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Travel & Leisure
Stay-in-hotel trend for the holidays revs up luxury hotels
Luxury hotels in South Korea are enjoying the emerging trend of Koreans choosing relaxing vacations at hotels, rather than taking holidays overseas....
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Kookmin Bank launches foreign currency trading platform KB Star FX
South Korea's largest lender Kookmin Bank on Monday launched its new contactless platform for foreign exchange transactions dubbed KB Star FX.The on...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean apparel retailer F&F to produce global K-pop stars
South Korean outdoor clothing retailer F&F Co. made a foray into the entertainment sector to create a synergy of K-content and fashion, competin...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung TV, home theater systems win award in Australia
South Korea's electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. has set a new benchmark for customer satisfaction in Australia, receiving Canstar Blue&rsquo...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Hanwha Hotels&Resorts signs MOU with Mohegan Inspire
Hanwha Hotels & Resorts Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed with Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort a memorandum of understanding (MOU) fo...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Fintech co. Awake Corp. provides financial management tool to creators
South Korean fintech startup Awake Corporation won the hearts and wallets of judges at the D.Day X D.Camp event on Thursday, garnering 20 million wo...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
D.Day X D.Camp All Star event aims to narrow gap between VC and startup
Come this Thursday, D.Camp operated by the Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs will host the biggest demo day of the year, in collaboration wit...
Nov 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom commercial feature AI human to promote content platform
South Korea’s major telecom company SK Telecom Co. has adopted a virtual human to feature in one of its commercial ads for the first time in t...
Sep 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea battery, chip companies fail to reboot IPO market
South Korea’s battery and semiconductor companies, stock investors’ favorites, failed to revive the local initial public offering market...
Sep 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus' K-pop idol platform goes global via smart TVs
Fans of K-pop idols such as boyband sensation BTS and girl group Blackpink will be able to enjoy their live performances through smart TVs at home a...
Sep 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Seoul sees high odds of reversing Lone Star-favoring ruling
South Korea’s justice ministry expressed confidence in winning an appeal against an international ruling that accepted part of Lone Star&rsquo...
Sep 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Seoul ordered to fork over $230 mn to Lone Star over KEB deal
An international tribunal delivered a ruling in favor of Lone Star on Wednesday over a dispute with South Korea relating to its 3.9 trillion won ($3...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Lone Star, Seoul wrangle over KEB deal set to wrap up
A decade-long dispute between South Korea and the US private equity firm Lone Star Funds over a Korean deal will be wrapped up next week, with an in...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Ex-footballer’s startup QMIT raises $2.4 mn in Series A
QMIT Inc., the operator of athlete management platform plco, announced Tuesday that it raised 3 billion won ($2.4 million) in Series A round funding...
Jun 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea, Lone Star brace for ruling on decade-long dispute
An international arbitrator is set to rule on a decade-long legal tussle between South Korea and Lone Star Funds as early as next month over the US ...
Apr 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
CJ ENM sets up production studio focused on OTT content
South Korea’s entertainment giant CJ ENM Co. established a studio specializing in content for over-the-top (OTT) platforms at home and abroad ...
Apr 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
KT, NHN launch cloud subsidiaries
South Korea’s second-largest wireless carrier KT Corp. launched a cloud computing subsidiary on Friday. Cloud computing is the on-demand ...
Apr 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Blue house brawl: South Korea spars over where next president will live
SEOUL—South Korea’s political division runs so deep now that the country can’t agree where the next president should liv...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Star-studded vision AI startup SNUAI requires less data and time
“The first joint venture with the Seoul National University seal of approval” is how artificial intelligence startup SNUAI Lab Co. des...
Mar 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
South Korea's contact lens exports surge in 2021
South Korea's contact lens brands accelerated their penetration into the global market estimated at $10 billion in 2021, thanks to the market's rebo...
Mar 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Coupang wraps up 2021 with record sales of $18.4 bn
South Korea’s e-commerce juggernaut Coupang Inc. posted $18.4 billion in sales last year, up 54% on-year. Compared to the pre-pandemic level i...
Mar 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
VR star signs with K-pop label YG Entertainment
South Korean game developer and publisher Smilegate announced Monday that its virtual human signed an exclusive contract with an affiliate of global...
Feb 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Hyundai E&C to inject $343 mn in Hilton Seoul redevelopment
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), a construction giant under Hyundai Motor Company, will invest 409.9 billion wo...
Jan 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Dunamu, Naver Z invest $8.5 mn in metaverse firm Persona Space
Persona Space, a subsidiary of South Korean metaverse company Galaxy Corp., said on Dec. 16 it has attracted 10 billion won ($8.5 million) investm...
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
BTS may have to serve in South Korean army
It appears the world’s top boy band BTS will have to serve in the South Korean military as lawmakers in the country have so far failed to agre...
Nov 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Korean TV stars tipped for Kosdaq IPO windfalls
A spate of South Korean entertainment companies' public listings will likely create windfalls of up to tens of millions of dollars for Korean TV sta...
Nov 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-pop stars see huge capital gains from stock options
Executives and employees of top K-pop agencies such as SM Entertainment Co. and YG Entertainment Inc. are expected to earn huge capital gains from...
Oct 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung Heavy aims renewable energy markets with offshore wind floater
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. unveiled an offshore wind floater to branch out into renewable energy markets at home and abroad. ...
Jul 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Paint makers lure MZers with YouTube stars, fashion brand
A car pulls in front of an old warehouse. In funky and vivid outfits and holding various tools in their hands, five boys and girls from the Ambiguou...
Jul 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
SK Hynix CEO Lee Seok-hee: Star engineer, bookworm, soju connoisseur
When SK Hynix Inc. announced a $9 billion all-cash deal to acquire Intel Corp.’s NAND memory chip business in mid-October of last year, the ma...
Jan 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 No Korean firms make it to Korea’s top 5 mobile games list
- 2 Samsung Ballie, LG Q9 robots steal the show at IFA 2024
- 3 Hanjin, China's AWOT set up e-commerce logistics JV
- 4 LG Uplus looks to lure foreigners with K-pop-themed stores
- 5 Pulley Campus, Yonsei Univ. to co-work on educational AI services