Korea exchange-traded funds
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Construction
Korea’s Ssangyong C&E exports eco-friendly limestone cement to US
Ssangyong C&E Co., a leading South Korean cement maker, said on Monday it has exported 30,000 tons of low-carbon limestone cement to the US &nda...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
S.Korea's top three tire makers sell 45 mn units in H1 2024
South Korean tire manufacturers have nearly reached sales of 45 million units in the global market during the first half of this year, the Korea Tir...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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KOREA Investment Week
Korea's investment forum KIW 2024 kicks off September 9
South Korea’s largest investment forum Korea Investment Week 2024 (KIW 2024) will kick off next month in Seoul, drawing around 150 leaders fro...
Aug 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea opens probe into Woori's loans to ex-chair's relatives
South Korea’s financial watchdog agency said on Sunday it has found that Woori Financial Group, the country's fourth-largest financial holding...
Aug 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Biotech stocks, foreigners’ top pick in Korea amid panic selling
Foreigners and institutional investors in the South Korean stock market picked biotechs as their favorite shares in hopes of a biopharma stock jump ...
Aug 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle, Keppel, IMM stay in final race for Ecorbit
Carlyle Group, a union of Hong Kong-based Keppel Corp. and Gaw Capital Partners and a consortium of IMM Investment and IMM Private Equity are the th...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Mipo to build Korea’s first LCO₂ carrier
HD Hyundai Mipo Co., formerly Hyundai Mipo Dockland Co., has embarked on the construction of South Korea’s first liquefied CO₂ (LCO₂) carrier,...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Half of EV imports in Korea run on Chinese batteries as EV fires rise
Of 58 electric vehicle models running on the streets of South Korea, 22 models are equipped with Chinese batteries, a survey showed on Friday.Accord...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea seeks to curb China's offshore wind farm dominance
South Korea will prioritize non-price factors such as economic security and contributions to the domestic supply chain over bidding prices when sele...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KOGAS executes first simultaneous LNG bunkering in Korea
South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS) said on Friday that its subsidiary, Korea LNG Bunkering, successfully carried out the country’...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
HD Hyundai secures Korea's hydrogen engine generator project
HD Hyundai Infracore Co., a construction equipment and engine manufacturer, said on Thursday it has won the government's first project to develop ge...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung SDS gains AI management system certification
Samsung SDS Co. announced on Thursday that it has become the first company in South Korea's IT service industry to receive the ISO/IEC 42001 certifi...
Aug 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Gas maker Air Products Korea put on sale for around $3.6 bn
US industrial gas maker Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has put its South Korean unit up for sale for an estimated 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion), in...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG unveils Korea’s 1st open source AI to take on Meta, Google
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Wednesday introduced the country’s first open-sourced artificial intelligence la...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung signs wind turbine structure supply deal with Equinor
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said on Wednesday that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Norway's state-owned energy company Equi...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s current account at near 7-year high on strong chip exports
South Korea reported its biggest monthly current account surplus in six years and nine months thanks to robust exports of semiconductors. But the gr...
Aug 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Wellfood eyes merger with trading arm; firms indecisives
South Korea’s Lotte Corp. is considering a merger of its confectionery unit Lotte Wellfood Co. and agricultural product trading arm Lotte Inte...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korean e-commerce startup funding sharply drops since 2022
South Korean e-commerce companies have seen a sharp decline in series A funding over the past three years amid intensifying competition with Chinese...
Aug 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
South Korean stock market crashes; more falls seen ahead
The South Korean stock market was one of the worst victims of panic selling by investors fearing further negative US economic news on Monday, with t...
Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
South Korea enjoys record-high kimchi exports in first half
South Korea's kimchi exports surged to an all-time high for a six-month period in the first half of this year, according to data from the Korea Agro...
Aug 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Slowing economy creates opportunity for S. Korean used car sellers
South Korea’s used car sellers hope to take advantage of the slowing economic growth at home and abroad to expand their market shares.Lotte Re...
Aug 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Activist fund KCGI to buy Hanyang Securities for $180 mn
South Korean private equity firm KCGI Co. is expected to acquire local brokerage house Hanyang Securities Co. for 244.9 billion won ($179.8 million)...
Aug 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air seeks M&A, igniting race for top place in Korea's LCC market
Jeju Air Co., a leading South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC), will likely seek the acquisition and merger of a rival small airline operator amid inte...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea's warehouses suffer oversupply, rising vacancies
Logistics centers in Seoul suburbs are suffering oversupply and rising vacancy rates, according to a report from South Korean commercial real estate...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Qxpress investors to take over Qoo10 founder's control
Financial investors of Qxpress Pte. are set to take over Singapore-based Qoo10 Pte. and its founder Ku Young Bae’s control amid financial turm...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
S.Korea, China's technology leak, anti-dumping disputes surge
South Korean companies are getting tough on anti-dumping and patent infringement cases as they feel threatened by the intensifying price competition...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea’s Inflation reaccelerates in July
South Korea’s headline inflation picked up at a stronger-than-expected pace in July, reaccelerating due to higher prices for agricultural and ...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s July household debt grows at fastest pace in over 3 years
South Korea’s household debt is expanding at the fastest pace in over three years, clouding growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy and ...
Aug 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea Investment manages Vista Land $50 mn global bond issuance
Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Thursday that its Hong Kong subsidiary KIS Asia managed the issuance of $50 million in global bon...
Aug 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial Group relaunches brokerage arm
Woori Financial Group has returned to South Korea’s brokerage service market after a decade with the launch on Thursday of Woori Investment &a...
Aug 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)