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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric, China’s Sinopec mark 10-year alliance
China-Korea Petrochemical, a joint venture (JV) between South Korea’s SK Geo Centric and the Chinese public oil company Sinopec, celebrates it...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's premium Genesis cars to break 1 million units in global sales
Genesis, the luxury car brand of Hyundai Motor Co., is on the verge of breaking the million mark in cumulative global sales this month in seven year...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanwha Group gears up for foray into aviation industry
South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group is preparing a bid for domestic low-cost carrier (LCC) Fly Gangwon under court pr...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Taihan Cable posts highest first-half operating profit in 20 years
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Friday that its consolidated operating profit for the first half of this year reached 41....
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hanwha, Shell join S.Korea-Malaysia carbon capture project
Korea National Oil Corp., Hanwha Corp., Air Liquide Korea and Shell have become the latest entities to join the Shepherd CCS project, a major cross-...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's all-new Santa Fe to hit Korean market mid-August
Hyundai Motor Co.'s all-new Santa Fe will finally hit the market with presales to take place this Saturday in South Korea, where the mid-size sport ...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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KOREA Investment Week
S.Korea's largest investment forum to begin Sept. 11
South Korea’s largest investment conference will be held in Seoul Sept. 11-15 with around 100 chief executives from global financial services ...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix’s LPDDR5T chip likely mounted on MediaTek’s Dimensity
SK Hynix Inc.'s latest mobile DRAM chip LPDDR5T is expected to be mounted on MediTek Co.’s next-generation mobile application processor (AP) c...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel develops industrial neutron analyzer jointly with startup
Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea's second-largest steelmaker, announced on Thursday that it has successfully collaborated with the in-house startup 3I...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Affiliate of S.Korea's POSCO Int'l to supply natural gas in Australia
South Korea's POSCO International Corp. on Thursday said Senex Energy, its Australia-based natural gas subsidiary, will supply natural gas to seven ...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Koreans continue buying spree of sliding Japanese yen
The plunging Japanese currency has stepped up South Koreans’ bargain-hunting, posting record highs in the balance of the yen-denominated depos...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s tourism industry pins high hopes on return of Chinese big spenders
BEIJING – China’s official announcement to lift its ban on group tourists’ travel to South Korea will likely be a boon for the tra...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis wins EV component supply deal from VW
South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis Co. has bagged a deal purportedly worth billions of dollars to supply a key electric vehicle component to Volkswag...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
SK Square to buy back $152 mn of its stocks by March 2024
South Korean investment firm SK Square Co. will buy back 200 billion won ($151.9 million) worth of corporate shares by March of next year as an effo...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO changes brand slogan for first time in 23 years
POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding firm of South Korea’s largest steelmaker, on Wednesday announced a new brand slogan, “Green Tomorrow, w...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis to secure additional 12 car transport vessels by 2025
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to secure an additional 12 vehicle transport vessels by 202...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Coupang’s Q2 profit soars to a record, driven by e-commerce
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s leading delivery service provider, on Wednesday posted an all-time high quarterly profit and revenue, driven by it...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils another NAND to win chip stacking war
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker after Samsung Electronics Co., showcased its progress in the chip stacking technolo...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Korean lifestyle brand Andar takes on Xexymix in athleisure market
South Korea's activewear maker Andar posted record quarterly sales of 61.6 billion won ($47 million), moving one step closer to retaking the market ...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Insatiable Hyundai Motor aspires to lead India with SUVs, EVs
Hyundai Motor Group must become “the first mover” in India, which has emerged as the next fierce battlefield for global car makers after...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
SSG.Com announces global first launch of Piaget's new watch
SSG.COM, the e-commerce platform of South Korean retail heavyweight Shinsegae Inc., revealed on Tuesday its exclusive introduction of Swiss luxury b...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, Huayou Cobalt set up battery recycling JV in China
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 battery maker, and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., the global refined cobalt leader, have launched a ce...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Smilegate to host CFS Summer Championship 2023 in Vietnam
Smilegate Entertainment, a South Korean game developer and publisher, announced on Monday that it will host the "CFS Summer Championship 2023" in co...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG 1st in South Korea’s ESG rankings for 2nd year
LG Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, ranked No. 1 in the country’s environmental, social...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Toray Advanced Materials reviews film line expansion in S.Korea
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. (TAK) is reviewing its film line expansion in South Korea as part of its 300 billion won ($229 million) capital ...
Aug 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air travel from Korea roars back to everywhere, except China
Flight routes between South Korea and China, once Korean flag carriers’ most lucrative, have become their white elephant as passengers on the ...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mobile networks
Kakao to release super-large AI model, superapp
Kakao Corp. on Thursday announced that it will transform South Korea’s dominant mobile messaging app KakaoTalk into an AI-powered platform com...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Tesla supplier L&F’s earnings disappoint; shares down
L&F Co., global electric vehicle leader Tesla Inc.’s battery materials supplier, missed quarterly earnings estimates on sluggish product p...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Shinsegae Live Shopping launches first travel product to India in four years
South Korea’s Shinsegae Live Shopping announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Mode Tour to sell travel products to India for the firs...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea’s mobile app spending hits record high in H1 2023
South Korean consumers' spending on mobile apps recorded the highest-ever in the first half of this year.Mobile data and analytics platform data.ai ...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)