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Bio & Pharma
Hanmi Pharm to start global clinical trials for immune-oncology drug
South Korea's Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. announced on Tuesday that it has received approval for the phase 1 clinical trial plan of the immune-oncology...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK head says Korea inflation to dip below mid-2% in H2 2024
South Korea’s central bank chief expected consumer inflation to fall below the mid-2% level in the second half of 2024, adding to predictions ...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Fans of Supreme rush into the label's 1st Korean store
The US street fashion brand “Supreme,” which has a global fandom with a brand name written in white in a red box, opened its first store...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung Securities decides not to rejoin Korea’s top business lobby
Samsung Securities Co., in a surprise move, has decided not to rejoin South Korea’s top business lobby, the Federation of Korean Industries (F...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Transys' car seats rank in top 3 by US market survey
A leading US consumer satisfaction survey has ranked car seats made by South Korea’s Hyundai Transys in the top three for the fourth consecuti...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea sales set to China to fall for 15th straight mth on property crisis
South Korea’s exports to China are poised to slide for a 15th straight month with an expected deeper drop in August amid a faltering economic ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia’s first vehicles T-600, Brisa resurrected after 40 years
Not many people in the auto industry know that South Korea’s Kia Corp. started as a bicycle parts maker 79 years ago.Back in 1944, Kim Chul-ho...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Korea taps Greyhound Capital, Headline Asia as venture fund managers
South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced the results of selecting global fund management companies for the year 2023 on Monday. The chos...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Hyundai Department Store, Nestlé forge dietary supplement alliance
Hyundai Department Store Group has chosen multinational food giant Nestlé S.A. as a partner in its long-term drive to expand its bio and heal...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
BYD, KG Mobility in talks to build EV battery plant in Korea
BYD, the world’s No. 3 electric vehicle battery producer, and KG Mobility Corp., formerly Ssangyong Motor Co., are in talks to build a joint c...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Team Korea lands $447 mn solar power project in US
A group of six South Korean companies dubbed "Team Korea," which comprises private companies such as SK Ecoplant, public companies and a government ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul’s slow but enduring push to be Asia’s premier financial hub
It is a long-cherished dream of Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, to present itself to the world as Asia’s prime financial hub, but the ...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
JW Pharma gets OK for phase 3 clinical trials of URC102 in Taiwan
South Korea's JW Pharmaceutical has won approval from Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) to conduct phase 3 clinical trials for its gout t...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Naver's translation app Papago faces challenge from German competitor
A German competitor has entered South Korea's translation tool market to challenge No. 1 Naver Corp. and No. 2 Google.The Cologne, Germany-based art...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea’s convenience stores sell bottled water without plastic labels
Convenience stores in South Korea now sell bottled water without plastic labels. The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Jeju Pro...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
LG bets big on promising technologies for future growth
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, is accelerating its investment in promising tech companies across the world despite the l...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea's superconductor stocks plunge on Nature report
South Korean research team’s LK-99, behind the online sensation following its claim of room-temperature superconductor over the past four week...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom develops 5G IoT tech RedCap
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. unveiled on Thursday that it has successfully developed and tested Reduced Capability (RedCap) - a pioneering 5G Intern...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Camp David Summit to Unite U.S., South Korea, Japan
WASHINGTON—A new trilateral alliance linking the U.S., South Korea and Japan will enhance cooperation among the nations in key areas, includin...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to expand domestic battery cell plant for $1.1 bn
SK On Co., a South Korean rechargeable battery maker, will make its largest-ever domestic facility investment of 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) to ...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung C&T sells 150-MW solar power project in US
South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp. on Wednesday said its US-based green energy affiliate Samsung C&T Renewables sold a project for construction...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Citibank Korea’s H1 net profit more than doubles on-year
Global banking giants’ South Korean units saw their first-half earnings led by non-interest income and business expenditures. Citibank Korea&r...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Staying 5 hours on cruise ship in Busan raises sales 30%: study
With the resumption of international cruise ship travel to South Korea, domestic credit card company BC Card says daily sales in commercial district...
Aug 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung raises $2.2 billion via ASML stake sale for chip investment
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, has sold 3.55 million shares in Dutch chip equipment maker ASML Holding N.V. fo...
Aug 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Qurient, US National Cancer Institute to develop anti-cancer drug
South Korea's Qurient Co. announced on Monday that it signed a research and development agreement with the US government agency National Cancer Inst...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Cruise ship from China to visit S.Korea's Jeju Island on Aug. 31
Reservations for cruise ships visiting South Korea's Jeju Island are flooding in amid China's resumption of all group tours to its neighboring cou...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's CGBio gets FDA approval for spinal implant
CGBio, a South Korean bio-regenerative medical company, announced on Monday that its "Advanced LumFix spinal fixation system," an implant and surgic...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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The KED View
Falling on deaf ears: Costco Korea cart pusher's death
Costco Wholesale’s co-founder Jim Sinegal had said South Korea was a “fantastic market,” where it ran its largest store in terms o...
Aug 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea to deliver food safety management skill to Thai, Malaysian officials
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of South Korea announced on Friday that it will conduct an invited training program for food safety officials f...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)