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Business & Politics
POSCO beats Lotte to join S.Korea’s top 5 conglomerates
Steel giant POSCO has joined the ranks of South Korea’s top five conglomerates for the first time, supported by strong earnings from its recha...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea-US to deepen aerospace ties through NASA's Artemis
South Korea and the US are set to deepen their partnership in the aerospace sector through the Artemis program, a human and robotic Moon exploration...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's BSI under 100 for 12th straight month
The economic outlook of South Korean manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors is negative for May, marking the 12th consecutive month of such p...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea avoids recession on strong consumption; outlook still tough
South Korea averted a recession as Asia’s fourth-largest economy rebounded more than expected in the first quarter on strong private consumpti...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korea’s Woori Financial profit up on interest rate margins
Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest financial holding company, logged growth in a quarterly net profit as larger interest rate...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
Netflix to inject $2.5 bn in Korean drama series, movies over next 4 years
WASHINGTON, D.C. – US streaming giant Netflix is slated to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to boost its cont...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea launches foreign worker quota exclusively for shipbuilding sector
South Korea will set a separate quota of 5,000 foreign workers to solve the labor shortage in domestic shipbuilding and accept 120,000 such workers ...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Number of travelers on S.Korea's LCCs jumped 104-fold in Q1
Demand for overseas flights in South Korea has exploded since the resumption of air travel operations amid the substantial easing of COVID-19 restri...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Upstage beats Amazon, Nvidia to rank first in global AI competition
South Korea’s artificial intelligence startup Upstage on Monday said it ranked first in four categories at the International Association for P...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S-Oil’s price target falls on worsening refining margin
Yuanta Securities Korea lowered its target price for S-Oil Corp. to 100,000 won ($75) from 110,000 won on Tuesday, saying the oil refining industry ...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea wary of tougher US anti-China moves for chipmakers
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday kicked off a six-day state visit to the US with a tough assignment: finding diplomatic solutions for ...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea's medical tourists rebound to 50% of pre-pandemic levels
South Korea's medical tourism industry, which experienced a severe setback due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has shown considerable recovery, with the n...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
S.Korea, Chile to enhance cooperation for green hydrogen
South Korea is exploring ways to cooperate with Chile in the transition toward a hydrogen economy and clean hydrogen production, as Chile has abunda...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea imports over 8,000 tons of whiskey in Q1
South Korea's whiskey imports hit an all-time high for the same period In the first quarter of this year. It is the second-highest quarterly figure ...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
iMarket Korea, Taylor city in Texas sign MOU for business agreement
iMarket Korea, South Korean distributor of industrial materials, said on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with th...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Ransomware attacks targeting S.Korean companies on sharp rise
Global hacker groups' ransomware attacks against domestic companies and organizations in the first quarter of this year have been revealed to total ...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea's Kainos Medicine exports AIDS treatment technology to China
South Korean new drug developer Kainos Medicine Inc. announced on Friday that it had signed a technology transfer agreement with Chinese pharmaceuti...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte’s soju team applauded as MZers bedazzled by sugar-free Saero
Young consumers, dubbed millennials and Gen Zers, are by nature conscious of fleeting fads.These days, one of the hottest trends in South Korea is h...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Samsung Heavy forms int'l consortium to make nuclear plants at sea
South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Denmark's Seaborg Technologies on Friday announced their...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung, LG show Korean War hero tribute videos on Times Square
A tribute video to honor Korean and U.S. veterans of the Korean War started screening on billboards in New York’s Times Square on Thursday. Th...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won near 5-month low despite weak dollar; outlook dark
The South Korean won fell to the weakest level in almost five months, underperforming other currencies despite a softer dollar, as sluggish fundamen...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ OliveNetworks opens S.Korea's first logistics center with 5G
South Korea's digital service company CJ OliveNetworks on Thursday said it set up the mobile communications network "Ieum 5G" exclusively for busine...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
S.Korea to inject $15 bn in rechargeable battery sector by 2030
South Korea will invest 20 trillion won ($15.1 billion) in the rechargeable battery sector by 2030 to widen its technology gap with global competito...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korea Tourism Organization to host K-Tourist Festival in Japan
The Korea Tourism Organization announced on Thursday that it will hold a "K-Tourism Festival" on Apr. 21-22 in Hiroshima and Fukuoka, the key market...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean gov’t pledges additional $7.9 bn for startups amid fund squeeze
The South Korean government will spend an additional 10.5 trillion won ($7.9 billion) to shore up the country’s startups and venture capitalis...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea sees boom in domestic demand for zero-sugar soju
A "zero-sugar" craze has emerged on the South Korean market for the country's traditional alcoholic drink soju. Lotte Chilsung Beverage said its die...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea to raise R&D's share of defense budget to 10%
South Korea will develop a reconnaissance and interception system to respond to North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile threats from space by rais...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO mulls $3.3 bn investment in industrial cluster by 2033
South Korean steel giant POSCO Group said on Wednesday it will consider investing 4.4 trillion won ($3.3 billion) in the state-run industrial comple...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
S.Korea's Com2verse releases metaverse virtual office
South Korean game company Com2uS Corp. announced on Wednesday that its metaverse subsidiary, Com2Verse, has released a YouTube video showcasing the ...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Welt gets second digital therapeutic device approval in S. Korea
South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Wednesday that it has approved the cognitive therapy software "WELT-I" developed by We...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)