K-pop popularity in Japan
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Debt financing
Hyundai-LG’s Indonesia battery financing chosen as Asia deal of 2022
The $711 million financing organized by Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution Ltd. last year for their battery joint venture in Indonesia has bee...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's E-mart24 opens 3rd branch in Singapore
South Korea’s convenience store chain E-mart24 has opened its third store in Singapore featuring the city-state's hawker culture, aiming for l...
Jul 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS buys more Hyosung Heavy Industries, LS Electric shares in Q2
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea increased investments in local machinery, shipbuilding and semiconductor stocks in the second quarter ...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Kakao Pay launches ATM service in Japan, Vietnam, Laos
South Korea’s Kakao Pay Corp. on Wednesday said it started an overseas withdrawal service at automatic teller machines (ATM) in partnership wi...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon promotes K-ramen in Bangkok via pop-up store
South Korea's Naver Webtoon, along with major domestic players in the food industry, on Tuesday said it joined in Bangkok, Thailand, Boggle Boggle K...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
SK Square, SK Hynix set up $77 million chip investment unit
SK Square Co. and SK Hynix Inc., together with two other South Korean companies, have launched a 100 billion won ($77 million) joint investment unit...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's T&R Biofab secures patent in Japan for 3D-printed liver
South Korea's regenerative medicine company T&R Biofab Co. on Monday said it obtained a patent in Japan for production technology for liver or...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Convenience store giant BGF Retail signs IPR deal with YG Plus
South Korea's BGF Retail, which runs the leading domestic convenience store chain CU, on Monday said it will sign a deal with YG Plus, which special...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air becomes 1st S.Korean LCC to surpass 100 mn passenger mark
South Korea's low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air Co. on Sunday said its cumulative number of passengers exceeded 100 million 17 years after the company...
Jul 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korea's beauty platform Hwahae opens flagship store on TikTok
South Korea's mobile beauty platform Hwahae has opened a flagship store on TikTok (Chinese name Douyin). Hwahae's operator Birdview announced t...
Jun 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Japan sends most tourists to S.Korea in May: tourism body
Most visitors to South Korea last month were from Japan. The Korea Tourism Organization on Thursday said its tourism data found that the number...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea, Japan to resume bilateral currency swap for dollars
South Korea and Japan are set to revive their bilateral currency swap line to bolster their dollar liquidity this week after an eight-year suspensio...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Interpark Triple sees surge in sales of Japan tours, activities
Sales of Japan tour and activity products to South Korean travelers have surged in recent weeks, driven by an increase in the number of independent ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Innocean opens K-ramen pop-up store in Bangkok
Innocean, a Hyundai Motor Group-affiliated advertising agency, announced on Wednesday that it has opened a South Korean ramen pop-up store in Bangko...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea to return to Japan’s preferential trade partner list in July
Japan has decided to put South Korea back on the list of its preferential trade partners, nearly four years after its removal. The Korea-Japan trade...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korean gov't unveils new K-tourism video ads
The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, along with the Korea Tourism Organization, announced on Tuesday that they have launched t...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis overtakes Japan's Aisin on global auto parts market
South Korea's Hyundai Mobis has surpassed Japan's Aisin, its biggest competitor in auto parts excluding batteries, to break into the top five on the...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
S.Korea's Naver Webtoon to expand IP-based operations
South Korea's Naver Webtoon is selling its online intellectual property (IP)-based webtoon products on the offline market to expand its webtoon IP o...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-drama hitmaker Studio Dragon in crisis as content head resigns
Studio Dragon Corp., a South Korean production company of Netflix hits such as "The Glory" and "Crash Landing on You," said on Monday its co-Chief E...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea's Samyang Foods promotes Buldak Ramen in Hanoi
Samyang Foods Co., South Korea's leading food manufacturer, announced on Friday that it opened a promotional booth at the "K-Food Festival" held at ...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Korean-style smart city to be introduced in Ukraine's Uman
The South Korean government has decided to support the development of a smart city in Uman located in central Ukraine. The Ministry of Land, Infrast...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor partners with Japanese culture content firm for EV sales
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and Japanese lifestyle content company Culture Convenience Club (CCC) on Thursday announced a strategic par...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Yanolja looks to triple foreign visitors to Korea with K-culture tours
South Korea’s top travel and accommodation platform Yanolja Co. aims to nearly treble the number of foreign tourists to the country through it...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean cosmetics maker Able C&C rejuvenated by sales in Japan, US
Able C&C, the parent of South Korea’s first-generation low-priced cosmetics brand Missha, has swung to the black after years of net losses...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
K-content makers to list on Nasdaq via $610 mn SPAC deal
Seven South Korean content makers are set to list on the Nasdaq through a $610 million merger deal with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Kooksoondang to export limited edition makgeolli to Japan in four years
Kooksoondang Co., a South Korean brewery that produces traditional rice-based wines, announced on Friday that it will export 100,000 bottles of the ...
Jun 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KOTRA holds IR meeting in Tokyo for Japanese companies
Invest Korea, KOTRA's organization dedicated to attracting foreign investment, held an IR for Japanese companies interested in entering South Korea ...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
S.Korea’s mobile carriers seek future from service robots
South Korea’s mobile carriers are strengthening the service robot business as the sector, combined with their know-how in the telecommunicatio...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Yoon, Korea’s No. 1 salesman, at BIE to drum up support for 2030 Expo
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will attend the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris next week to drum up support for the Asian ...
Jun 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
HL Klemove partners with Neubility to develop self-driving robot
South Korea's self-driving technology company HL Klemove has partnered with Neubility, a domestic autonomous driving robot service platform, to coll...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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