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Corporate investment
Danish wind turbine firm Vestas to invest $300 million in Korea
DAVOS, Switzerland – Danish wind turbine producer Vestas Wind Systems A/S has said it would invest $300 million in South Korea and positively ...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Epikar inks MOU with Singapore's NTU Research Center
South Korea's auto distribution digital solutions company Epikar said on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for R&...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Tour signs with Costa Cruise to resume Korea-Japan routes
Lotte Tour Development Co. signed on Monday an agreement with Costa Cruise, an Italian cruise line, to charter cruise ships in Dubai, the United Ara...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's GNI per capita falls in 2022 on foreign exchange fluctuation
South Korea's gross national income (GNI) per capita last year likely fell under $35,000, a figure first reached in 2021, due to sluggish economic g...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Daewoong accelerates investment in CDMO business
Daewoong, the holding company of South Korea's pharmaceutical-oriented Daewoong Group, is speeding up its pace to beef up its contract development a...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kolon, Hyosung to give up control over nylon material maker Capro
South Korea’s Hyosung Group and its longtime rival Kolon Group in the fiber, textile and petrochemical businesses are poised to give up their ...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medytox to build plant for finished toxin products in Dubai
South Korea's biopharmaceutical company Medytox Inc. will build a plant for finished products containing botulinum toxin in the United Arab Emirates...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Handok signs agreement with Microsoft Korea for digital transformation
South Korea's leading pharmaceutical company Handok Inc. said Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Microsoft Korea to...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea internet data center construction faces health issue
South Korea’s information technology industry hit a snag with building new internet data centers (IDCs) due to controversies over the potentia...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korean companies ink $6.1 billion MOUs with UAE partners
ABU DHABI – Business leaders from South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed 24 initial agreements worth at least $6.1 billion...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Stay-in-hotel trend for the holidays revs up luxury hotels
Luxury hotels in South Korea are enjoying the emerging trend of Koreans choosing relaxing vacations at hotels, rather than taking holidays overseas....
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Bioneer forms diagnostic joint venture with Indonesian company
South Korea's biotech company Bioneer Corp. on Monday said it concluded a deal to form a joint venture with PT Indika Energy of Indonesia for busine...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Bespin Global establishes Vietnam Tech Center for cloud, digital innovation
South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global will foster cloud and digital innovation industries in Central Vietnam. To this end, the compan...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medipost completes first dose of Cartistem in phase 3 clinical trials in Japan
South Korea's stem cell research company Medipost Co. said on Monday that it has completed the administration of Cartistem, a stem cell treatment fo...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
South Korea Revives Nuclear Debate as Tensions With the North Rise
SEOUL—Rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang’s spree of weapons tests are fueling a debate in South Korea over the deploy...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea eyes removal of pre-reporting for forex transactions
South Korea as early as the second half of next year could lift regulations on money transfers abroad that exceed $50,000 per year.Daily foreign cur...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
UAE’s sovereign funds to invest $30 billion in South Korea
ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates will invest $30 billion in South Korea across strategic sectors, including the nuclear power, defense, hy...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
FSS to inquire actual use of funds raised by issuing ESG bonds
From now on, companies in South Korea that have raised funds by issuing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) bonds will have to answer questi...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
S.Korea's SKC Solmics changes name to SK Enpulse
South Korea's SKC Solmics, a wholly owned fine ceramics subsidiary of SKC, on Sunday said it changed its name to SK Enpulse.With 100% investment fro...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Travel sales for SE Asia, Japan sell out in South Korea
South Korean travelers are loosening their purse strings on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, with overseas travel sales for one of the biggest ho...
Jan 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Aespa's first VR concert unveiles at the US music festival
AmazeVR, a virtual reality (VR) concert production and distribution platform company, said on Friday that "Aespa VR Concert at Kwangya" was official...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK Energy teams up with state-run power supplier for EV charging station
SK Energy, a major South Korean oil refiner, teamed up with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) to install electric vehicle (EV) and hydrogen...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Bank of Korea gives bearish outlook after rate hike
South Korea’s central bank on Friday raised interest rates by a quarter point to 3.5%, while signaling a further cut in its economic growth fo...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea to extend trading hours of local forex market
South Korea will extend the trading hours for the local foreign exchange market to attract overseas investors and improve the trading system so that...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea’s battery material exports double to $10 bn
South Korea’s battery material exports more than doubled to exceed overseas sales of electric vehicle cells last year, helping the country&rsq...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Korea's Webcash to expand B2B fintech solutions in Cambodia
Webcash Co. a leading business-to-business (B2B) fintech solutions provider in South Korea, said on Thursday its Cambodian affiliate KOSIGN and Phno...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Major startup event Slush to hold spin-off meeting in Korea
Slush, one of the world’s largest startup events, is set to hold a spin-off meeting in South Korea this year.Slush is a startup and tech event...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Orchestra PE acquires KFC Korea for about $50 mn
Asia-focused Orchestra Private Equity agreed on Wednesday to buy a 100% stake in the South Korean operations of fast food chain KFC for around 60 bi...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia EV6 named SUV of the year in North America
The Kia EV6 is this year's North American Utility Vehicle of the Year of the North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year Awards (NACTO...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
PIF, GIC to invest $964 mn in Korea's Kakao Entertainment
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have agreed to invest a combined $964 million in K...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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