French President
Scope
Date
~
-
Pension funds
Korea’s military fund taps ex-president of Woori Financial as CIO
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.5 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, has tapp...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Business & Politics
S.Korea, UAE sign economic partnership, reaffirm $30 bn investment
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to facilitate bilateral trade aft...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Leadership & Management
Ex-Porsche engineer Harrer to lead Hyundai’s high-performance push
Hyundai Motor Group is upping the ante to lead in the luxury and high-performance car market and speed up electrification by tapping a high-profile ...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea taps ex-NASA exec John Lee as space agency R&D head
South Korea named John Lee, a former senior executive of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as the head of missions such a...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Economy
Burger, chicken franchises raise prices after elections
Fried chicken and hamburger franchises in South Korea have sharply bumped up their food prices following the parliamentary elections last week as th...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Renault Korea changes emblem
Renault Korea has changed its emblem from the Eye of the Typhoon, used since its days as Samsung Motors, to the company's global emblem, the Losange...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Energy
KOWEPO, France EDF to collaborate for UAE solar projects
Korea Western Power Co. (KOWEPO) announced on Friday that it has signed a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Khazna 1.5 GW Solar Project Bid Joint Developme...
Mar 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
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)
-
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)
-
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)
-
Retail
Chanel halts boutique operation over Gucci pop-up store
French luxury brand Chanel abruptly suspended the operation of its boutique in the section of high-end brands within Galleria Department Store in an...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Artificial intelligence
Meta’s AI, XR push to gain speed with Korea’s support
South Korea is backing Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., in the Facebook operator’s artificial inte...
Feb 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Artificial intelligence
Samsung to launch its 1st Galaxy Ring in H2 2024
Samsung Electronics Co. will launch its first Galaxy Ring in the second half of this year as the South Korean tech giant is finalizing research and ...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Korean startups
AIMMO’s global push gains speed with US foray
South Korean AI-powered data solution-providing startup AIMMO Inc. is expediting its global push with an aggressive advance into the US market, wher...
Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Food & Beverage
Korean bakeries with French names outsmart French peers
Paris Baguette and Tous les Jours, South Korea's two largest bakery brands, have been consolidating their positions in the saturated domestic market...
Feb 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Leadership & Management
POSCO taps ex-President Chang In-hwa as its next group chairman
POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO, has nominated former President Chang In-hwa as its next group chair...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Energy
Korean wind power companies foresee tailwind from Taiwan, US
South Korean wind power companies such as SK oceanplant Co., HD Hyundai Electric Co. and CS Wind Corp. are expected to get a tailwind from Taiwan&rs...
Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Business & Politics
Former Hyundai Mobis CEO embarks on ISO president term
In a significant achievement for South Korea, Cho Sung-hwan, an advisor to Hyundai Mobis, has been elected as the first Korean president of the Inte...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Short selling
Korea’s top regulator detects more foreigners’ naked shorting
South Korea’s top financial regulator is detecting more circumstances of naked short-selling worth tens of millions of dollars by foreign inve...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Private equity
MBK names two partners as vice chairman, vice president
MBK Partners said on Wednesday it has named Moon Joo Ho, partner and head of South Korea for special situations, as the North Asia-focused private e...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Business & Politics
South Korea set to abolish financial investment gains tax: Yoon
South Korea plans to abolish capital gains taxes on financial investments to revitalize the lackluster domestic financial market and help individual...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Artificial intelligence
HD Hyundai, Google Cloud team up to accelerate generative AI innovation
HD Hyundai Co., South Korea’s shipbuilding-to-heavy machinery conglomerate, said on Tuesday it has teamed up with Google Cloud, the informatio...
Dec 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Electric vehicles
Hyundai's Kona included on French EV subsidy eligibility list
Hyundai Motor Co.'s sports utility vehicle Kona is the only Korean EV included on a list of 78 electric vehicle models eligible for French subsidies...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Tech, Media & Telecom
Two S.Koreans selected as members of CAE
Kinam Kim, President of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) and Sang Yup Lee, Vice President of NAEK were selected as foreign memb...
Nov 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung’s Harman to buy French audio software firm FLUX::
Harman Professional Solutions, a professional sound system unit under Samsung Electronics Co.'s wholly owned Harman International, has agreed to acq...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Retail
Louis Vuitton to launch fourth pop-up restaurant in Seoul
The French luxury brand Louis Vuitton will open a pop-up restaurant in South Korea. This is the fourth one since May this year.According to company ...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Leadership & Management
HD Hyundai President Chung to deliver keynote at CES 2024
South Korea's No. 1 shipbuilding group’s heir apparent Chung Ki-sun will deliver a keynote speech at the world’s biggest consumer techno...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha vice chair pitches submarines to Polish president
Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan is stepping up efforts to win Poland's high-profile submarine project worth an estimated 3 trillion won ($2...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Beauty & Cosmetics
L'Oréal keeps door open for more K-beauty acquisitions
L'Oréal S.A., the leading global cosmetics maker, is considering more acquisitions and partnerships in the beauty sector of South Korea, the ...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Electric vehicles
France’s new EV subsidy bill may violate Korea-EU FTA: KITA
The South Korean auto industry has called for an amendment in France’s new subsidy policy for electric vehicle purchases after voicing concern...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)