aimed at exploring collaboration on J2H pipelines for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis, or MASH, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF. J2H will share results from ongoing research with SK Chemicals, and the two companies plan to discuss March 26, 2026
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  NH NongHyup Financial to Launch $1 Billion Shared Growth Fund for Strategic Industries NH NongHyup Financial Group said on the 26th it will create the "NH Korea Shared Growth Fund" (tentative name) totaling 1 trillion won. The fund is intended to support the successful rollout of the government’s flagship growth policy, the "National Growth Fund," and to foster advanced strategic industries. It will be formed in two rounds within the year, with all 1 trillion won to be contributed by NongHyup affiliates. Investments will focus on national advanced strategic industries s March 26, 2026
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  OTT Platforms Move Into Live Sports, Challenging Traditional TV Broadcasters Live broadcasting has long been considered the crown jewel of TV networks. Traditional live coverage typically requires expensive equipment and highly trained crews, including outside broadcast trucks that send signals by satellite back to a station for transmission. For decades, broadcasters with deep capital and specialized staff — and, in some cases, public funding — have carried major events as part of their role as large news organizations. But broadcasters have alread March 26, 2026