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  Shinhan Bank Launches Supply Chain Payments Platform to Digitize B2B Transactions Shinhan Bank said Monday it has launched a “supply chain payments and settlement platform” to improve transparency in transactions between small and midsize companies. The platform is designed to replace the common practice of handwritten ledgers in business-to-business deals with a digital process, reducing risks tied to delayed payments. Shinhan Bank said it developed the service based on its experience in banking-as-a-service, or BaaS. A key feature is that the bank directly manages t March 2, 2026
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  Jang Hang-jun’s ‘The Man Who Lives With the King’ Tops 9 Million Tickets, Nears 10 Million The film ‘The Man Who Lives With the King’ has drawn 9 million moviegoers. Showbox said Monday that the film surpassed 9 million in cumulative admissions on its 27th day in theaters. That pace is faster than the historical drama ‘The King and the Clown,’ the first period film to reach 10 million admissions (50 days), and ‘Masquerade’ (31 days). According to the Korean Film Council’s integrated ticketing network, the film drew 817,205 viewers o March 2, 2026
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  World AI Film Festival to Debut in Seoul as Asia’s First WAIFF Event The World AI Film Festival (WAIFF), which highlights the convergence of artificial intelligence and film, will open in Seoul this month for its first event in Asia. Aju Media Group is participating as a media partner for WAIFF Seoul 2026, which is part of a global expansion linked to the festival’s main event in France. An opening ceremony and awards presentation will be held March 6 at Lotte Concert Hall, where winners in nine categories will be announced. The program will also include March 2, 2026
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  Hyundai Motor Group’s Boston Dynamics IPO Seen as Catalyst for Governance Overhaul Hyundai Motor Group’s U.S. robotics unit, Boston Dynamics (BD), is moving closer to an initial public offering, drawing attention to whether the listing could help the conglomerate tackle a long-discussed governance overhaul. With Boston Dynamics’ value estimated at about 120 trillion to 150 trillion won, Chairman Euisun Chung could secure up to 30 trillion won if the IPO succeeds, market watchers said. That could help unwind circular shareholding links cited as a key obstacle, potentially March 2, 2026
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  Korea’s Top Battery Makers to Showcase AI, ESS and Robotics Tech at InterBattery 2026 South Korea’s three major battery makers and key materials companies will take part in InterBattery 2026, the country’s largest battery and materials exhibition, to showcase battery technologies aimed at the AI era. With North American automakers scaling back electric-vehicle programs, the companies are looking to win early share in fast-growing markets such as energy storage systems, or ESS, and humanoid robots. According to the industry on the 2nd, the Korea Battery Industry Associatio March 2, 2026
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  South Korea’s Top 5 Banks Seen Cutting Household Loans by About 4 Billion Won in February Household loan balances at South Korea’s major banks are expected to fall for a third straight month, as tough government lending rules and rising interest rates squeeze liquidity. The shift is cooling real estate-related borrowing and reshaping money flows across asset markets. Still, concerns persist that funds blocked from property loans could move into stocks, reviving debt-funded investing. As of Feb. 26, household loan balances at the five largest banks — KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, March 2, 2026
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  Tom Kim Finishes 59th at PGA Tour Cognizant Classic; Nico Echavarria Wins Tom Kim finished 59th at the PGA Tour Cognizant Classic, a $9.6 million event. Playing the final round Sunday (Korean time) at PGA National’s Champion Course (par 71) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Kim shot a 2-under 69 with four birdies and two bogeys. He closed at 1-under 283 and placed 59th among the 67 players who made the cut. Kim was the only South Korean in the field to advance to the weekend. Kim slipped down the leaderboard after a third-round 72, then moved up slightly with an March 2, 2026
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  Hyundai Motor Group, Veterans Ministry to Renovate Korean War Memorial Sites in the Philippines Hyundai Motor Group said it will work with South Korea’s Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs to repair and improve two Korean War remembrance sites in Manila: the Korean War memorial monument at the Philippines’ National Shrine of Heroes and the Philippine Korean War Memorial Hall. The Philippines was the first Asian country and the third in the world to send troops to the Korean War, and it marks the 77th anniversary this year of establishing diplomatic relations with South Ko March 2, 2026
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  Hyundai Launches EV Promotion After Ioniq 9 Wins 2026 Car of the Year Triple Crown Hyundai Motor Co. said Sunday it will run a series of special EV promotions starting in March to mark the Ioniq 9’s “2026 Car of the Year” triple crown. In South Korea, the three major “Car of the Year” awards are presented separately by the Korea Automobile Journalists Association, the Korea Automobile Expert Journalists Association and JoongAng Ilbo. Each group’s jury evaluates factors including price, performance and innovative technology to select what it considers the best vehicle ea March 2, 2026
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  SF9’s Yoo Tae-yang wraps solo fan meeting ahead of military enlistment SF9 member Yoo Tae-yang spent a day with fans at a solo fan meeting held ahead of his military enlistment. Yoo held two sessions of his fan meeting, titled “The Room: Together,” at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Feb. 28 at the Grand Auditorium of Sungshin Women’s University’s Woonjung Green Campus. The event was held on his birthday, days before his scheduled enlistment on March 3. He opened by singing “Reality,” from the soundtrack of the film “La Boum.” After the song, Yoo smiled at fans and s March 1, 2026