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Steel
Japanese steelmakers flood South Korea on back of weaker yen
Japanese steelmakers are expanding their market shares in South Korea, backed by the yen's drop against the Korean won to the lowest in eight years....
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Lotte Global Logistics, CoEvolution to develop automatic solutions
South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a strategic partnership with ...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel to pull out of stainless steel market
Hyundai Steel Co. has decided to close its stainless steel-making plant in Incheon, South Korea, pulling out of the market amid a flood of Chinese-m...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korea's Cosmax wins halal award in Indonesia
Cosmax Inc., a South Korean original development manufacturer (ODM) of global cosmetics that also does research and development in the field, has wo...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Kakao Pay’s tie-up with Alipay spurs growth in China
BEIJING – Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., is rapidly growing in China’s fintech...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Daesang opens Jongga kimchi pop-up store in London
South Korean food maker Daesang Corp. has launched a pop-up store for its kimchi brand called Jongga in London, UK, the company announced on Wednesd...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to launch Galaxy S23 FE as early as October
Samsung Electronics Co. is slated to release the Galaxy S23 Fan Edition (FE), a cheaper model than those in the high-end Galaxy S23 series, as early...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy raises $1 bn in bonds for EV battery production
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery manufacturer, said on Tuesday it has raised $1 billion by selling its first global...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
K-pop without ‘K’ nurtured to evolve into global mainstream genre
Bang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of South Korea’s entertainment powerhouse HYBE Co., has been leading a global girl group audition program i...
Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
KAI's FA-50 participates in NATO Days 2023
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea's sole military aircraft manufacturer, announced on Monday that its FA-50GF light fighter expor...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Kolmar Global launches hangover reliever Condition in Singapore
South Korea's Kolmar Global, a subsidiary of Kolmar Korea Holdings, on Monday said it exported the domestic hangover reliever brand Condition to Sin...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG's refrigerator receives Int'l EPD certification
LG Electronics Inc. has announced that its high-end refrigerator, the Objet Collection, has become the first in the home appliance industry to recei...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
NHN Commerce to expand into Chinese market with Xinxuan
NHN Commerce, South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s online shopping platform, announced its strategic business agreement with China's leadi...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG’s FAST drive to combat TV set market slowdown
South Korea’s electronics giant LG Electronics Inc. is upending its TV business strategy by betting even bigger on software and content to off...
Sep 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor eyes purpose-built vehicle market entry
Hyundai Motor Co. has launched a task force team to study its foray into the purpose-built vehicle (PBV) market, in which its sister company Kia Cor...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM embarks on biofuel ship pilot testing on global route
South Korea has begun a pilot operation of a biofuel-powered container ship on a global route, the government said on Friday. HMM Co.'s container sh...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Coupang to host business briefing on Taiwan market entry
South Korea's e-commerce leader Coupang Inc. announced on Friday that it plans to conduct a business briefing focused on aiding domestic small and m...
Sep 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor set to exit Russia with St. Petersburg plant sale to AGR
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is reportedly exiting Russia by selling its car manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg to AGR Aut...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang expands its marketing of seaweed snacks in UK
South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Thursday that its "Bibigo Seaweed (Gim) Snack" has entered the UK food market through Asda and Ocado...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sports
S.Korea's golf industry market exceeds $15 bn in value: report
The value of South Korea's golf industry market last year exceeded 20 trillion won ($15 billion).A report by the Daejeon-based Yuwon Golf Foundation...
Sep 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
AriBio to sell dementia drug AR1001 in China with partner
South Korea's clinical-stage biotech company AriBio Co. on Wednesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation with Chin...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis to participate in N.America's largest bulk cargo exhibition
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it will be a participant in Breakbulk Ameri...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea’s fertility startups gain traction with advanced technologies
South Korea’s fertility startups are garnering attention from investors with innovative technologies such as self-testing of ovarian health, s...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Seoul eyed as possible 2nd Asian base of Gagosian empire
Seoul, which took center stage on the global art scene after successfuly hosting international art fair Frieze’s second edition earlier this m...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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KOREA Investment Week
Celltrion builds clinical data bank for new biosimilars
The use of data and computing is a new paradigm in the biopharmaceutical industry, reducing the new drug development time and cost, Celltrion Inc. C...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Aerospace to unveil self-propelled howitzer K9A2 in UK
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace Co. announced on Tuesday that it will unveil the latest model of its K9 self-propelled howitzer, the K9A2, at the Def...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
LG Energy Solution eyes US market for ESS
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. is accelerating its entry into the rapidly growing US market for energy storage systems (ESS).The company on T...
Sep 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Korean chipmakers
HBM market to nearly double; next-gen DRAM to revive demand: KIW
SK Hynix Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. are confident that a new memory chip market renaissance is just around the corner thanks to the generative...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Sampyo targets India’s railway track parts market
Sampyo Railway Co., South Korea’s No. 1 railway turnout manufacturer, plans to launch a joint venture with an Indian company within the ...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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