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Asset management
Samsung Asset Management's bond-type ETF assets exceed $7.9 billion
Investment in South Korea is pouring into bond-type exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under the anticipation that interest rate hikes end this year. Such...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
KCC launches Korea’s first organic water-based fire-resistant paint
South Korea's chemical and auto parts manufacturer KCC Corp. said on Thursday that it has launched the Firemask AQ Series, the first organic water-b...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Seoul to run $3.9 billion fund for startups over 4 years
The local government of South Korea’s capital city Seoul this year will launch its own vision fund, dubbed the Seoul Vision 2030 Fund, to inve...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi Pharmaceutical reports record-high revenue in 2022
South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. last year saw record-high performance thanks to its self-developed drugs, surpassing its previous best year o...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
SK Hynix set for largest-ever corporate bond issue at bargain prices
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is gearing up for its largest-ever corporate bond issue in South Korea at lower-th...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom to launch multimodal AI to match ChatGPT
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. will adopt natural language generation and processing capabilities for its nascent artificial intelligence servic...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG makes big B2B push to regain momentum, boost profits: CEO
South Korea’s home appliance giant LG Electronics Inc. is stepping up efforts to enhance its presence in the global business-to-business marke...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean biopharma, biotech companies scale up as sales balloon
South Korea’s biotech and biopharmaceutical companies are growing big with their sales rising above 1 trillion won ($796 million) last year on...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea-Australia renew $8.1 bn currency swap deal for 5 years
The Bank of Korea (BOK) and the Australian Central Bank have agreed to extend the valid date of the current Australian dollar/won currency swap cont...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won falls on firm US jobs data, new BOJ head report
The South Korean won currency skidded to a four-week low on Monday as stronger-than-expected US employment data renewed expectations that the Federa...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
S.Korean institutional investors inject more capital in MMFs
South Korean institutional investors, such as pension funds, mutual aids and corporates, are rushing to money market funds (MMFs) for short-term pro...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS lags global peers in 2013-2022 investment returns
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, has underperformed its global peers over the past decade in te...
Feb 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Meritz Securities poised to become Korea’s No. 1 for first time
Meritz Securities Co., once a mid-tier securities firm in South Korea, is expected to command the local market as No. 1 after earning more than 1 tr...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Taihan Cable to build ultra-high voltage power grids in Germany
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. on Thursday said it won two orders to build high-voltage power grids in Germany.The deals are with Ten...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
GC Cell's AB-101 NK therapy achieves FDA fast-track status
South Korea's bio firm GC Cell announced on Wednesday that its US affiliate Artiva Biotherapeutics has received fast-track designation from the US F...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kim&Chang sets to enter Indonesia's legal market
Kim & Chang, South Korea's leading law firm, is poised to expand into Indonesia, joining the race among major legal firms seeking a foothold in ...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korean Air launches development of Korean regional GPS system
South Korea's national flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. on Tuesday announced the start of its development of the Korean Positioning System (KPS), a...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
South Korea's Jeju Air to open up Indonesian skies
Jeju Air Co. and Indonesia's largest airline corporation will work together to develop flight routes and discover new tourism business opportunities...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha kickstarts localization of 1,000-hp gas turbine engine components
A project to lengthen the lifecycle of 1,000-horsepower gas turbine engine core components and materials, which is led by Hanwha Aerospace Co. locat...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Mobis bags record $4.6 bn orders from global carmakers
South Korea's Hyundai Mobis, a key affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, last year enjoyed its best year in orders received from abroad.The company on T...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Una Stella secures $4.4 mn pre-Series A funding
South Korean start-up Una Stella announced on Monday that it has secured 5.5 billion won ($4.4 million) in pre-Series A funding, led by Strong Ventu...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Kakao Mobility to pursue joint development with 4 major delivery services
South Korea's transportation company Kakao Mobility on Monday said it concluded a "delivery service business agreement for joint development of the ...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS underperforms global peers by returns for Q1-Q3 2022
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), the world's third-largest pension fund, ranked 10th out of the global 42 state-owned investors by rate...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
A-Team Ventures succeeds in attracting $4.1 mn investment from LX
A-Team Ventures, which runs an online manufacturing platform "Capa," said on Friday that it has raised a Series B funding of 5 billion won ($4.1 mil...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air Busan to offer 4 daily flights on Busan-Osaka route
Starting Feb. 1, South Korea's budget carrier Air Busan Co. will add a daily flight to its route linking the nation's biggest port city of Busan to ...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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AgTech
Korean tractor exports hit record high of $1.3 bn in 2022
Exports of South Korean tractors hit a fresh record high for the second consecutive year in 2022, according to Korea Customs Service on Jan. 24. Kor...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HSD Engine's order volume exceeds $162.1 million in one month
Growth in shipbuilding orders has greatly boosted the sales of manufacturers of related equipment such as ship engines. South Korea's HSD Engine, wh...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
S-1 unveils AED with analysis time reduced to 2 seconds
S-1 Corp., a security affiliate of South Korea's Samsung Group, has been expanding its presence into the automated external defibrillator (AED) area...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor sells 1 mn electric vehicles worldwide
In 11 years since Hyundai Motor Group started selling electric vehicles (EVs), the cumulative sales volume of EVs in the global market has finally s...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
KSOE wins orders for 7 LNG carriers in 1 week
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a mid-level shipbuilding holding affiliate of HD Hyundai Co., has landed successive orders for...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)