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Economy
S.Korea’s 20-somethings tighten belts due to high interest rates: report
The decline in consumption by 20-somethings due to benchmark interest rate hikes is over eight times greater than those in their 60s.Analysts blame ...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pre-IPOs
KKR mulls investing $150 mn in Korean fashion platform Musinsa
Musinsa Co., South Korea’s leading online fashion platform, is in the final stage of attracting 200 billion won ($149.8 million) from US priva...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
Blockchain game startup Gomble gets seed round
South Korean blockchain gaming startup Gomble announced on Monday that it has successfully secured its first institutional investment. The seed fund...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Samsung competes with Apple on rising non-terrestrial network market
The global market for non-terrestrial networks (NTN), or communications systems that use satellites to text and make phone calls even in places wher...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK chief says tightening not over after rate freeze
South Korea’s central bank chief on Tuesday defied market views that the monetary authority may have ended its tightening campaign, citing gro...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha inks largest supply deal for US community solar biz
South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions Corp. is set to sell 2.5 million modules to US community solar programs through the largest-ever supply deal fo...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Energy’s Q1 profit soars on gains from US battery tax credits
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Friday its first-quarter operating profit likely more than doubled,...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
S.Korea strikes deal with Ecuador to export pears
South Korea's Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency announced on Thursday that after 10 years of negotiations, the country has secured a deal with Ecua...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea groans under snowballing national liabilities
South Korea’s liabilities ballooned last year following heavy fiscal spending related to the COVID-19 pandemic to buttress growth in Asia...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Catering firm Ourhome CEO wins 1st round in sibling feud
South Korea’s catering firm Ourhome Ltd. has wrapped up the first round of its sibling dispute after its shareholders on Tuesday voted in favo...
Apr 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea's household assets rise to record high in 2022
Average household net assets in South Korea in 2022 increased 10% to a record 456 million won ($350,000) from a year earlier, while it took longer...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean fashion platform Ably attracts $39 mn before Series C round
South Korea’s Ably Corp., operator of the fashion shopping app Ably, has attracted 50 billion won ($39 million) via venture debt amid the slow...
Mar 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Motor opens Habitat One exhibition in Seoul
Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Sunday that it will host a "Habitat One" exhibition at Hyundai Motor Studio Seoul in Gangnam, Seoul, showcasing a fut...
Mar 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company
South Korea's SK Networks has identified a startup specializing in AI-based devices and software platforms as a new investment target. The startup, ...
Mar 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's AI startup Quantit attracts $23 mn Series A investment
South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) company Vaiv Company Inc. announced on Tuesday that Quantit, its fintech subsidiary, has received a 30 bi...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Musinsa selected as one of Asia's most innovative companies
Musinsa, a fashion e-commerce platform based in South Korea, on Friday was named one of this year's "Top-10 Most Innovative Companies in Asia-Pacifi...
Mar 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
S.Korean EV charger maker lands $770 mn export deal in North America
South Korea's Moderntec, an electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions company, on Wednesday said it signed a three-year export contract with a partne...
Mar 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea’s L&F in $2.9 billion deal to supply battery material to Tesla
South Korea’s leading battery materials maker L&F Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a $2.91 billion deal to supply cathode, a key electric...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
BC Card shows one-stop payment int'l network at MWC 2023
BC Card, the only credit card company from South Korea taking part in this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, is displaying at ...
Feb 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Samsung Electronics, KAIST join forces to train robotics experts
Samsung Electronics Co. has partnered with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to cultivate specialists in robotics. On M...
Feb 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Prestige Bio's Herceptin biosimilar proves equivalence in clinical trials
Prestige Biopharma, a South Korean biopharmaceutical developer, said on Tuesday that the final analysis of phase 3 clinical trial on the anti-cancer...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Extraordinary Attorney Woo drives KT Studio Genie's turnaround
KT Studio Genie Co., an entertainment arm of South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp., posted its first annual profit last year, driven by the meg...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
S.Korea's Woowa Brothers launches professional service robot affiliate
Woowa Brothers, the parent company of South Korea's food delivery app Baedal Minjok, on Wednesday spun off its professional service robot unit into ...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy wins $495 million order for two LNG ships
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a leading South Korean shipbuilder, said on Wednesday it has won a 609.7 billion won ($495 million) deal to build two ...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
One in 5 South Koreans claims Starbucks Rewards stars
Starbucks Korea saw members of its rewards program surpass 10 million this month, meaning that one in every five South Koreans is a registered membe...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung hires two ex-Ericsson executives to lead network business
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has hired two former executives of Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson to boost its ne...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Bespin Global launches all-in-one AIoT
South Korea's cloud solution provider Bespin Global said on Thursday that it would launch "IoTOps," a software as a service (SaaS)-based artificial ...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea's waste recycler ReCo lands $11.8 million in investment
South Korea's startup ReCo, which runs the comprehensive waste collection and transportation service UpBox, on Wednesday said it attracted Series B ...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HSD Engine's order volume exceeds $162.1 million in one month
Growth in shipbuilding orders has greatly boosted the sales of manufacturers of related equipment such as ship engines. South Korea's HSD Engine, wh...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
K-pop label SM taps activist investor as board member
K-pop behemoth SM Entertainment Co. said on Jan. 20 it has decided to tap Lee Chang-hwan, the CEO of local activist fund Align Partners Capital Mana...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)