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  Humanoid Robot Boom Lifts South Korea Auto Parts Makers, Boosting Sales and Jobs As the humanoid robot market shows signs of taking off, South Korea’s auto parts industry is also seeing a lift. Expanding investment by major automakers, including Hyundai Motor, is creating spillover benefits for suppliers. The shift from internal-combustion vehicles to EVs had raised concerns about job losses, but the industry is now also looking at potential net hiring tied to new businesses. Industry officials said Monday that Hyundai Mobis surpassed 60 trillion won in annual revenue February 24, 2026
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  Global Auto Giants Race to Deploy Humanoid Robots in Factories Global automakers are beginning to put humanoid robots on factory floors, accelerating a shift toward production sites where people and robots work side by side. With forecasts that the humanoid market could eventually surpass the size of the auto industry, competition to secure an early lead is expected to intensify. According to industry officials on Feb. 23, Hyundai Motor, Tesla, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota plan to deploy humanoids they developed on their own or with partners startin February 24, 2026
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  Korea Zinc Chairman Choi Yoon-beom Bets on Board Shake-Up Ahead of March Shareholder Vote Choi Yoon-beom, chairman of Korea Zinc, has made a high-stakes push to reshape the board ahead of the company’s March annual shareholders meeting. The strategy is to seat all three director nominees backed by the company, strengthening his side ahead of an expected proxy fight at future shareholder meetings. On Sunday, Korea Zinc said it held an extraordinary board meeting and confirmed it will convene its 52nd annual general meeting of shareholders on March 24 at the Koreana Hotel in Seou February 23, 2026
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  Korea, Brazil Business Leaders Discuss Cooperation in K-Content, Food and Advanced Manufacturing South Korean and Brazilian business leaders met to discuss expanding cooperation in key sectors including advanced manufacturing, strategic minerals and artificial intelligence, as well as agrifood and health and lifestyle industries, and delivered their proposals to Brazil’s president during his state visit to South Korea. The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) said it co-hosted the Korea-Brazil Business Forum with Brazil’s trade and investment promotion agency, ApexBrasil, on February 23, 2026
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  Genesis Wraps Up 2026 Genesis Invitational at Riviera Genesis said Sunday it successfully concluded the 2026 Genesis Invitational, held Feb. 19-22 local time at Riviera Country Club in California. Marking the tournament’s 100th anniversary, the event is one of the PGA Tour’s top “signature events,” drawing leading players including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 2 Rory McIlroy and No. 3 Justin Rose to compete for prize money and FedExCup points. Jacob Bridgeman won at 18-under-par 266. McIlroy and Kurt Kitayama finished one stroke back February 23, 2026
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  IVE’s Leeseo Says All Members Are Adults This Year as Group Returns With ‘REVIVE+’ IVE’s youngest member, Leeseo, shared her thoughts on turning 20. On the afternoon of the 23rd, IVE held a comeback showcase for its second full-length album, “REVIVE+,” at YES24 Live Hall in Seoul’s Gwangjin District. “The biggest change is that, starting this year, all IVE members are adults,” Leeseo said, adding that fans can expect a wider range of sides from the group. Leeseo, born Feb. 21, 2007, said returning with a second full-length album after becoming an adult makes “each February 23, 2026
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  Daewon, Yuhan, Kolon and Samsung Medical Center roll out supplements, gene therapy and AI tools Daewon Pharmaceutical teams with E-Land’s Kim’s Club to launch 14 health supplements Daewon Health said Feb. 23 it will launch 14 premium health functional foods in collaboration with Kim’s Club, a supermarket brand operated by E-Land Retail. The lineup includes a multivitamin, milk thistle, lutein, calcium and coenzyme Q10. The products are designed by age, gender and health goal, and the packaging includes suggested uses tied to common health concerns to help shoppers choose. Daewon February 23, 2026
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  KBO Suspends Four Lotte Giants Players Over Gambling During Taiwan Training Trip Four Lotte Giants players embroiled in a gambling controversy have been handed heavy discipline by the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). The KBO said it held a disciplinary committee meeting on Feb. 23 in its conference room for Kim Dong-hyeok, Ko Seung-min, Na Seung-yeop and Kim Se-min. The league confirmed that on Feb. 12, the players visited a gambling-style arcade near their hotel in Tainan, Taiwan, where Lotte was holding its first spring training camp, and used electronic betting February 23, 2026
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  BTS to Open Ticketing for Free Gwanghwamun Square Comeback Live at 8 p.m. 그룹 방탄소년단(BTS)이 오는 3월 21일 서울 광화문 광장에서 여는 무료 공연 ‘BTS 컴백 라이브: 아리랑(BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE: ARIRANG)’의 예매가 23일 시작된다. 소속사 빅히트뮤직은 예매가 23일 오후 8시부터 온라인 예매처 ‘놀(NOL) 티켓’에서 진행된다고 밝혔다. 약 1시간 동안 열리는 이번 공연은 방탄소년단이 3년 9개월 만에 선보이는 새 앨범 무대다. 예매 대상은 메인 무대 오른쪽 스탠딩석과 이순신 장군 동상 앞까지 배치된 지정석이다. 돌출 무대 주변의 핵심 스탠딩석은 정규 5집 ‘아리랑’ 예약 구매자 중 이벤 February 23, 2026
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  Lee Jaeyong declines to host concert organized by conservative YouTuber Jeon Han-gil Former announcer Lee Jaeyong said he turned down a request to emcee a concert hosted by Jeon Han-gil, a hard-line conservative YouTuber and former Korean history instructor. Lee told Yonhap on the 23rd, “As soon as I recognized the nature of the event yesterday, I contacted the organizer and said I couldn’t host it, and asked to be removed from the poster.” He said that when he first received the request, he was told it was a conservative March 1 Independence Movement commemoration concer February 23, 2026