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Insurance
Kyobo Life, Japan’s SBI to team up on security token, digital finance
South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Group and Japan’s SBI Group have entered into a strategic business partnership agreement to expand th...
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Airlines
T'way Air launches new route to Beijing Daxing
T'way Air Co. announced on Friday that it will operate a new route between Incheon Airport and Beijing Daxing Airport from Mar. 25 to 30. T'way...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
DGB Financial launches overseas asset management
South Korea's DGB Financial Group announced on Thursday that it opened its first overseas subsidiary Hi Asset Management Asia (HiAMA) in Singapore.H...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix explores HBM chip collaboration with Kioxia
SK Hynix Inc. is exploring collaboration with Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. to produce high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, which have been...
Mar 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Hana Bank, Fount to co-work for robo-advisor service
South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Tuesday that it has signed a business agreement with robo-advisor company Fount Investment Co. to launch a reti...
Feb 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Wia logs $780 mn in constant velocity joint orders
Hyundai Wia Corp., a South Korean automotive parts manufacturer, said on Wednesday it secured 1.045 trillion won ($781 million) worth of overseas or...
Jan 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea's KDB establishes innovation fund for auto parts companies
The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) announced on Friday that it has established the KDB-Quantum Mobility Value Chain Open Innovation Fund wor...
Dec 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
STX starts exploration drilling at Indonesian nickel mine
South Korea’s general trading company STX Corp. has started works to probe the contents of known ore deposits at an Indonesian nickel mine it ...
Nov 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Telecom, Mars Auto to advance self-driving large trucks
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday with the autonomous driving startup Mars Auto for cooperation in t...
Oct 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Dana Petroleum discovers new gas field in North Sea
Dana Petroleum, wholly owned by state-run Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC), has discovered a new high-quality gas field in the North Sea, KNOC said o...
Oct 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea-China ferries resume passenger transport after hiatus of 43 months
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of South Korea announced on Thursday that the passenger ferry New Grand Peace is set to embark on Friday aftern...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Heads of S.Korea's chicken chains promoting expansion abroad
The CEOs of South Korea's top three fried chicken franchises are promoting their brands overseas based on the judgement that growth will stagnate if...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO Int'l wins Indonesia gas exploration project
South Korea’s POSCO International Corp. is poised to secure rights worth several billion dollars to explore and produce natural gas in Indones...
Jul 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Kolon Industries to develop new materials for space exploration
Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, announced on Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) wi...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kakao Mobility to develop mobility platform with Vietnam’s Phenikaa
South Korea's Kakao Mobility and Vietnam's Phenikaa Group have entered into a business agreement to foster technology collaboration within the mobil...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Jang Se-joo returns as Dongkuk chairman, launches holding firm
Jang Se-joo, former chairman of South Korea’s Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., has returned to the top post after an eight-year hiatus as the steelmake...
May 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai Motor to develop lunar exploration mobility Rover
Hyundai Motor Group is developing the lunar exploration mobility vehicle Rover in expanding its mobility scope to space as well as land, sea and air...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Paris Baguette to showcase at London Franchise Show 2023
Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, said on Friday that it will participate in the London International Franchise...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Kobiolabs, Kakao Healthcare to explore microbiome-based precision medicine solutions
Kobiolabs Co., South Korea's new drug development company for microbiomes, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for...
Mar 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Boryung, Axiom Space to set up JV to explore space healthcare options
South Korea's Boryung Corp., just decades ago a mom-and-pop pharmacy, will bring its healthcare expertise to space with Axiom Space Inc., a US comme...
Mar 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Jeju Air teams up with startup Plana to explore urban air mobility
Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s largest budget airline, said on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Plana, a domestic startup...
Mar 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Carmerce raises $2.3 mn in Series A led by Hankook Tire
South Korea's used car e-commerce platform Carmerce has raised 3 billion won ($2.3 million) in a Series A funding round led by Hankook Tire & ...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO International, Pertamina win gas exploration rights off Indonesia
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., said on Thursday ...
Feb 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KT Group signs MOUs with Mongolian firms to explore joint opportunities
South Korea's KT Group has signed multiple memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the Mongolian government and economic delegation to explore pote...
Feb 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Earthon teams up with British company Azuli in CO2 capture
SK Earthon has joined hands with Azuli, a British company that specializes in carbon capture and storage (CCS), to search for business opportunities...
Jan 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s 1st moon probe Danuri enters lunar orbit; world’s 7th mission
South Korea on Wednesday became the world’s seventh country to send a lunar orbiter to the moon, joining other advanced countries in a heated ...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
GS E&C inks deal with AirFirst on industrial gas tech development
GS Engineering & Construction Co. said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with AirFirst to work together in the areas of industrial gas ...
Dec 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Home&Shopping partners with K-Market to explore opportunities in Vietnam
Home & Shopping, South Korea's home shopping channel specializing in products of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced on Th...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shilla Duty Free offers metaverse Gucci Beauty class
Shilla Duty Free, Korea's leading duty-free shop chain, is opening a metaverse beauty class in collaboration with Gucci Beauty.The company will intr...
Dec 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Naver Cloud seeks win-win strategy with K-startups in overseas market
NEW YORK – The chief executive officer of Naver Cloud Park Won-ki said that if South Korean startups using the company’s cloud services ...
Oct 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)