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Earnings
Asiana Airlines swings to profit in 2021 on cargo boom
South Korea's Asiana Airlines Inc. turned to the black in 2021, reporting its largest-ever operating profit since 2010, as global supply chain disru...
Feb 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air to deploy Boeing 737 Max aircraft from March
Korean Air Lines Co. will start flying Boeing 737-8 aircraft from March, nearly two years after the global grounding of the jet type by airlines in ...
Feb 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Singapore approves Korean Air-Asiana combination
Singapore’s antitrust authority approved the integration of Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., paving the way for South Korea&rsqu...
Feb 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s reopening stocks shine despite surging Omicron cases
South Korea’s reopening stocks rallied even as the local COVID-19 cases hit record-highs with the spread of the Omicron variant. Investors rai...
Feb 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air wary of Asiana deal after EU blocks HHI-DSME merger
Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. are wary of the fate of their proposed merger after the European Union blocked the combination of Sout...
Jan 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air’s post-merger plan hits snag after conditional approval
Korean Air Lines Co. faces growing pressure from the country’s antitrust regulator to drastically adjust its post-merger integration plans aft...
Jan 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
FTC announces conditions for Korean Air, Asiana merger
South Korea’s antitrust regulator the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has decided on conditional approval for Korean Air Lines Co.‘s 1.8 tri...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Nexen Tire invests in US urban air mobility startup ANRA Technologies
Nexen Tire Corp., Korea’s third-largest tire maker, has made an undisclosed amount of equity investment in ANRA Technologies, a US urban air m...
Dec 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air to fly high on China’s cargo conversion ban
Korean Air Lines Co. is expected to benefit from China’s ban on conversion of airliners into freighters since the measure is likely to further...
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO International signs parts supply deal with US EV startup Rivian
POSCO International Corp., the trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO, said on Thursday it has signed a $6 million contract to supply...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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The award ceremony airs live
Chunsa International Film Festival
Chunsa International Film Festival is where filmmakers and audiences meet and look to collaborate on the constructive future of Korean films. In memor...
Nov 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korean Air gets Vietnam’s regulatory approval for acquisition of Asiana
Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) said on Tuesday it has obtained regulatory approval from Vietnam for its 1.8 trillion won ($1.6 billion) deal to acquir...
Nov 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean Air surprises market with highest quarterly profit in 5 years
Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) surprised the market on Friday by posting its highest third-quarter operating profit in five years, boosted by strong dem...
Nov 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO International, Petronas sign PSC for Malaysian gas development
POSCO International Co., the trading unit of South Korean steelmaker POSCO, has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) for the development of an...
Nov 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Glovis to build hydrogen supply chain with Air Products
Hyundai Glovis Co., a logistics unit of Hyundai Motor Group, agreed to set up a liquid hydrogen supply chain with Air Products, the world’s la...
Oct 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO International seeks to buy Australian gas producer Senex
POSCO International Co. is seeking to acquire Australian coal seam gas producer Senex Energy Ltd., as the trading unit of South Korean steelmaker PO...
Oct 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Tesco ordered to return $160 mn to MBK over Homeplus deal
Tesco Plc, the UK's largest retailer, was recently ordered by an international arbitration court to return £119 million ($163 million) to MBK ...
Oct 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Kumho Asiana assures 30-year profits to Gate Gourmet in catering deal
Kumho Asiana Group’s management assured net profits for 30 years to Gate Gourmet when the South Korean conglomerate signed a deal for Asiana A...
Oct 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean LCCs rush to stock market for fund on travel recovery hopes
Cash-strapped South Korean budget airlines are rushing to raise money in the local stock market on growing hopes for a travel recovery as government...
Oct 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to install 51,000 air purifiers to help Australians return to school
Samsung Electronics Co. will help the students in the Australian state of Victoria in making safe returns to the classroom in a post-COVID environme...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
US pressures Samsung, chipmakers to disclose key internal data
The American government is forcing global semiconductor manufacturers to submit internal information on their chip inventory as well as the number o...
Sep 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor to start hydrogen popularization in 2040
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s fifth-largest automaker, declared to make 2040 the first year of hydrogen energy popularizationThe group was ...
Sep 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air credit outlook raised, passenger traffic set to return
The credit rating outlook for Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) and its parent Hanjin KAL Corp. has been upgraded amid expectations that passenger flights ...
Sep 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB chairman urges FTC to approve merger of Korean Air, Asiana
A speedy approval by South Korea’s top antitrust regulator of the proposed merger of Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) and its local rival Asiana Air...
Sep 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor vows carbon neutrality by 2045
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 as global automakers are going for broke to accompl...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air to retire all A380 jets over 5 years; B787 likely replacements
Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) will retire its superjumbo fleet of 10 A380 passenger jets over the next five years, a move the South Korean flag carrier...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hydrogen tank maker Iljin Hysolus to make Kospi debut Sept. 3
South Korea’s leading hydrogen tank maker Iljin Hysolus Co. will be listed on Kospi on Sept. 3, according to the company’s IPO briefing ...
Aug 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
Mubadala joins GS-led group to buy Korean botox maker
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Co. joined a consortium led by South Korean GS Group to acquire the country’s top bot...
Aug 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO International, Petronas to develop Malaysian offshore gas field
POSCO International Co., the trading unit of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Co., is set to develop an offshore gas field in Malaysia with the country...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air hits milestone of 10,000 cargo-only passenger flights
Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) hit a milestone of having operated 10,000 cargo-only passenger flights as of Aug. 1, as the country’s top carrier g...
Aug 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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