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Electronics
Samsung Display gets Pantone Validated
Samsung Display announced on Thursday that its monitors and laptop panels received Pantone Validated and SkinTone Validated. The company said i...
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung’s biotech duo on a roll with $1.1 bn CMO order
Samsung Group is on track to rise to the top of biosimilar companies in the world and become South Korea’s largest drug maker for contract man...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lotte Biologics targets $1.1 billion in sales with new bio plants
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Lotte Biologics Co. said on Wednesday it is aiming for 1.5 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in annual sales by 203...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to cut global stocks under GP management, up its direct control
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, is set to slash its overseas stocks under global i...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics tops in S.Korea's after-sales service
Samsung Electronics Service, a service subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., announced on Tuesday that it topped all categories - home applia...
Jul 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Kyobo Life CEO’s ethical management earns global recognition
Kyobo Life Insurance Co.'s Chairman Shin Chang-jae is internationally recognized for setting the global standard for ethical management after two de...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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League table
UBS tops Korea’s M&A advisor list on Asiana, Affinity deals
UBS Group AG topped the South Korean mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table in the second quarter as the global investment bank worked on m...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung OLED gaming monitor sales surpass 20,000 units
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Monday that its sales of the new Odyssey OLED gaming monitor series have surpassed 20,000 units in a month.&nbs...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s consumer goods exports to top $100 bn in 2024: KOTRA
South Korea is projected to reap more than $100 billion from selling the country’s consumer goods overseas this year. Exports of such products...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix develops SSD for AI PCs to be mass-produced this year
South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. introduced a solid-state drive (SSD) for on-device artificial intelligence PCs for mass production this year, to e...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Samsung to send chips into space via Nuri rocket
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Friday that it signed an agreement with the domestic micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. to develop i...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha, Taihan to spur global sales of extra-high voltage cables
Hanwha Solutions Corp., the chemical and renewable energy unit of South Korea’s No. 7 conglomerate Hanwha Group, and Taihan Cable & Soluti...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial, Natixis to manage global private equity fund
South Korea's Woori Bank and Woori PE Asset Management announced on Thursday that they have signed a "strategic business agreement for creating a ...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Electronics unveils new smartphone image sensors
Samsung Electronics Co. has developed new image sensors -- ISOCELL HP9, ISOCELL JN5 and ISOCELL GNJ -- expected to enable smartphones to take cleare...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung, KB Kookmin Card launch IoT credit card
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday it launched an Internet of Things (IoT) credit card in collaboration with KB Kookmin Card. The card us...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung seeks $3.6 billion in loans from KDB for chip investment
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. seeks to borrow as much as 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion) from the state-run Korea Development Bank t...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Amazon to back K-Beauty’s broader global reach
US e-commerce juggernaut Amazon.com Inc. will offer South Korean cosmetics producers one-stop support to enable them to reach millions of customers ...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Galaxy Ring, new foldables set to steal the show at Samsung Unpacked Paris
Now it’s official. Samsung Electronics Co. is hosting its next Galaxy Unpacked summer event in Paris on July 10.Samsung picked Paris as the ve...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Bespoke refrigerator sells 3 mn units in five years
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that the cumulative sales of its Bespoke refrigerator in the South Korean market have surpassed 3 milli...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On to sell $360 mn in perpetual bonds amid tough EV market
SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery maker, plans to sell 500 billion won ($359.6 million) in its first perpetual bon...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
Woori adopts Samsung culture index for internal controls
Woori Financial Group has adopted Samsung Electronics Co.'s Samsung Culture Index (SCI) to tighten its internal controls, which will be given more w...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai gets global ship cyber security certifications
South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. announced on Tuesday that it obtained Approval In Principle (AiP) for its ship cyber security technology from the world...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Hyundai Steel builds global sales network of low-carbon steel
South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with European customers to sell low-ca...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
EV battery maker LG Energy eyes $2 bn global bond sale
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is poised to raise $2 billion in global bonds by the end of...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Electronics builds Red Hat-certified CXL infrastructure
Samsung Electronics Co. has set up the industry’s first Compute Express Link (CXL) infrastructure, certified by Red Hat Inc., the world’...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GS Global launches BYD's T4K electric refrigerator truck
South Korea's general trading company GS Global Corp. announced on Monday that it will launch BYD Company Ltd.'s 1-ton electric truck, the T4K Refri...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Affirma Capital seeks to sell entire stake in both SeAH FS, S&G Holdings
Affirma Capital, a Singapore-based buyout private equity firm, is seeking to sell its entire stake in both South Korean steel tube maker SeAH FS and...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Dentlink, virtual lab for dentists around the world
It's been just over two years since Innovaid Co. launched Dentlink but the South Korean startup has already pivoted from its earlier local market-ce...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korean soju maker HiteJinro aims high with its first Vietnam plant
HANOI – Thai Binh, a port city about 120 km southeast of the Vietnamese capital, has long been associated, in people’s minds, with the i...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
S.Korea's Handsome opens global flagship store System Paris
South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will open its first global flagship store System and System Homme Paris i...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)