China Duty Free Group
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Bio & Pharma
NKMax to supply health functional food to Chinese company
South Korean natural killer cell drug maker NKMax Co. announced in a regulatory filing on Friday that it has signed a supply contract with China's S...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to advance future mobility with nanotechnology
Hyundai Motor Group, which seeks to pivot from a fast follower to a game changer in the global auto sector, has unveiled advanced materials technolo...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Occupancy rate of S.Korean LCCs for int’l flights hits 87%
The average occupancy rate (AOR) on international flights of South Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) has exceeded 80%, fully recovering to its ...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Alibaba launches express ships to S.Korea as orders surge
Alibaba.com, China’s largest online marketplace, launched an express cargo ship service between South Korea and China this week to meet a surg...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SM Group to buy HMM but not for over $3.5 bn: SM Chair Woo
SM Group has enough financial ammunition to buy the country’s No. 1 container shipping line HMM Co. but would not join the bid for the latter&...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Lotte Group's Shin stresses unlearning as key to innovation
Disregarding existing ways and being open to new opportunities are challenging in South Korea’s large conglomerates, where a strict corporate ...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Blackpink YouTube exceeds 90 mn subscribers
K-pop girl group Blackpink's official YouTube channel subscribers surpassed 90 million on July 17 at 5:36 a.m., according to YG Entertainment Inc.Th...
Jul 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Tinder owner Match Group taps Sam Ahn as Asia's chief innovation officer
Match Group Inc., operating online dating and chat platforms like Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid in some 40 languages, has appointed its subsidiary Hyper...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Group chair sees semiconductor rebound in 6 mths to 1 yr
The semiconductor industry may be at the bottom of its cycle and is likely to turn around in six months to one year, in tandem with an expected econ...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Duty Free opens store at Australia's Melbourne Airport
South Korea's Lotte Duty Free announced on Thursday that it is opening a new store at Melbourne Airport in Australia and entering full-scale opera...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG releases world's first connection cable-free OLED TV
LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday announced its release of the world's first wireless OLED TV, LG Signature OLED M.As the world's first OLED TV to hav...
Jul 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK Telecom, Hana Financial Group jointly nurture AI startups
SK Telecom Co. and Hana Financial Group are strengthening their collaboration in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). They are jointly fosteri...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SM Entertainment founder invests in Chinese drone maker
Lee Soo-man, founder and former executive producer of South Korea's SM Entertainment Co., has reportedly made a huge investment in the Chinese self-...
Jul 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Samsung Elec denies rumor of Galaxy ads with Fifty Fifty
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest smartphone maker, has denied market rumors that K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty will ap...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KHNP participates in Australian green cement project
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) will participate in the South Australia green cement transition project, which aims to produce green hydr...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea’s imports of LFP cathode reverses to growth after 8 years
South Korea's imports of cathode materials used to make lithium ferrophosphate (LFP) batteries in the first five months of this year rose for the fi...
Jul 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korean game companies to launch new offensive in China
Major South Korean game companies such as Nexon, Netmarble Corp. and Smilegate from this month will roll out new titles on the Chinese market. ...
Jul 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor breaks out of 3-year slump in China
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. has broken out of its slump in China, with its Chinese joint venture posting its first sales growth in four ye...
Jul 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Genesis rewrites Hyundai story, shedding Honda copycat image
Once dismissed as a Honda copycat, Hyundai Motor Co. is poised to pass yet antother milestone, with its luxury brand Genesis on track to top 1 milli...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial pursues glocalization in Southeast Asia
KB Financial Group Chairman and Chief Executive Yoon Jong-kyoo brought up “glocalization” as a key strategy for its global expansion at ...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
SGC Group slapped with over $7.7 mn fine for unfair internal trade
The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a fine of more than 10 billion won ($7.7 million) on SGC Group companies for unfair internal transaction...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
FDI pledges to S.Korea set fresh record in H1 2023
Foreign direct investment pledges to South Korea from January to June of this year soared 54.2% on-year, hitting a record high for the first-half pe...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion Healthcare launches Humira biosimilar Yuflyma in US
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Healthcare on Monday said it launched the day before on the US market Yuflyma, a biosimilar of the ...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea-China battery minerals tie-up mutually beneficial: CNGR chief
China and South Korea stand to mutually benefit by strengthening their partnership in the battery materials business amid tougher US regulations on ...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samyang Foods Group rebrands as Samyang Roundsquare
South Korea's food-oriented Samyang Foods Group said on Monday it rebranded the group and the holding company Samyang Naturals Co.'s name as Samyang...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
LG Chem seeks to sell 2nd NCC facility in Korea in face of China’s ascent
LG Chem Ltd. has embarked on a process to sell its core naphtha cracking center (NCC) in South Korea, estimated at about 3 trillion won ($2.3 billio...
Jul 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS logs 8.6% return on investment as of end-April 2023
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has logged an 8.63% profit in fund management in January-April this year thanks to strong equity ...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea’s trade deficit with China runs deep; chip support required
Just like its neighboring countries in Asia, South Korea’s economic growth has long been swayed by the ups and downs of China, which heavily r...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Group seeks new partners in Silicon Valley’s startup scene
South Korea’s LG Group seeks new partnerships with global ventures to strengthen its new growth engines, such as batteries, biopharmaceuticals...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korean oil refiner GS Caltex accelerates advance into cosmetics biz
GS Caltex Corp., South Korea’s second-largest oil refiner, is expediting its advance into the cosmetics industry as part of its green transfor...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)