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Culture & Trends
S.Korea needs 35,000 additional foreign workers: study
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE wins $240 mn order for two ammonia carriers
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has secured its second shipbuilding contract of the year. HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the shipbui...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Electronics posts record 2023 sales, Q4 profit misses forecasts
LG Electronics Inc. on Monday posted record-high 2023 revenue thanks to robust sales of home appliances and vehicle components, although its fourth-...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
H&Q, Aeneas PE put online retailer 11Street on the market
H&Q Korea Partners and Hong Kong-based Aeneas Private Equity have put South Korea’s e-commerce platform 11Street Co. up for sale to recoup...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
US tops Korea’s overseas construction orders in 2023
South Korea bagged more than $30 billion in overseas construction orders last year for the fourth consecutive year, mainly driven by a rise in order...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai to invest an additional $744 mn in Indian hydrogen biz
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, is set to invest an additional $744 million in India for a hydrogen ecosystem to lead the futu...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
KAIST, MIT jointly open Quantum Winter School
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Monday that it is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Techn...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Fried chicken chain bhc enhances localized menus in SE Asia
South Korean fried chicken chain bhc Chicken on Monday announced the opening of its third outlet in Singapore.bhc operates 10 stores in Southeast As...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea’s Hanwha Ocean quits money-losing container shipbuilding business
South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, has decided to exit the money-losing container shipbuilding busin...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
POSCO International to step up global expansion after hefty profits
POSCO International Corp. will step up global expansion in 2024 with a focus on electric vehicle components, eco-friendly energy exploration and gra...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Asiana, Korea Univ. to jointly attract medical tourism
South Korea's Asiana Airlines Inc. announced on Monday that it has partnered with Korea University Anam Hospital to promote medical tourism. The agr...
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus invests $7.6 mn in 42Maru
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. announced on Sunday that it has invested 10 billion won ($7.6 million) in 42Maru, a domestic language AI startup....
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to develop large-size cylindrical battery with 4680 form factor
SK On Co., an affiliate of South Korea’s SK Group, will work on the development of a large-size cylindrical battery with the 4680 form factor ...
Jan 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung ramps up on-device NPU chip R&D; LG Electronics joins race
Samsung Electronics Co., in a rare move, has added 200 engineers to its system-on-chip design team at its research center in South Korea to develop ...
Jan 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korea’s HMM among shippers benefiting from growing Red Sea crisis
The Red Sea crisis, disrupting the passage of ships through the Suez Canal, a central artery for global trade, is a bane for exporters looking for s...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Korean builders scramble to ease liquidity crunch woes
South Korean builders in financial distress are struggling to alleviate concerns over a potential liquidity crisis, which could put the already aili...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Inventage Lab, Yuhan to co-work for obesity treatment
South Korea’s Inventage Lab Inc. announced on Friday that it has signed a joint development agreement with Yuhan Corp. for a long-acting inj...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG Elec to supply robot CLOi to SE Asian golf courses
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that it signed a contract with the domestic golf service platform Smartscore to supply i...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LG Chem out-licenses obesity drug candidate to US firm
LG Chem Ltd. has agreed to license out a rare genetic obesity drug candidate in phase 2 clinical trials to Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc., a US biotech...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai, Kia join hands with Gore to develop hydrogen fuel cell material
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group said on Friday it has signed an agreement with W. L. Gore & Associates Inc., a US material...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE wins $230 mn order for two VLGCs
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) on Friday said it has secured its first order this year for two very la...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Taihan Cable wins $42 mn order for power grid in Kuwait
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Friday that it has won a $42 million turnkey project to build a 400kV ultra-high voltage ...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia EV9 named NACTOY 2024
Kia EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker Kia Corp., was named “2024 Nort...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Kurly’s earnings rebound may put IPO back on track
Kurly Inc., South Korea’s dawn delivery pioneer of fresh produce, appears to be getting its delayed initial public offering back on track...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW overtakes Mercedes-Benz as top-selling foreign carmaker in S.Korea
BMW has overtaken Mercedes-Benz in the South Korean market, regaining the top spot in the foreign automobile sales segment for the first time in eig...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Samsung dubs upcoming Galaxy S24 AI phone as on-device AI race rages on
Employees at Samsung Electronics Co.'s Mobile eXperience (MX) division recently developed a habit of referring to the upcoming Galaxy series of smar...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha to develop own gas turbine engine for future growth
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province – Hanwha Group, South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate, is set to double its local gas turb...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom, Naver, AfreecaTV to introduce AI in sportscasting
SK Telecom Co., Naver Corp., and AfreecaTV have joined forces to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the sports broadcasting field....
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
LG to unveil integrated self-driving, infotainment platform
LG Electronics Inc. and Magna International Inc. have jointly developed an automotive electronics platform that integrates LG’s infotainment t...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharm, Dong-A ST sign licensing deal of Cenobamate
South Korea's SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. announced on Thursday that it has signed a contract with Dong-A ST to transfer the rights to commercialize t...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Latest News
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- 2 Dawn delivery pioneer Kurly posts 1st-ever quarterly profit
- 3 South Korea’s mid-tier shipbuilders sail into new supercycle as China struggles
- 4 Korean teachers' fund to commit $495 mn to 10 PE firms
- 5 Half of Seoul offices now over 30 years old amid limited new supply