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Foreign exchange
Korean won hits 15-year low amid FX, economic uncertainty
The South Korean currency fell to the lowest level against the US dollar in 15 years in the second quarter amid growing uncertainties in the global ...
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Real estate
NPS-backed new prime office building in Seoul struggles with poor demand
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is seeing little demand for a Seoul-based new prim...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Affinity-backed SSG.COM offers 1st voluntary redundancies
Money-losing SSG.COM, once the most popular online shopping mall in South Korea, is asking some of its employees to volunteer to leave the company f...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi Semiconductor eyes $1.5 billion sales in 2026
Hanmi Semiconductor Co., South Korea’s leading chip packaging equipment manufacturer, has revised upwards its annual sales target for this yea...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korean IPO boom sets record; bubbles burst post debut
South Korea’s initial public offerings in the first half of this year were oversubscribed 1,610 times, the highest-ever rate for a half-year p...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax mulls building cosmetics factory in Latin America
Cosmax Inc., South Korea's biggest cosmetics original development and design manufacturer (ODM), is considering building a new offshore plant in Lat...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Time to revive innovator spirit: LG Energy Solution CEO
South Korea’s top battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd., also the world’s No. 3, must accelerate innovation and prop up fundamentals to ...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air Premia, Alaska Airlines sign interline agreement
South Korea's Air Premia Inc. announced on Thursday that it partnered with Alaska Airlines, the fifth-largest US carrier, through an interline agr...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea’s No. 1 flea market app Karrot expands services across Canada
Danggeun Market Inc., South Korea’s largest online flea market service provider, is expanding its online used-goods marketplace app Karrot acr...
Jul 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Jollibee to acquire Korea’s Compose Coffee in $340 mn deal
Jollibee Foods Corp., the Philippines’ largest fast-food chain, is set to take over a majority stake in Compose Coffee Co., South Korea’...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung’s biotech duo on a roll with $1.1 bn CMO order
Samsung Group is on track to rise to the top of biosimilar companies in the world and become South Korea’s largest drug maker for contract man...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte Biologics targets $1.1 billion in sales with new bio plants
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Lotte Biologics Co. said on Wednesday it is aiming for 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in annual sales by 203...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea's LG Uplus aims for $1.4 bn in B2B AI sales by 2028
South Korea’s leading mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp., which is set to unveil its first artificial intelligence chip by the end of this year, ai...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea Eximbank to provide $150 mn PF to Australia
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) announced on Tuesday that it will provide $150 million in project financing (PF) for developing a rare ea...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean wins $1.57 billion deal for LNG carriers, VLCCs
Hanwha Ocean Co., a shipbuilding unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, said on Monday it has won a combined 2....
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG Uplus builds 1,000 kW solar power facility in Daejeon
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. established a solar power facility to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. LG Uplus announced on Sunday that it installe...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea sees foreign visitors 95% of pre-pandemic
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on Friday that the number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea in May was 1.42 million, an increa...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On signs MOU to secure US-sourced lithium from ExxonMobil
SK On Co. has inked an MOU with ExxonMobil Corp. to buy lithium extracted by the US oil giant from a salt well in the US state of Arkansas. The deal...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI inks $1.4 bn supersonic fighter jet mass production deal
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), the country’s sole military aircraft manufacturer, said on Tuesday it signed a 2 trillion won ($1.4 bil...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK puts shares in Goldman-backed Korea Superfreeze on market
SK Group has put its shares in Korea Superfreeze Inc., a cold chain logistics company jointly owned by EMP Belstar and Goldman Sachs, on the market,...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Fried chicken chain bhc adds two more stores in Thailand
South Korean fried chicken chain bhc Chicken announced on Monday that it opened its fifth and sixth stores in Thailand.The number of stores has incr...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart24 opens first store in Cambodia
South Korea's convenience store chain E-Mart24 Inc. announced on Sunday that it opened its first store in Boeung Keng Kang, a bustling district of P...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek eyes $1.4 bn in automotive sensor sales by 2030
LG Innotek Co., South Korea’s leading mobile camera module maker, is upping the ante to lead the automotive sensing market with high-performan...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
K-Sure to support Korean firms' participation in Vietnam's gas project
Korea Trade Insurance Corp. (K-Sure) announced that it will leverage medium- and long-term financial support to assist domestic companies in partici...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Ediya Coffee expands to Malaysia following Guam
South Korea's homegrown coffee chain Ediya Coffee announced on Friday that it has signed a master franchise agreement in Malaysia, marking the begin...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Mom's Touch adds two new restaurants in Mongolia
South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. announced on Friday that it has recently opened its sixth and seventh stores i...
Jun 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Elec, ChargePoint to collaborate for EV charging
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it had recently signed a business agreement with the No. 1 electric vehicle (EV) charging operator (...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Motor eyes hydrogen value chain leadership
Hyundai Motor Group will expand its cooperation with global companies to boost its presence in the hydrogen value chain from production to distribut...
Jun 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s Woori to team up with US Nuveen to enhance IB part
Woori Bank and Woori Asset Management, subsidiaries of South Korea's Woori Financial Group, announced on Sunday that they signed a memorandum of u...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Energy to cut emissions with combined heat power system
SK Energy Co., a unit of South Korean oil refiner and battery maker SK Innovation Co., has begun operation of its gas combined heat power (CHP) syst...
Jun 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)