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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia gets A- credit rating from S&P Global
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. said on Thursday that S&P Global upgraded their credit ratings from BBB+ to A-, with a Stable outlook for both c...
Aug 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
STIC to buy Korean flooring firm Nox from TPG for $336 mn
Seoul-based private equity firm STIC Investments has agreed to acquire global leading luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring firm Nox Corp. at 450 billion...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy looks to battery safety diagnosis software business
LG Energy Solution Ltd., one of the world’s top battery makers, said on Wednesday it is entering the battery safety diagnosis software busines...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Yuhan’s lung cancer drug clears FDA hurdle for global debut
A new lung cancer treatment developed by South Korea’s Yuhan Corp. has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a co...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
EV firefighting startup Lee Mobility gets seed round
South Korean startup Lee Mobility announced on Tuesday that it got a seed round investment from Bluepoint Partners, a domestic early-stage venture c...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hansae Yes24 moves closer to acquiring GM supplier Erae AMS
Hansae Yes24 Holdings Co., the holding company of South Korea’s leading apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Hansae Co., has moved a ...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor’s 1st overseas plant in Turkey makes decent turnaround
Back in the late 1990s, South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. built its first overseas plant in Turkey, betting on the European and Mi...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air Incheon joins Boeing safety operation support program
South Korea's cargo airline Air Incheon announced on Wednesday that it signed an agreement with American aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. on Tuesd...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
Korea Investment, most generous venture capitalist in H1
Korea Investment Partners Co. spent the most on local startups among venture capitalists in the first half, while South Korean game developer Smileg...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s Mirae Asset to open AI business unit in New York
Mirae Asset Group, the pioneer in South Korea’s mutual fund industry, plans to set up an artificial intelligence business unit in New York as ...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s household debt hits record high on mortage loans
South Korea’s household debt hit a record high in the second quarter as the domestic housing market started to recover and more consumers rush...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
BGF Retail’s CU looks beyond Kazakhstan deep into Central Asia
Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country 27 times the area of South Korea, did not have any modernized convenience stores until early this year.The count...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
S.Korea to launch sustainable biojet fuel initiative
South Korea will require airlines to replace a portion of their jet fuel with environmentally friendly alternatives such as cooking oil, palm oil an...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS signals more say in Hanmi Pharmaceutical's family feud
South Korea’s National Pension Service is indicating more active involvement in the management of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group embroiled in a ye...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Card tops S.Korea's EPG ranking for financial institutions
South Korea's Shinhan Card said on Monday it was ranked as the leading company in the domestic financial sector in an environment, population, and g...
Aug 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won at 5-mth high; BOK may not lower interest rate
The South Korean won on Monday touched a five-month high as the central bank may not immediately cut its policy interest rate due to rising property...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to unveil industry’s highest-capacity eSSD in November
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to unveil the industry’s highest-capacity enterprise solid-state dr...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S. Korea’s foreigner-only casinos suffer poor profit
Foreigner-only casino operators in South Korea reported weaker-than-expected operating profit in the second quarter as prolific gamblers traveling f...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Hyundai AutoEver wins $66 mn public safety contract in Angola
Hyundai AutoEver Corp., a software subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, secured consecutive contracts to build public safety systems in African countr...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix’s turnaround gains traction from US, China
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s No. 2 memory chipmaker, has made a significant business turnaround in the US and China, which made up 80% of its sa...
Aug 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea’s airline firms plagued by elevated fuel costs, strong dollar
South Korea’s six listed airline companies posted worsening profitability in the second quarter, plagued by higher jet fuel costs and the US d...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver Cloud takes the lead in Korea’s public AI business
South Korean online giant Naver Corp.'s cloud subsidiary is expanding its presence in the country’s public artificial intelligence market by w...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung’s Circle to Search available on Galaxy A series to rival Xiaomi
Samsung Electronics Co. has been battling Apple Inc. in the high-end smartphone segment with its premium Galaxy S series packed with advanced featur...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business
KT Corp., one of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers, is on a roll in the hotel business despite its late foray into the hospitality indus...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Korea’s top landscaping firm Dawon to expand in SE Asia
South Korea’s Dawon Corporation aims to expand its business in Southeast Asia as it beat out major domestic builders such as Samsung C&T C...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hyosung, Kolon’s tire cord plants running near 100% on insatiable demand
The business outlook is bright for Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. and Kolon Industries Inc., the world’s top two tire cord producers based i...
Aug 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Acquisition loan rates dip to pre-pandemic levels in S.Korea
Interest rates on acquisition financing in South Korea are set to stabilize at the 5% level, rates last seen before COVID-19 swept the world, height...
Aug 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Alipay’s rise puts Korea on alert to private data breaches
South Korean fintech companies' customer data transfers to Alipay, a Chinese payment platform, are setting off private data breach alarm bells amid ...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display seeks to supply tandem OLED display to Bentley, Cadillac
LG Display Co., the world’s top organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, is seeking to supply next-generation tandem OLED displays for...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
NCSOFT develops new game Doguri Adventure
South Korea’s major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. has begun developing a casual game Doguri Adventure, featuring the character bra...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)