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Retail
S.Korea resumes egg imports in 13 months due to soaring prices
As egg prices soared due to the spread of bird flu or avian influenza, the South Korean government resumed imports of eggs to ease price pressure.It...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea’s NPS to be in red in 2022 with 5.3% loss in Jan-Oct
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest such fund, is poised to report an annual loss in 2022 for the fi...
Jan 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
UK grants de facto approval of Korean Air's Asiana takeover
The UK's top watchdog for market competition on Monday accepted corrective measures submitted by Korean Air Lines Co. on its proposed takeover of As...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
MZers drive Korea's indoor golf facility pandemic boom
Indoor golf facilities’ revenue in South Korea has skyrocketed amid the pandemic, thanks to millennials and Generation Zers' soaring consumpti...
Nov 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS narrows search for new CIO to two major candidates
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund managing 917.2 trillion won ($692 billion) in asset...
Nov 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Jay Y. Lee inaugurated as chairman of Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co.'s leader Jay Y. Lee was promoted as the company's chairman on Oct. 27.Samsung Electronics' board of directors approved the a...
Oct 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to ramp up hybrid vehicle production next year
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, will increase production of hybrid models by some 15% next year to focus on the popular segmen...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
S.Korea cuts US Treasury holding by $18.9 bn in Jan-July
South Korea had sold a net $18.9 billion of US Treasury bonds in the first seven months of this year, data showed, as foreign exchange authorities w...
Sep 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung holds emergency CEO meeting on technology, risk
Chief executives of Samsung Group’s technology units, led by Samsung Electronics Co., held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss new techn...
Jun 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Elec. executes surprise chip executive reshuffle
Samsung Electronics Co. undertook an unexpected personnel reshuffle on Thursday, involving 20 employees, to hold them accountable for a lower-than-e...
Jun 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Yoon, Biden highlight 'economic security alliance' following Samsung tour
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and visiting US President Joe Biden emphasized the two countries' iron-clad commitment to economic security all...
May 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KB Life, Prudential Life to complete merger by Jan 2023
The merger of KB Life Insurance Co., an insurer under KB Financial Group Inc. of South Korea, and Prudential Life Insurance Co. of Korea will be c...
Mar 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Money flows rush to safer assets in Korea
South Koreans are continuing their rush to safer assets with the balance of bank deposits, money market funds (MMFs) and cash management accounts (C...
Feb 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
S.Korea's Jan. bond issues on track for record $6 bn
South Korean companies are ramping up their local bond issuances to finance expansion into low-carbon and contactless platform businesses, with stro...
Jan 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won touches 18-month low as Fed may raise rates sooner
South Korea’s won currency hit a 1-1/2-year low as the US Federal Reserve signaled the central bank may raise interest rates sooner than expec...
Jan 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s No. 2 art auction house to go public in Jan
K Auction, South Korea’s No. 2 art auction house, is set to go public in January 2022 as it aims to court the domestic leader Seoul Auction Co...
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Genesis, Kia attract record customers in US
Hyundai Motor Co.’s premium car brand Genesis and its affiliate Kia Corp. have logged record sales in the US so far this year, helping Hyundai...
Dec 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG Energy to list end-January with enterprise value up to $67 billion
LG Energy Solution Ltd. will list its shares on the main bourse around the end of January, valuing the top South Korean battery maker between 70 tri...
Nov 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
POBA seeks new CIO as Jang Dong-hun's term ends in Jan 2022
South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) is looking for a new chief investment officer (CIO) as the term of current CIO Jang ...
Nov 03, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Inflation in Korea nears decade high, fuels fears of more rate hikes
South Korea’s consumer inflation accelerated to a near-10-year high in October, while exports reported an eighth straight month of double-digi...
Nov 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign wealth funds
KIC says to boost VC deals to lift long-term returns
The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will step up venture capital investments in North America to lift its long-term returns, the sovereign wealth...
Oct 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea Inc emerges as big buyer in global M&A market
South Korean companies are emerging as big buyers in the global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) markets. They are actively looking for future gro...
Oct 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Are global GSS bonds sustainable?
Global green, social sustainability (GSS) bonds may not be stable enough yet. The bonds where proceeds will be exclusively applied to finance or re-...
Aug 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Monthly trade infographics
Korea's automobile exports log double-digit growth between Jan and May
Automobile exports log double-digit growth for five straight months In May 2021, exports of automobiles nearly doubled compared to the year-earlier...
Jul 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG bonds
S.Korea's ESG bond issues could top $920 mn in Jan
South Korea's environmental, social and governance (ESG) bond market is seeing strong growth as companies are driven by institutional investors' inc...
Jan 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Celltrion seeks to distribute COVID-19 treatment from mid-Jan
South Korea's Celltrion Inc. has completed second-phase clinical trials of its COVID-19 treatment and is seeking conditional approval of its distr...
Dec 29, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Seoul stock markets brimming with startup IPOs in Jan
Singapore-based biosimilar maker Prestige BioPharma and nine startups are set to make initial public offerings in Seoul to raise at least 640 billio...
Dec 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
KDB seeks up to $1 bn global bond issue in mid-Jan
Korea Development Bank (KDB) is planning to raise between $500 million and $1 billion in a dollar bond sale in mid-January, set to become the first ...
Dec 15, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio earnings
Samsung Biologics Jan-Sept profit beats entire 2019 gains
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s largest contract manufacturing organization (CMO) in terms of capacity, posted an operating profit of 200.2 b...
Oct 21, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real Estate
Foreigners’ Jan-May Korea apartment purchases top $1 bn on buying spree
Foreign investors have stepped up apartment purchases in South Korea in recent years, adding fuel to the already heated residential property market wh...
Aug 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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