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Asset management
Young rich Koreans set sights on M&As, commercial property deals
Young rich Koreans have emerged as big players in South Korea’s asset management market, expanding into M&As and commercial real estate, a...
May 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung releases new Bespoke AI Family Hub product
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday the launch of a new "Bespoke AI Family Hub" refrigerator, designed to offer new AI experiences in everyd...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
South Korea to ban Chinese online products without KC certification
South Korea will ban products purchased online through overseas shopping platforms but without the KC certification amid growing concerns about prod...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy unveils eco-friendly ships, AI tech in Europe
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., South Korea’s second-largest shipbuilder, showcased new eco-friendly ships and digital vessel technology to ride...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea’s Eduwill suffers credit-rating cuts, capital erosion
Eduwill Corp., South Korea’s leading provider of online and offline test prep courses for adults, has taken a hit from a series of credit-rati...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
M&A rebound will drive private credit volume increase: Golub Capital
As the Federal Reserve signaled delays in rate cuts after meeting earlier this month, more investors have adopted for a wait-and-see attitude. Those...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Galaxy 5G phone tops ACSI in US
Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy smartphone caught Apple in the cell phone manufacturer lead, taking the top spot among 5G phones, according to The ...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
MSCI Korea Index adds Alteogen, Enchem, HD Hyundai Electric
South Korea's Alteogen Inc., Enchem Co., and HD Hyundai Electric Co. will be added to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Korea Index.MS...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, SK Hynix expect chip prices to stay firm in 2024
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chip makers, forecast the prices of DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Lotte Global Logistics, KOBC to partner for global logistics
South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Ocean Business Corporatio...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung aims to overtake TSMC, Apple with 3 nm Exynos W1000 chip
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, plans to apply its latest 3-nanometer chip processing technology to the manufac...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ's Bibigo Gimbap enters Australian Woolworths stores
South Korea's food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Sunday that it released its Bibigo frozen Gimbap products at Woolworths, Australia's numb...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Infrastructure
Macquarie Korea Asset Management confirms two nominees
Macquarie Group has named two executives at its Seoul-based real asset investment unit, which manages the main Kospi-listed Macquarie Korea Infrastr...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Beauty store chain CJ Olive Young to launch Japan unit
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s largest beauty store chain, will set up a subsidiary in Japan in the first half of this year to mark its f...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung hits highest US smartphone market share in 4 years
Samsung Electronics Co. has achieved its highest market share in the US smartphone market in four years, thanks to its first AI phone the Galaxy S24...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Samsung SDS unveils supply chain solution in US
South Korea's Samsung SDS Co. introduced a supplier relationship management (SRM) solution at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium 2024 in Orlando, Fl...
May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Samsung Welstory completes new Vietnam logistics center
South Korean food and beverage company Samsung Welstory announced on Thursday that it completed a new logistics center with a cold chain system in B...
May 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
KT, Nokia to collaborate on global 6G research
South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it signed a business agreement with global mobile communications equipment manufacturer Nokia Cor...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Shinsegae’s day of reckoning looms for online ambitions
Back in 2021, South Korea’s retail titan Shinsegae Inc. beat its archrival Lotte Shopping Co. to purchase Gmarket and Auction, the country's t...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Medison buys AI medical startup Sonio
South Korea’s Samsung Medison, a medical equipment subsidiary of the global memory chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co., is taking over France&rs...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung tops global OLED market in one year
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it achieved the number one sales position in the global OLED monitor market one year after enter...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea’s largest startup fair NextRise to be held in June
The Korea International Trade Association announced on Tuesday that the largest domestic startup fair in South Korea, NextRise 2024 Seoul," will be ...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM gets Platinum ESG rating from EcoVadis
HMM Co., South Korea’s flagship sea carrier, announced on Tuesday that it achieved the Platinum rating from EcoVadis, a global environmental, ...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix, Samsung set to benefit from explosive HBM sales growth
Sales of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the red-hot DRAM product essential to artificial intelligence devices, will significantly grow in the coming y...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics unveils 114-inch Micro LED
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it unveiled its 114-inch Micro LED to expand its Micro LED lineup to include 89-inch, 101-inch.&nb...
May 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung sets up team to win AI chip deal from Nvidia
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, established a team for a billions-of-dollars high-bandwidth memory chip supply deal...
May 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Aman, Rosewood, Banyan, IHG rush to open luxury hotels in Seoul
Renowned global hospitality companies, including Aman, Rosewood and IHG Group, are rushing to South Korea to launch new five-star luxury hotels in...
May 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Life Science invests in US biotech firm Latus Bio
Samsung Life Science Fund, managed by Samsung Group’s venture investment arm, has invested in US biotechnology firm Latus Bio Inc. during the ...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Hyundai to invest $923 million on self-driving JV Motional
Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s third-largest automaker, is set to spend nearly $1 billion on Motional, its loss-making self-driving joint ve...
May 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s headline inflation dips below 3% in April but erratic
South Korea’s headline inflation dipped below 3% for the first time in three months last month but uncertainty lingers from still-high agricul...
May 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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- 4 AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A
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