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E-commerce
Coupang's No. 2 shareholder unloads over $1 bn shares
Coupang Inc.'s second-largest shareholder Geenox Capital sold about 1.6 trillion won ($1.4 billion) worth of shares in the South Korean e-commerce p...
Dec 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
KEPCO to develop subsea transmission for ADNOC
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) awarded a $3.6 billion contract to a consortium led by Kore...
Dec 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea Sindoh unveils cutting-edge 3D printer under new brand fabWeaver
Sindoh Co., South Korea’s top 3D printer maker, unveiled a state-of-the-art 3D printer under its new premium brand fabWeaver as it aims to exp...
Nov 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Global carmakers deliver unfinished cars due to chip shortage
Global carmakers are now delivering unfinished cars, or vehicles without popular convenience features such as USB ports, to appease customers runnin...
Nov 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Steel scrap in high demand in steelmakers' push to cut emissions
Steel scrap, once derided as trash, is emerging as a national strategic resource as steelmakers are increasingly recycling metal scrap to reduce rel...
Nov 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai Motor swings to profit in Q3 on Genesis, SUVs
Hyundai Motor Co. South Korea’s top automaker, turned to an operating profit in the third quarter on strong sales of the premium Genesis model...
Oct 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Simone drops IPO on weak institutional investor demand
South Korean Simone Acc. Collection Ltd. has withdrawn its initial public offering plan on lukewarm demand from institutional investors, investment ...
Oct 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel, Samsung develop tech to recycle chip waste for steelmaking
Hyundai Steel Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. said on Monday they have developed technology that can recycle the chipmaker’s wastewater sludge...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Copper
LS-Nikko to boost profit by 4-6% with smart factory
LS-Nikko Copper Inc., the world’s second-largest electrolytic copper maker, is beginning to reap the rewards of its smart factory project bega...
Sep 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Copper
LS-Nikko to boost profit by 4-6% with smart factory
LS-Nikko Copper Inc., the world’s second-largest electrolytic copper maker, is beginning to reap the rewards of its smart factory project bega...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Kakao says to shift toward co-existing business model
Kakao Corp. will be abandoning its growth model that has transformed once a mere mobile messenger operator into one of South Korea's largest busines...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Fin to move closer to privatization by year's end
The South Korean government will sell another big chunk of its remaining shares in Woori Financial Group by year's end to finally give up its top sh...
Sep 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Steel stocks rally on iron ore price falls, Q3 outlook
Shares in South Korean steelmakers rose sharply in active trade on Tuesday, on the prospect that the declining iron ore price and Chinese rivals' ou...
Sep 07, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Kakao Pay cuts IPO price by 6% for October listing
Kakao Pay Corp., the digital settlement platform unit of South Korea’s top messaging app operator Kakao Corp., has slashed its initial publi...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to benefit as COVID-19 slams competitors
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is expected to benefit as the COVID-19 has hit its competitors in the global multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market.T...
Aug 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to cut outsourcing of foreign bond investments
South Korea’s National Pension Service, the world’s third-largest pension fund, was set to reduce outsourcing of foreign bond investment...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Carmaker stocks hit speed bump of chip shortage, Delta variant
Shares in global carmakers such as Hyundai Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. are tumbling. The automotive chip shortage is expected to deteriorate fu...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KOGAS cuts import costs on Qatari LNG with COVID-19 kits
Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) cut imports costs on liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar for 20 years thanks to COVID-19 test kits.KOGAS signed on July 1...
Aug 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Korea’s steel stocks make big rebound with rosy H2 outlook
The share prices of South Korea’s major steelmakers, which observed a period of a downturn over the last two months, is making a rebound amid ...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero gets 5 more months to sell Yogiyo until January
South Korea’s antitrust regulator said on Thursday it is extending the deadline for Germany’s Delivery Hero SE to sell food delivery pla...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean LCCs continue to face worst market conditions in 2021
Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) are projected to post another period of financial loss in the second quarter of 2021.According to analyst est...
Jul 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivery Hero seeks more time to sell Korea's Yogiyo
Delivery Hero SE has requested up to another six months to sell South Korea's No. 2 food delivery platform Yogiyo, the estimated value of which was ...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Cash-strapped Korean LCCs to bolster capital: Jeju Air to raise $175 mn
Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s largest low-cost carrier (LCC), seeks to raise some $175 million in new shares to boost its capital base, raising ...
Jul 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Jungheung cuts Daewoo E&C acquisition price by $180 mn
KDB Investment, in an announcement on July 5, has confirmed Jungheung Construction Co. as the preferred bidder for the acquisition of Daewoo Enginee...
Jul 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Why Google is getting heat from game companies on recent commission cuts
Global IT giant Google is facing strong backlash from South Korean game companies angry with having to pay a 30% commission on in-app purchases whil...
Jun 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Coupang fire may cut ROI of warehouse assets
Last week’s devastating fire at a Coupang distribution center, which reportedly burned down more than 16 million items for delivery, is expect...
Jun 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
China’s heavy imports of copper, steel scrap hurt Korean SMEs
South Korea’s massive exports of scrap steel and scrap copper to China are hurting its domestic companies that are struggling to secure the st...
May 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
RECON Labs to drive AR commerce by cutting content creation costs by up to 99%
Does the adoption of augmented reality (AR) technology in e-commerce platforms drive sales? The answer is yes, as the purchase conversion rate for p...
Apr 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Tel, Shinsegae, Lotte, MBK make the cut in eBay Korea deal
Four out of the five preliminary bidders for eBay Korea, including SK Telecom Co. and MBK Partners, have made the cut in the deal estimated at aroun...
Mar 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
BOK tells institutions to cut exposure in high carbon sectors
The Bank of Korea has asked the country’s financial institutions to reduce exposure in economic sectors that generate high levels of carbon em...
Mar 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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