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Batteries
Korean firms confident they can outpace China in LFP battery race
South Korea’s leading battery and materials makers on Monday shared their concerns about Chinese rivals’ ascent, but expressed confidenc...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea, Indonesia to bolster high-tech partnership
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- South Korea and Indonesia have affirmed their commitment to expanding the scope of business cooperation from high tech to food...
Sep 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hanjin KAL to sell off its Waikiki Resort Hotel at $108 mn
South Korea’s Hanjin KAL Corp. will sell the assets owned by its Hawaii-based subsidiary Waikiki Resort Hotel Inc. to US company AHI-CLG LLC a...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea warns foreigners of stricter rules on illegal short selling
South Korea’s financial watchdog urged foreign brokerage firms to strengthen their internal control systems to ban illegal short selling on th...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE to build world's largest ammonia carriers
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, is set to become the f...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart opens 4th Korean hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar
South Korea’s top supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. launched its fourth hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar on Thursday with a stronger push for Korean bra...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
SK Group, NPS may exercise put option on Masan without gain
South Korean institutional investors, including SK Group and National Pension Service (NPS), are likely to only recover their principal without prof...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Solus aims to mass-produce copper foil in Canada from 2026
Solus Advanced Materials Co., a South Korean copper foil supplier to Tesla Inc., on Tuesday broke ground on its third overseas plant in Quebec, Cana...
Sep 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis eyes over 30% growth in Europe through 2030
MUNICH, GERMANY – Hyundai Mobis Co., an auto part-making unit of Hyundai Motor Group, is targeting average annual sales growth of 30% in Europ...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s inflation rebounds in August on extreme weather
South Korea’s headline inflation re-accelerated at the fastest rate in four months above 3% in August after the extreme summer weather hiked a...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On’s prismatic battery push fares well: Vice chair
MUNICH -- SK On Co. is making good progress in developing prismatic battery cells, its Senior Vice Chairman Chey Jae-won said on Tuesday, five month...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia see US sales increase for 13th consecutive month
South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. posted a record 13th consecutive month sales increase last ...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Eastar Jet resumes int'l flights after three and half years
South Korea's low-cost carrier Eastar Jet on Sunday said it resumed international flights for the first time in three and a half years starting with...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, LG to spend combined $7.6 bn to build EV, battery plants in US
Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd. will spend a combined $7.59 billion to build electric vehicle and battery cell plants in Georgia, th...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Korea emerges as growth market, design hub for global brands
Global fashion and luxury goods brands are opening directly managed stores in South Korea, one of their growth markets, ending their decades-long re...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Galaxy Z foldables set early sales record in Europe
Samsung Electronics Co. 's Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 smartphones have set early sales records in Europe, with annual sales of the company's folda...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Duty-free shops in Jeju welcome return of Chinese cruise tourism
For the first time since Beijing lifted restrictions on group tourism to South Korea, Chinese cruise tourists have flocked to Jeju Island's duty-fre...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
SK Telecom unveils analytics solution for UAM networks
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. disclosed its cutting-edge analytics solution and simulator specifically geared for urban air mobility (UAM) commun...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
SK Group commemorates chairman's 25th year since inauguration
SK Group, South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate, will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Chey Tae-won’s inauguration as chairman on Sept. 1....
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI inks deal with Airbus for production of 300 helicopters
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, and Airbus Helicopters SAS (AH) announced on Thursday that...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
LG H&H's The Whoo unveils Cheongidan renewal line in Shanghai
LG H&H Co. announced on Thursday its strategy to focus on the Chinese market by unveiling a renewal version of "Cheongidan," the flagship produc...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Foreign visitors to S.Korea in July surpass 1 mn post-COVID-19
The number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea has exceeded 1 million in a month for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19. According t...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Doosan to provide logistics automation solutions to Nike Korea
Doosan Logistics Solutions Co. (DLS), a South Korean system integrator that provides turnkey solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has won Nike ...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
S.Korea exports Hanwoo beef to Cambodia for 1st time
The premium Korean beef Hanwoo was exported to Cambodia on Monday for the first time, marking the culmination of eight years of quarantine negotiati...
Aug 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
JW Pharma to participate in S.Korea’s new drug project
South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that its experimental hair loss drug, JW0061, has been selected for a two-year funding program b...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia unveils design of EV5, its first China-made global electric car
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Friday unveiled the design of the EV5, its first China-made all-electric vehicle that th...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Koreans' Japanese yen savings hit record high in July
South Korean investors continued gobbling up the Japanese currency, which has remained weak against the Korean currency after retreating from a one-...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart to open 1st S.Korean convenience store in Cambodia
E-Mart Inc. is set to launch the first South Korean convenience store in Cambodia as the struggling hypermarket giant aims to seek growth opportunit...
Aug 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Bioscience resumes output of flu vaccine after two years
SK Bioscience Co., the drug-making unit of South Korea’s SK Group, on Wednesday shipped SKYCellflu, its vaccine for the common flu, for the fi...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Schindler-invested Hyundai Elevator faces S.Korean activism
South Korea’s Hyundai Elevator Co., the No. 2 shareholder of which is Schindler Holding AG, has faced a request from a local activist investor...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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