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Culture & Trends
Gucci picks Korean royal palace for 2024 collection
Seoul is emerging as a new venue for global luxury brands’ fight for pride, with Louis Vuitton and Gucci set to unveil their new fashion colle...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Seoul City’s new slogan, Seoul My Soul
Seoul's new brand slogan to replace "I·SEOUL·YOU" has been confirmed as "Seoul, my soul." The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced ...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's Kakao Pay to buy 51% of US financial firm Siebert
Kakao Pay Corp., the mobile payment and digital wallet service unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., announced on Thursday it has signed an a...
Apr 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Seoul zeroes in on high tech for US business alliance
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is off to a smooth start on his six-day state visit to the US this week, which is expected to pave the way for ...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Louis Vuitton to turn bridge over Seoul river into catwalk
Global luxury brand Louis Vuitton will premiere a fashion show in Seoul this weekend, expecting to attract leaders from the global fashion, culture ...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean dept stores to lure foreigners with K-pop, festival
South Korean department stores are set to launch various programs such as a festival and sales of K-pop star merchandise to attract foreign tourists...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
BTS Forest created in Seoul by fans' donations
“BTS Forest” has been created in Seoul’s Nanji Hangang Park, South Korea’s largest music streaming service Melon announced o...
Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, MS open Gaming Hubs in London, New York
Samsung Electronics Co. has partnered with Microsoft to launch gaming hubs in the heart of London and New York. The two companies have installed Sam...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S.Korea’s Woori Financial profit up on interest rate margins
Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest financial holding company, logged growth in a quarterly net profit as larger interest rate...
Apr 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
SocGen dumps Korean stocks, likely due to client margin calls
Société Générale S.A. (SocGen) on Monday dumped South Korean shares sending their prices to daily limit lows, which loca...
Apr 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Samsung Life buys 20% of French asset manager Meridiam
Samsung Life Insurance, managing 223.1 trillion won ($167.5 billion) in assets, has acquired a 20% stake in Paris-based infrastructure investment fi...
Apr 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Glenwood files $40 mn arbitration claim against Baring PEA
Glenwood Private Equity has filed an arbitration claim of about 50 billion won ($40 million) against Baring Private Equity Asia (Baring PEA), after ...
Apr 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Research & Development
POSCO Holdings opens new R&D center in Pohang
POSCO Holdings said on Thursday that it has opened a headquarters for POSCO N.EX.T Hub, which will lead the R&D efforts for the entire POSCO G...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai Engineering, SK Ecoplant to produce carbon-neutral hydrogen
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering Co. and SK Ecoplant Co. are teaming up with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), a US micro modular reactor (MMR...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KCCI, Seoul Japan Club forms economic study group
South Korean and Japanese businesspeople form a study group to strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries.The Korea Chamber of Commer...
Apr 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Financial Chairman to hold overseas IR in Japan
Shinhan Financial Group's Chairman Jin Ok-dong is set to embark on his first overseas business trip since taking office as chairman last month. From...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea to Probe Circumstances Around Reported Leak of Classified U.S. Documents
SEOUL—A South Korean official said the government was investigating the circumstances around a leak of highly classified U.S. documents that a...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Korea’s shaved ice dessert bingsu price up 30% on-year on inflation
Inflation has hit almost every corner of the real economy in South Korea, and the country’s popular summer dessert bingsu is no exception, wit...
Apr 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Seoul Semiconductor's Sunlike LED is installed in Volvo's new EV
Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd., a South Korean LED light manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that Volvo's new electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) EX9...
Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS, KKR delay plan to set up Seoul-based real estate JV
IGIS Asset Management Co., the largest real estate investment firm in South Korea, and US private equity giant KKR & Co. have indefinitely postp...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Samsung Electronics opens 3rd C-Lab Outside regional hub
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday opened the third regional center of its C-Lab Outside, a corporate partnership program to nurture local startups...
Apr 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
LG Electronics rolls out third-generation Cloi ServeBot
LG Electronics Inc. has rolled out a new serving robot that easily serves soup, boosting the device's performance and customer convenience. The com...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korean semiconductor industry faces sharp decline: report
The Korea Development Institute (KDI), a renowned government-affiliated economic think tank in South Korea, disclosed on Sunday that the domestic se...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Group plans talks with former US diplomat
Former US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will hold talks with Chairman Choi Jeong-woo of South Korea’s POSCO Group.They will discuss...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Lotte Group secures $3.8 bn funding from four major Korean banks
Lotte Group announced on Friday that it has signed a financial support agreement worth 5 trillion won ($3.8 billion) with four major South Korean ba...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
LG H&H hosts Korean Royal Court Culture event with Four Seasons Seoul
South Korea's major consumer goods company LG H&H Co. announced on Thursday that its cosmetics brand, The History of Whoo, hosts an event called...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Shinhan Financial, KOSME to support startups for expanding Japanese market
Shinhan Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) to support Korean startups' ent...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Louis Vuitton to launch the third pop-up restaurant in S.Korea
The French luxury brand Louis Vuitton to open a pop-up restaurant in South Korea. This is the third one since May and September last year. Acco...
Apr 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KB Financial launches $193 million fund to invest in global startups
South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group will launch a 250 billion won ($193 million) fund to invest in startups ...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
JB Financial wins proxy fight against activist fund Align Partners
South Korea’s JB Financial Group Co. won a proxy battle against local activist fund Align Partners Capital Management on dividends and nominat...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)