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Petrochemicals
Lotte Fine Chemical transforms from ugly duckling to golden swan
For Samsung Group, the fine chemicals business was an ugly duckling losing money while other affiliates, including Samsung Electronics Co., were flu...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korean IT firms rush for tie-ups to compete with ChatGPT
South Korean tech companies are rushing to form partnerships in different sectors to develop superior AI services to compete with ChatGPT, a chatbot...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Responsible mineral sourcing key to Korean battery materials makers
South Korea’s battery materials makers are stepping up their efforts to conform to environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards throug...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korea's Hoban Group signs agreement with Aramco for cooperation
Hoban Group, South Korea's construction, property development, and manufacturing conglomerate, said Monday that it has signed a memorandum of unders...
Feb 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Korea’s Hyundai Dept. Store drops holding company plan
South Korea’s major retailer Hyundai Department Store Group Co. gave up a plan to split off its core high-end shopping mall affiliate and conv...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group ranks first in US vehicle dependability study
Hyundai Motor Group has once again topped the U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) conducted by J.D. Power, ranking first among 16 global automoti...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korea game sector remains in dark after poor earnings
South Korea’s game publishers reported dismal quarterly earnings, deepening concerns over their outlook this year amid doubts over measures su...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea's banks see deposits plummet $35.5 billion in Jan
Banks in South Korea last month saw deposits plummet over 45 trillion won ($35.5 billion) from the previous month due to a decline in deposit intere...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
KT under pressure for transparency, fairness to pick new CEO, again
South Korea’s leading telecommunications company KT Corp. will pick a new chief executive after it came under fire over its CEO select...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
HLB’s Rivoceranib, Hengrui's Camrelizumab approved as combination therapy in China
South Korea's HLB Co. announced on Thursday that the combination therapy of its drug candidate rivoceranib and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., ...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Doosan joins forces with S.Australian gov't to expand hydrogen business
Doosan Fuel Cell plans to expand its hydrogen business overseas. The company on Thursday said it had signed an agreement with the state of Sout...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Philip Morris aims to top Korea's heated-tobacco market with Iluma
Philip Morris International Inc., a major US tobacco maker, aims to regain the throne in South Korea's competitive heat-not-burn cigarette market wi...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Binance acquires majority stake in S.Korea's crypto exchange Gopax
Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange globally, has acquired a majority stake in South Korea's Gopax by purchasing CEO Lee Joon-haeng's 41.2%...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Kakao Bank announces record-high performance in 2022
South Korea's KakaoBank Corp. on Wednesday said its net profit last year reached a record-high 263.1 billion won ($208.6 million), up 28.9% from 202...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Kyobo Life Insurance speeds up creation of holding company
South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is set to establish a holding company by the second half of 2024. The major insurer seeks to raise its ...
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
Prestige Bio's Herceptin biosimilar proves equivalence in clinical trials
Prestige Biopharma, a South Korean biopharmaceutical developer, said on Tuesday that the final analysis of phase 3 clinical trial on the anti-cancer...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
FKI to be more open, future-minded and international as part of reform
South Korea’s major business lobby group the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) will become a more open and future-oriented business group ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
AfreecaTV, VTVCab agree on live streaming platform service in Vietnam
South Korea's video streaming platform AfreecaTV Co. said Wednesday that it has agreed with VTVCab, a member of Vietnam's largest state-run TV...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Lotte Group to directly control global real estate unit
Lotte Corp., the fifth-largest conglomerate in South Korea, is poised to strengthen its real estate development unit under the direct control of the...
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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Robotics
Samsung Electronics to launch its first robot EX1 this year to rival LG
Samsung Electronics Co. will bring its first robot EX1 to market this year to compete with LG Electronics Inc., shifting its focus from traditional ...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Innovation steps up carbon offset, green investments
SK Innovation Co., the refinery and chemicals unit of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK, is poised to strengthen its eco-friendly b...
Feb 06, 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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Bio & Pharma
South Korean biotech firms tap Middle East as next key market
South Korean biotech companies are speeding up their foray into the Middle East to tap oil money as they seek new growth engines beyond fossil fuels...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics exhibits Art Lab in New York
LG Electronics Inc. recently introduced "LG Art Lab," a non-fungible token art trading platform mounted on LG TVs, through a large display board in ...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Industrial Bank of Korea goes all in with Eastern Europe push
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) will open an office in Poland in the first half of this year, with analysts saying the bank's president Kim Seong-tae...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Group to invest $2.7 bn in decarbonization by 2030
South Korea's No. 4 conglomerate LG Corp. is set to accelerate its net zero by 2050 strategies.LG will invest 3.4 trillion won ($2.7 billion) by 203...
Feb 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release
NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major game developing and publishing company, has recently laid off about 20% of its North American operation, joi...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Prestige Biopharma submits clinical trial plan in Australia
Prestige Biopharma, a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company with operations in South Korea and the US, has applied to the Australian clini...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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