Q1
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Economy
Korea faces risk from record $114 bn in inventory assets
South Korea’s major listed companies held record inventory assets as they piled up raw materials to deal with the global supply chain disrupti...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carve-out, bolt-on key themes driving M&As: BDA Partners
Amid escalating market uncertainties, M&As are not just a growth tactic but survival tools for businesses, Euan Rellie, co-founder and managing ...
Jun 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia Sportage speeds up Hyundai’s eco-friendly push
Kia Corp.'s Sportage plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) was recently recognized as the best model in the segment by two influential German auto ...
Jun 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble to officially launch Seven Knights Revolution on July 28
Netmarble Corp. is poised to officially launch its latest game Seven Knights Revolution on July 28 in South Korea. The South Korean mobile game...
Jun 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
South Korean millennials pay premium for authentic luxury items
South Korea’s traditional retail heavyweights are the unexpected winners of the recent counterfeit controversy in the high-end fashion industr...
May 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Why batteries were left out of Samsung's huge investment plan
Citigroup Global Markets on Monday slashed its target price for Samsung SDI Co., one of South Korea's top three battery makers, by almost half and d...
May 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Market Kurly's sales surge 49% on-year in Q1
South Korea’s Kurly Inc., the operator of grocery delivery platform Market Kurly, achieved 641.7 billion won ($511.6 million) in gross merch...
May 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung further expands global TV market share in Q1
Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its market share in the global TV market in the first quarter of this year, while LG Electronics Inc. deliv...
May 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT's transformation beyond telco to digital platform
South Korea’s telecom operator KT Corp. surprised the market early this month with a 41.1% on-year surge in first-quarter operating profit, wh...
May 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
E-Mart, Lotte Shopping hit by US retailers' earnings shocks
Shares in E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest supermarket chain, have been hovering near their lowest level in almost two years, on the back of...
May 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart's conundrum over changing shopping habits
For middle-class families in South Korea, it has become a morning ritual to bring the boxes of fresh produce and daily necessities delivered overnig...
May 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, SK On to add prismatic types to EV cell lineups
LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK On Co., the world’s No. 2 and No. 5 battery makers, respectively, are set to add prismatic batteries to their l...
May 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
LG CNS sees record-high revenue, operating profit in Q1
In the first three months of this year, LG CNS had the best performing first quarter in its history. The LG Corp. subsidiary set records for both re...
May 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Coupang poised to turn to black after smallest loss in Q1
South Korea’s e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. reported the smallest quarterly loss on strong product commerce business, raising hopes for a turn...
May 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
GS Retail shares tumble as new services widen losses
Shares in South Korea's GS Retail Co. suffered their worst percentage fall in nearly five years on May 6, after the convenience store operator's fir...
May 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Kakao CEO vows messenger app reform as Q1 misses forecasts
South Korea’s leading online platform operator Kakao Corp. plans to drastically change the way KakaoTalk, the country’s top mobile messe...
May 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korea's big three trading firms log record profit in Q1
South Korea’s top three general trading companies, LX International Corp., POSCO International Corp. and Samsung C&T Corp. achieved record...
May 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Innovation logs record profit in Q1 on strong refining biz
SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top refiner, enjoyed the record quarterly earnings on strong crude prices and margins, joining the list of do...
Apr 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Amorepacific delivers disappointing Q1 results as China sales slump
South Korea’s cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. on Thursday posted disappointing first-quarter sales and operating profit as revenue from Chi...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung’s stock underlines cloudy outlook despite record Q1
Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. fell to a fresh 52-week low on Thursday despite posting record sales for the third consecutive quarter as investor...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Retail investment amount in startups triples on-year in Q1
South Korea’s retail investors are increasingly more bullish in startups than in manufacturing or retail firms. The Ministry of SMEs an...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Elec. sees tough road ahead after record earnings in Q1
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top home appliances maker, expects business conditions to deteriorate in the second quarter amid higher costs...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S-Oil logs record earnings in Q1 on high crude, margins
S-Oil Corp., Saudi Aramco’s refining unit in South Korea, enjoyed record earnings in the first quarter on healthy crude prices and refining ma...
Apr 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Hynix posts record Q1 sales buoyed by Solidigm, may build another fab
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it is considering building another chip fabrication line after p...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Office deals in Seoul, Bundang surge 45% on-year in Q1
The office building deals in Seoul and neighboring Bundang Business District (BBD) reached 3.1 trillion won ($2.5 billion) during the first quarte...
Apr 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai, Kia see Q1 profits soar, aim for strong 2022 despite dim outlook
South Korea’s two largest automakers – Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. – on Monday posted strong first-quarter earnings, driven by...
Apr 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Naver to cut costs for profitability after disappointing Q1
Naver Corp., South Korea’s dominant online platform, will focus on cutting costs and reducing new hiring to improve profitability as its disap...
Apr 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
SUV, minivan sales reach 52% of car market in Q1
Sales of leisure vehicles in South Korea, primarily sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and minivans, exceeded half of domestic finished car sales in the ...
Apr 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Grade-A offices in Seoul hit lowest vacancy rate in Q1 2022
Grade-A offices saw their lowest-ever quarterly vacancy rate in the first quarter of 2022 since 2010, when Canada-based real estate investment manag...
Apr 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Energy Q1 profit beats forecast on strong demand, price hikes
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle battery maker, reported a lower-than-expected decline in quarterly profit...
Apr 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)