2022 Best Imported Cars
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric optimizes plastic recycling tech with US company
SK Geo Centric Co., a South Korean energy and chemical company, is accelerating technical negotiations to build the world's first plastic recycling ...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
DB HiTek sees capacity utilization rate rise to 80%
South Korea's semiconductor foundry company DB HiTek Co. last month saw its capacity utilization rate rise to the mid-80% level thanks to rising dem...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s Shinsegae to bolster convenience store business
South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group is set to boost its business in the rapidly growing convenience store sector as its supermarket cha...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai eyes greater SUV market share with new Kona EV
Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled the all-new Kona Electric, its first fully revamped compact sport utility vehicle in five years, as the top So...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea lags Taiwan in GNI per capita for first time since 2002
South Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita dropped 7.7% on-year last year, coming in below that of its smaller rival Taiwan for the ...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung reclaims world's top spot in chip sales: Omdia
Samsung Electronics Co. topped the global chipmakers with $67.1 billion in revenue last year, according to London-based tech research firm Omdia ear...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea's imports of Japanese beer in January hit $2 million
Japanese beer imports in January exceeded $2 million, the most since a bilateral row erupted in July 2019 after Japan imposed export restrictions on...
Mar 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung launches new TV ad campaign in London ahead of global release
Samsung Electronics Co. is ramping up its marketing efforts for its latest line of high-end TVs, including the 2023 Neo QLED 8K model, with a giant ...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Bioepis launches ARMD biosimilar drug in Germany, Canada
Samsung Bioepis Co., a South Korean biosimilar firm, announced on Sunday that it has recently launched a new biosimilar drug called SB11 for the tre...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea's NPS likely to log 8.2% loss for 2022, record-low return
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is expected to post a negative return of 8.2% for 2022, according to its preliminary report on Th...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea's K Bank posts highest net profit in 2022
K Bank, a South Korean Internet-only bank, reported a net profit of 83.6 billion won ($63.6 million) in 2022, which nearly quadrupled compared to th...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korea's Aekyung opens Luna brand store on Chinese TikTok
Aekyung Industrial, a South Korean consumer products company, announced on Thursday the opening of a stand-alone brand shop for their make-up specia...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Carmerce raises $2.3 mn in Series A led by Hankook Tire
South Korea's used car e-commerce platform Carmerce has raised 3 billion won ($2.3 million) in a Series A funding round led by Hankook Tire & ...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean e-commerce Coupang logs profits in Q3-Q4 2022
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. achieved record-high yearly revenue and operating profits for two consecutive quarters between July to De...
Mar 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea's GEPS logs 10.2% return on alternative assets in 2022
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) had a 4.4% loss on investment last year, seeing its assets under management (AUM) dr...
Mar 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s L&F in $2.9 billion deal to supply battery material to Tesla
South Korea’s leading battery materials maker L&F Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a $2.91 billion deal to supply cathode, a key electric...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea's Kumho Tire sponsors Touring Car Championship
Kumho Tire Co. announced on Monday its title sponsorship of the Touring Car Championship (TCR), a global touring car competition, with the organizer...
Feb 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia to join global small EV war with new models
Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaker, will aim at the world’s affordable small electric vehicle segments with new models as ...
Feb 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung opens 5G pilot network to 4th largest mobile carrier in US
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it has successfully completed the opening of a 5th-generation mobile communications (5G) pilot ne...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Car-sharing platform Humax Mobility begins IPO process
Humax Mobility, a South Korean car-sharing and parking platform operator, is aiming to become the second mobility service firm to go public in the c...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea hits historic low fertility rate in 2022, adding to economic woes
South Korea saw its fertility rate, which has been already the world’s lowest in the past few years, hit its historic low of 0.78 last year, a...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea's Hanwha Asset Management staff protest personnel reshuffle
Internal conflict is growing at South Korea's Hanwha Asset Management over the company's de facto restructuring of its fund management in the wake o...
Feb 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Uplus to provide infotainment service for Toyota's RAV4 PHEV
South Korean mobile telecom carrier LG Uplus Corp. has announced on Tuesday its plans to install its integrated infotainment (IVI) platform, the Upl...
Feb 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Kia participates in IDEX 2023, largest defense exhibition in MENA
On Monday, Kia Corp. announced its participation in IDEX 2023, a defense industry trade show being held at the National Exhibition Center in Abu Dha...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Koreans’ voracious appetite for pork belly extends to Canadian pork market
As South Korea prepares for Samgyeopsal Day, or Pork Belly Day, on March 3, the country has further upped pork imports from Canada – this afte...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec wins best eco-friendly washing machine title in US
Consumer Reports, a prominent consumer magazine in the US, has named LG Electronics Inc.'s washing machines as the "best eco-friendly washing machin...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's IONIQ 5 named best EV in Germany, Canada
Hyundai Motor Co. on Sunday said its crossover electric vehicle (EV) sport-utility vehicle (SUV) IONIQ 5 was named the 2023 Canadian Utility Vehicle...
Feb 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea's KT CS reports record sales in 2022
On Friday, KT Corp.'s customer service unit, KT CS, announced that its sales revenue for the previous year reached a record high of 591.6 billion wo...
Feb 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hanwha Solutions projects over $778 mn operating profit in 2023
Hanwha Solutions Corp. projects its operating profit for this year would exceed 1 trillion won ($778 million) on an anticipated solar energy boom in...
Feb 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
Korean sovereign wealth fund KIC logs record loss in 2022
Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) posted the largest annual loss last year since its inception in 2005, according to its 20...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)