Ransomware Trend Report
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Travel & Leisure
Gmarket reports rise of niche travelers in this year's first half
The full-scale resumption of overseas travel by people in South Korea has fueled the trend of "niche travelers" who travel abroad whenever they have...
Jan 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung Biologics’ profit near doubles on strong orders
Samsung Biologics Co., the world’s top contract drugmaker, said its profit almost doubled last year thanks to more orders as its sales surged ...
Jan 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Bank's Vietnam subsidiary reports record-high performance
Woori Bank Vietnam, South Korean lender Woori Bank's local subsidiary in Vietnam, had heydays last year, tiding over the aftermath of the COVID-19 o...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Global shipments of foldable smartphones to jump 44% this year: Report
Amid forecasts of a dull global market for smartphones due to the economic downturn, a report says foldable models alone will maintain growth in the...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Stay-in-hotel trend for the holidays revs up luxury hotels
Luxury hotels in South Korea are enjoying the emerging trend of Koreans choosing relaxing vacations at hotels, rather than taking holidays overseas....
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea eyes removal of pre-reporting for forex transactions
South Korea as early as the second half of next year could lift regulations on money transfers abroad that exceed $50,000 per year.Daily foreign cur...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreigners turn net buyers of Korean stocks as China reopens borders
South Korean stocks are gaining momentum at the beginning of the new year as foreigners have turned net buyers on expectations of China's border reo...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Extraordinary Attorney Woo is most popular content on KT's Genie TV
The drama with the most purchases this year on Genie TV, internet protocol TV (IPTV) service of KT Corp., is the hit legal drama "Extraordinary Atto...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Hyundai becomes younger with 1 in 3 new executives in their 40s
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, which owns Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., has carried out a year-end mid-tier executive reshuffle marked ...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Mirae Asset introduces AI investment info service
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it had introduced two domestic stock artificial intelligence (AI) reporting services through its mobile t...
Dec 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea must use Indonesia, Thailand as EV output-export bases: report
The Korea Automotive Technology Institute says the domestic auto industry should more proactively use Asean-region members like Indonesia and Thaila...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Kakao's AI filter reduces profanity in online news comments
South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp. has reduced swearing and negative comments about news on its online portals such as Daum and Kakao View by using...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hankook Tire ESG Report wins gold prize in LACP 2022 Spotlight Awards
The ESG Report of Hankook Tire & Technology won the gold prize in the 2022 Spotlight Awards hosted by the League of American Communications Prof...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean SMEs
Employment, labor regulations most burdensome for small businesses
More than four out of ten small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have experienced difficulties due to regulations and cited employment and labor...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea LIG Nex1 to enjoy record earnings on missile exports
LIG Nex1 Co., a leading South Korean defense company, is expected to see record earnings this year on strong missile exports, helping its shares sur...
Nov 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG CNS earns $2.3 billion in year's first 3 quarters
South Korea's information and communications technology (ICT) corporation LG CNS, which seeks an initial public offering (IPO), has set a company re...
Nov 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Celltrion's Q3 earnings boosted by Remsima sales in Europe
South Korean biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. announced 654.6 billion won ($478.2 million) in revenue and 213.8 billion won in operating profi...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea won hits 2-month high on US election, China hopes
The South Korean won on Wednesday hit a two-month high on expectations that a victory by the Republicans in the US midterm elections may slow the Fe...
Nov 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Mart bulks up in SE Asia to make up for China failure
Indonesia was the destination for Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin’s first overseas business trip in August, after being granted a special p...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea's shipbuilding order volume to plummet next year: report
South Korea's shipbuilders fear seeing their orders next year plummet by over 40% on-year due to disruptions in related financing amid surging inter...
Nov 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
KLA to stop chip tool supply to customers in China: Report
US chip toolmaker KLA Corp. will cease offering some supplies and services from Wednesday to China-based customers including SK Hynix Inc., the worl...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG embraces ESG management standards with first groupwide report
South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG is rapidly embracing environmental, social and governance standards as key criteria in evaluating...
Sep 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK Innovation unveils plans for Scope 3 carbon emission reduction
SK Innovation Co. published its 2022 Net Zero Special Report on the company website on Wednesday, detailing its plan of action for Scope 3 carbon em...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreign stock buying on weaker won: Bucking the trend?
When a country’s currency weakens, foreign investors flee the local markets as a softer foreign-exchange rate usually means fragile economic f...
Aug 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle, GS team up to buy Korean dental scanner maker
The Carlyle Group, a US private equity giant, has joined hands with South Korean energy-to-retail conglomerate GS Group to buy Medit Corp., the worl...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Naver says no growth sacrifice to cut costs with record sales
Naver Corp., South Korea’s largest online portal, on Friday reported its largest-ever quarterly revenue, led by webtoon and fintech services, ...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LG Uplus aims to recycle 100% of industrial waste in 3 years
LG Uplus Corp. announced it will recycle 100% of industrial waste from its plants by 2025.The mobile network arm of LG Corp. published a report titl...
Jul 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
NCSOFT publishes second ESG report with a playbook concept
NCSOFT Corp., a leading South Korean game developer, has published its second annual sustainability report using a playbook map concept. The re...
Jun 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's woes: Too many cars rolling out of Korean plants
The eight-day South Korean truck drivers’ strike that ended last week has laid bare one long-standing but often ignored problem at the country...
Jun 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Tech experts to discuss future mega-trends at KIF 2022
The Korea Investment Festival (KIF), the largest annual investor relations (IR) event in South Korea, will be held June 29-30 at the Fairmont Ambass...
Jun 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)