2023 Canadian Utility Vehicle (SUV) of the Year
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Electric vehicles
Doosan, LG unveil automated EV charger served by robot
Doosan Robotics Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. have jointly developed an automated electric vehicle charger served by a robot and launched its pilot o...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Brokerage firms' bonds draw investors amid rate cut hopes
South Korean brokerage firms are ramping up sales of long-term bonds to refinance their loans by repaying short-term debts in hopes of a rate cut by...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Korean lidar venture SOSLab eyes Kosdaq debut in May
South Korean light detection and ranging (lidar) startup SOSLab aims to debut on the junior bourse Kosdaq in May, according to banking sources on Su...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM to sharply expand container ship fleet by 2030
HMM Co., South Korea’s flagship sea carrier, on Monday unveiled a plan to sharply expand the fleet of container and bulk carriers by 2030 to s...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s Genesis: Vehicle evolution from comfort to driving fun
Hyundai Motor Co.'s premium brand Genesis, once derided as a Lexus copycat, is emerging as a breadwinner for the top South Korean automaker and a mo...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG, Hyundai seek to deepen vehicle system partnership
LG Group units, including LG Electronics Inc. and LG Innotek Co., are in talks with Hyundai Motor Group to expand collaboration on vehicle systems, ...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
HD Hyundai, Palantir team up for unmanned surface vehicle
HD Hyundai Co., a South Korean shipbuilding and machinery conglomerate, joined hands with US artificial intelligence defense contractor Palantir Tec...
Apr 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korean tire makers step up push into bigger, high-margin tires
South Korean tire makers are betting big on premium tires fitted for sports utility vehicles, full-size sedans and electric vehicles, after bigger a...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea’s Orion to ship bottled water to China to challenge Evian
Orion Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s confectionary and snack maker Orion Corp., is set to export bottled water to China,...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang to raise membership fees, 1st hike in over 2 years
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, said on Friday it will raise membership fees 58.1% to 7,890 won ($5.7) per month as i...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
F&B chain operator Theborn Korea eyes IPO in 2024
South Korea’s leading food and beverage group Theborn Korea Inc., which operates 25 restaurant and café chains in domestic and global m...
Apr 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's M&A market poised to bounce back after bleak Q1
South Korea’s mergers and acquisitions market is poised to bounce back after a bleak first quarter, with 22.3 trillion won ($16 billion) worth...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SoftBank-backed Balancehero still hungry for bigger market
In India, the world’s most populous country, about 1.2 billion people are estimated to have no credit score because most are unbanked, meaning...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Bubble tea chain Gong Cha struggles in its top market of Korea
Global leading bubble tea franchise Gong Cha Global Ltd.’s South Korean affiliate, which owns the beverage chain’s Japanese and Taiwanes...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
As many as one in 10 residents in South Korea likely to be foreign by 2042
The number of foreign residents in South Korea is expected to rise steadily in the coming years to account for up to 10.1% of the country’s to...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
POSCO DX to develop self-driving unmanned facilities
POSCO DX Co., the IT services subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of unde...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to produce 290-layer V9 NAND to win chip stacking war
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is set to begin mass production of 290-layer ninth-generation vertical (V9) NAN...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia to enter emerging markets with its latest EV5 made in China
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to enhance its presence in emerging markets with the EV5 compact SUV, the company&rsq...
Apr 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
RVs, SUVs sweep top 4 spots in South Korea’s first-quarter auto sales
Recreational vehicles (RVs) and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) achieved an unprecedented feat by claiming the top four spots on the list of best-sell...
Apr 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea’s makgeolli market hits brakes amid whiskey fad
The market growth of South Korea’s traditional milky and often sweet rice wine, makgeolli, has slowed after the country’s younger genera...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sports
Coupang Play to livestream 2024 Masters Tournament
Coupang Play, a video streaming service provided by South Korea's largest e-commerce company Coupang Inc., will broadcast the first major golf tourn...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
South Korean drone startups rush to join military drone race
South Korean drone-developing startups are rushing to join the race to develop military drones to meet growing demand for drones fit for combat oper...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Commercial vehicle guru Andersson leads MAN’s Korea, Australia businesses
Commercial vehicle veteran Peter Andersson is now managing MAN Truck & Bus SE’s businesses in South Korea and a cluster of Asia-Pacific co...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Perigee, Hyundai Rotem to team up for SLV
South Korea's Perigee Aerospace Inc. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hyundai Rotem Co. to expand its bus...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang's PB SMEs in S.Korea triple in five years
Coupang Inc., South Korea's leading e-commerce platform, announced on Sunday that the number of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) manufacturer...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s current account surplus near 3-year high on chips
South Korea’s current account surplus touched a near three-year high in February as goods exports continued to grow on strong overseas sales o...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ Foodville sees record-high operating profit in 2023
CJ Foodville, the food service subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group and the operator of bakery chain brand Tous les Jours saw a record-high operatin...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung ups smaller OLED workforce to fend off Chinese rivals
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s top screen maker, increased its workforce for smaller organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels used for p...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Hanatour makes turnaround through restructuring, premium packages
When IMM Private Equity Inc. acquired a 16.68% stake in South Korea’s top travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. for 128.9 billion won ($95.7 mil...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia EV9 named best electric SUV in Germany
Kia Corp. 's EV9, the signature large all-electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) of South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, was named the top electric ...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)