Committee of Foreign Investments in the US
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Travel & Leisure
Interpark Triple launches travel platform Triple Korea
South Korea's retail and travel platform Interpark Triple announced on Tuesday that it launched the travel platform Triple Korea for foreign touri...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean investors’ yen savings flirt with record high
South Korean retail investors, hunting for bargains, have flocked to shovel in the Japanese currency hovering around its record low value in anticip...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea's BC Card launches Trip.Pass for foreign visitors
South Korea's BC Card announced on Tuesday that it launched a "Trip.Pass Card" and "Trip.Pass QR Payment Service" for foreign tourists with the dome...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Daishin to sell its headquarters at $493 mn to NH-Amundi
South Korea’s Daishin Securities Co. is set to sell its headquarters office to NH-Amundi Asset Management Co. for 660 billion won ($492.6 mill...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung invests in BrickBio in US
Samsung Group announced on Tuesday that its Life Science Fund has invested in the US-based antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) and gene therapy technol...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Renault to invest $523 mn to build green car hub in Korea
Renault Korea Motors Co., grappling with a protracted slump without new releases, plans to invest more than 700 billion won ($523 million) by 2027 t...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai E&C wins $132 mn biogas facility project
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Monday that it was selected as the preferred bidder for a private invest...
Mar 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion'a autoimmune disease drug Zymfentra makes US debut
South Korean biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said on March 17 that it has launched its new autoimmune disease treatment Zymfentra in the US m...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Upstage establishes US subsidiary in Silicon Valley
South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage announced on Monday that it established the US corporation Upstage AI in Silicon Valley, ...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
BNK Capital raises $41.5 mn in foreign currency
South Korea’s BNK Capital announced on Monday that it raised $41.5 million in foreign currency funds from overseas state-owned banks.This is...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Samsung faces dubious suit every 5 days from US patent trolls
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is battling an increasing number of patent infringement litigation cases from US patent trolls, the ...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
EverCharge to install EV chargers at Oracle Park
South Korea’s SK E&S Co. announced on Sunday that its US-based electric vehicle (EV) charging subsidiary EverCharge Inc. will install hund...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea’s Kumho Tire to invest $751 mn to build plant in Europe
Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, plans to invest more than 1 trillion won ($750.8 million) by 2027 to build its first plant in ...
Mar 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On in talks with Nissan to supply batteries in US
South Korean rechargeable battery maker SK On Co. is in talks with Nissan Motor Co. to jointly produce battery cells for the Japanese carmaker in th...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Korea Zinc, LG Chem team up for US recycling business
Korea Zinc Inc., the leading global zinc and lead smelter, and LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top petrochemical producer, joined hands for the pl...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to receive over $6 bn in US chip subsidies, eyes extra investment
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to receive more than $6 billion in US chip subsidies as the Joe Biden administration is ...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KASA, Korea’s NASA, embarks on hunt for space talent
South Korea seeking to join the global space power club is set to recruit about 120 local and foreign space experts for the country’s space ag...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Ecoplant opens US recycling plant for data center servers
SK Ecoplant Co., a South Korean construction engineering and waste management firm, said on Thursday it launched a recycling plant for data cen...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
South Korea gets tough with Chinese platforms AliExpress, Temu, Shein
South Korea plans to introduce a get-tough e-commerce policy on Chinese platforms such as AliExpress, Temu and Shein amid increasing complaints abou...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai L&C targets US, India with premium finishing material
Hyundai L&C, South Korea’s Hyundai Department Store Group’s building materials unit, said on Tuesday that it will increase the propo...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG invests $60 million in Bear Robotics as robot OS war intensifies
South Korea’s high-tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said on Tuesday it has invested $60 million in Bear Robotics Inc., a Silicon Valley-based se...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO Int’l wins $9 bn permanent magnet orders from US, Europe
POSCO International Corp. has bagged deals worth nearly 1.2 trillion won ($9 billion) in total to deliver permanent magnets to finished carmakers in...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec named best front-load washer in US
LG Electronics Inc. has dominated the top positions in the latest ratings for the best front-load washing machines conducted by Consumer Reports, a ...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Foreign venture funding for Korean startups picks up
South Korean startups raising funds from overseas venture capital firms nearly doubled in the first two months of this year from a year ago, heighte...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
MBK’s Michael ByungJu Kim: Most influential in Korea’s capital market
Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder and partner of Northeast Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., has been chosen as the most influential...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Coupang launches direct purchase service to Japan
Coupang Inc., South Korea's leading e-commerce platform, announced on Monday that it is expanding its overseas direct purchase service, "Rocket Jikg...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Trump confidant Arkansas Gov. Sanders in Seoul for trade talks
Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas governor and long-time confidant of former US President Donald Trump, has shown firm support for her form...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG’s new AI-controlled soundbar to hit US market in March
LG Electronics Inc. will roll out its new flagship soundbar system — powered by AI and 15-channel sound — in North America later this mo...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
S.Korean steelmakers mull building electric furnaces in US
Steelmakers are considering building steel mills with electric furnaces in the United States to survive the triple whammy of high tariff barriers, l...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Toyota compete to take upper hand in Brazil
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and Japan’s No. 1 carmaker Toyota Motor Corp. have been competing for decades to take the ...
Mar 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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