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Aerospace & Defense
LIG Nex1’s guided rocket passes US performance test
LIG Nex1 Co., a South Korean defense company, said on Monday that its Poniard guided rocket passed the final performance test in US Foreign Comparat...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics’ new HVAC center in Europe to fight extreme temperatures
LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, said on Monday it has set up a research center in Germany to help develop advanced...
Jul 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor speeds up hydrogen bus charging business in Korea
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. is set to become the largest shareholder of a local hydrogen-powered-vehicle charging station operator to boos...
Jul 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s 2025 minimum wage rises 1.7%; SMEs seen suffering
South Korea has set next year’s hourly minimum wage at 10,030 won ($7.3) – a 1.7% increase from this year’s 9,860 won, the second-...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
North Face supplier Youngone to build R&D center in Bangladesh
Youngone Corp., a South Korean original design manufacturer (ODM) for foreign outdoor brands such as The North Face and Nike, will build an R&D ...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Korea challenges PCA ruling in favor of Mason Capital over Samsung case
South Korea is seeking to revoke an international tribunal’s ruling in April that its government must pay US-based Mason Capital Management LL...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's 4by4 to supply AI solution to Cakap
4by4 Inc., a South Korean content AI solution company, announced on Thursday that it signed a supply contract for its image enhancement AI solution ...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Korea’s Hanmi family feud to end as key shareholder mediates
South Korean Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group’s founding family is set to conclude an ongoing feud as the group’s top individual shareholder h...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
GIC taps its real estate expert Jasmine Loo as new Korea head
Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund with around $770 billion in assets under management, has t...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
S.Korea's RaonSecure establishes metaverse subsidiary
South Korean cybersecurity firm RaonSecure Co. announced Wednesday it established RaonMeta, a generative AI-based metaverse platform subsidiary. Rao...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea to keep track of EV battery life cycles for recycling
The South Korean government will monitor electric vehicle (EV) battery life cycles to share information on the lifespan, performance and accident hi...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Samsung, SK Hynix lead value increase in Korea NPS' local shares in Q2
The second-quarter rally of Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. shares drove a value increase in the domestic stock asset held by South Korea&...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Don’t dwell on Korea discount; light up visibility on global stage
To the world, South Korea is well known as home to the world’s top two memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., but it is...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korea’s taxi app i.M ties up with MK Group to land in Japan
South Korea’s premium ride-hailing app i.M joined hands with Japan’s taxi operator MK Group to allow each platform's customers to use bo...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Law&Company vows to go global with AI legal assistant
Law&Company Co., the operator of South Korea’s largest legal advice app LawTalk, will venture into the US legal tech market in five years ...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO International completes Korea’s first non-state-run LNG terminal
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Tuesday i...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group, Oxford Univ. establish Foresight Center
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Tuesday that it partnered with the University of Oxford and established the Oxford-Hyundai Motor Group Foresight Ce...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s GS Entec to invest $217 mn in wind power business
South Korea’s GS Entec Corp. is set to invest 300 billion won ($216.8 million) in facilities to manufacture wind power equipment as it shifts ...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s edtech startups defend against global giants with AI
South Korea’s major online adult education platforms improved their earnings powered by classes on artificial intelligence, defying concerns o...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
FG Korea to open Five Guys stores in Japan
FG Korea, the operator of the American handcrafted hamburger brand Five Guys in South Korea, will open its stores in Japan in the second half of nex...
Jul 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s POBA to invest $109 mn in Koramco’s office REIT
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is set to commit 150 billion won ($108.5 million) in preferred stocks for offices in...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
KTO holds Visit Korea Alliance exhibition for foreigners
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on Monday that it will hold a VK Alliance Products and Services Special Exhibition for foreigners thr...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign net buying of S.Korean stocks hits all-time high
Offshore investors net purchased nearly 23 trillion won ($16.7 billion) worth of South Korea-listed stocks in the first half of this year. The buyin...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GM Korea supplier Erae cs eyes revival by unit sales
A controlling stake in Erae AMS Co., formerly Delphi Automotive Systems’ South Korean affiliate, is on sale with eight potential bidders eyein...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
S. Korea may join offshore wind alliance to take on China
South Korea is considering teaming up with a global body formed to cope with China’s rapid expansion in the world’s wind power industry ...
Jul 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korea's Vegan J. enters Amazon USA
South Korean eco-friendly cosmetic brand Vegan J. announced on Friday that it sells its products on Amazon, the largest e-commerce platform in the U...
Jul 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
S.Korea promotes export of $3.8 bn railcars to Morocco
The South Korean government is promoting exporting Korean-style railway cars (K-rail), including high-speed trains worth $3.8 billion, to Morocco.Th...
Jul 05, 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)