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Banking & Finance
S.Korea's banks see deposits plummet $35.5 billion in Jan
Banks in South Korea last month saw deposits plummet over 45 trillion won ($35.5 billion) from the previous month due to a decline in deposit intere...
Feb 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Seoul to run $3.9 billion fund for startups over 4 years
The local government of South Korea’s capital city Seoul this year will launch its own vision fund, dubbed the Seoul Vision 2030 Fund, to inve...
Feb 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
SK Hynix set for largest-ever corporate bond issue at bargain prices
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is gearing up for its largest-ever corporate bond issue in South Korea at lower-th...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Industrial Bank of Korea goes all in with Eastern Europe push
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) will open an office in Poland in the first half of this year, with analysts saying the bank's president Kim Seong-tae...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
NCSOFT lays off 20% of US operation before new game release
NCSOFT Corp., South Korea’s major game developing and publishing company, has recently laid off about 20% of its North American operation, joi...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Bioscience climbs two notches in ESG evaluation, receives BBB rating
SK Bioscience Co., a biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea's SK Group, announced it has received a BBB rating in its latest environmental, social, an...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
NYLIM taps Sungyun Hong as head of Seoul office
New York Life Investments (NYLIM) has appointed Sungyun Hong as head of its Seoul office, the US asset management firm said on Wednesday. Hong ...
Feb 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air reports strongest performance ever in 2022
Korean Air Lines Co. had its strongest performance ever in 2022, as it successfully cashed in on a thriving cargo business and a full recovery in pa...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korea's MGRV attracts $10mn Series B bridge investment
MGRV Community & Space, a South Korean startup that operates co-living facilities under the brand "Mangrove," announced on Wednesday it has attr...
Feb 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Bluecove buys Grand Hyatt Seoul for over $565 million
South Korean real estate firm Bluecove Investment has signed an agreement to acquire five-star hotel Grand Hyatt Seoul for more than 700 billion won...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung's Galaxy S23 obtains Canstar Blue's Most Satisfied Customers award
Galaxy S23, the latest mobile handset of South Korea's electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co., obtained the Canstar Blue 2023 Most Satisfie...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Bank's retirement pension soars 15% to $107 bn last year
Retirement pensions at banks in the fourth quarter of last year emerged as a haven for money that tried to generate a stable return, shunning away f...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy partners with Seoul Nat'l Univ. for battery technology
South Korea's No. 1 secondary battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and Seoul National University on Friday signed an agreement to establish an indu...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Metaverse-based virtual offices: New breadwinner for LG CNS
LAS VEGAS – While buzzwords such as avatar and the metaverse are on everyone’s lips these days, waking up in the morning and going to a ...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK mulls business, financial stability this year while focusing on inflation
The Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong on Wednesday said, "We will focus on inflation this year but also closely consider tradeoffs to preserve ...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Debt financing
Hyosung Chemical fails to sell any bonds in demand forecast
South Korea's Hyosung Chemical has failed to receive a single purchase order in its demand forecast for corporate bond issuance.Investment banking s...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea internet data center construction faces health issue
South Korea’s information technology industry hit a snag with building new internet data centers (IDCs) due to controversies over the potentia...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
South Korea Revives Nuclear Debate as Tensions With the North Rise
SEOUL—Rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang’s spree of weapons tests are fueling a debate in South Korea over the deploy...
Jan 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Bank of Korea gives bearish outlook after rate hike
South Korea’s central bank on Friday raised interest rates by a quarter point to 3.5%, while signaling a further cut in its economic growth fo...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea to extend trading hours of local forex market
South Korea will extend the trading hours for the local foreign exchange market to attract overseas investors and improve the trading system so that...
Jan 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Major startup event Slush to hold spin-off meeting in Korea
Slush, one of the world’s largest startup events, is set to hold a spin-off meeting in South Korea this year.Slush is a startup and tech event...
Jan 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
POSCO opens first overseas venture incubating office in Silicon Valley
POSCO Group said on Wednesday that it has opened the first overseas office of ChangeUp Ground in Silicon Valley in the US.ChangeUp Ground is a start...
Jan 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea’s secondhand car market cools amid elevated interest rates
South Korea’s secondhand car market is cooling rapidly as both dealers and buyers are reeling from elevated interest rates, which also bode il...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmax shows off advanced beauty tech at CES with Seoul Nat'l Univ.
Cosmax, a cosmetics original design manufacturer (ODM) of South Korea, said on Tuesday that it unveiled the beauty technology developed jointly ...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Seoul in talks to share nuclear plant export profits with Westinghouse
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. and its parent company Korea Electric Power Corp. are in discussion with Westinghouse Electric Corp. to share pr...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul ranks 7th in city competitiveness assessed by Japanese Institute
Seoul's urban competitiveness rebounded after five years, ranking seventh in the world. It was due to the fact that the ranking of the economy categ...
Jan 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus announces official start of original content production
LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday that it would officially kickstart producing original content, following its pilot program about desserts relea...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Privatization of Korea’s top container line HMM to gain traction
South Korea’s move to privatize container shipping line HMM Co. to recover taxpayer money is gaining traction as government officials start lo...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Hotels in top Seoul tourist area on sale due to rate hikes
South Korea's KB Asset Management Co. is set to sell two three-star hotel buildings in Myeong-dong, one of the most popular spots for foreign touris...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
Seoul Viosys receives CES Display Innovation Award
Seoul Viosys Co. said on Tuesday that it received the Innovation Award in the display category for a component called "WICOP pixel" at CES 2023, the...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)