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Earnings
Hyundai Glovis expects better 2024 after beating market in Q1
Hyundai Glovis Co. expects an improvement in earnings this year from last year after reporting better-than-expected sales and operating profit in th...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
CJ Olive Young opens Hongdae Town for K-beauty experience
CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, announced on Thursday that it will open Olive Young Hongdae Town, a specialty stor...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial opens DinnoLab Vietnam Center
South Korea's Woori Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has opened the DinnoLab Vietnam Center in Hanoi.DinnoLab is a program by Woori ...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Aekyung AGE20's to enter US cosmetics market
South Korea's Aekyung Industrial Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Silicon2, a global K-beauty distri...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai launches the ST1, its 1st electric work van with futuristic styling
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Wednesday it is launching the ST1, its first fully electric work van that can be retrofi...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Korea's Lotte Insurance put on market for around $1.5 bn
Lotte Group’s non-life insurance affiliate Lotte Insurance Co., has been put up for sale at around 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion), according to...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Samsung Asset eyes expansion into US ETF market
NEW YORK – South Korea’s largest asset manager Samsung Asset Management Co. is leveraging its strategic partnership with a US investment...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Used goods platform Gugus shines in slowing luxury market
Gugus, South Korea’s largest online retailer of secondhand luxury goods, posted double-digit growth in revenue and transactions in the first q...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
HK inno.N to release K-CAB in MENA market
South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with Saudi Arabian local pharmaceutical company Tabuk Pharm...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang's K-style rice gains popularity in N.America
South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Tuesday that its sales of the flagship brand Bibigo’s Cooked Sticky White Rice in North Ameri...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Kakao Mobility to offer robot delivery service with LG
Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s most popular ride-hailing app operator, will offer indoor robot delivery service with self-driving robots ...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SoftBank-backed Korean flea market app sees overseas growth
Danggeun Market Inc., South Korea’s largest online flea market service provider, enjoyed growth in other countries with its Karrot app briefly...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Dept. Store introduces AI translation service
South Korea's Lotte Department Store announced on Monday that it introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) interpretation service for foreign touri...
Apr 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Korea's LX opens Hungary terminal for Europe EV, battery logistics
LX Pantos, one of the top logistics firms in South Korea, has launched a railway terminal in Hungary for the electric vehicle and battery logistics ...
Apr 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Pepero enters Thailand’s King Power Duty Free
South Korea's Lotte Wellfood Co. announced on Friday that its thin chocolate-coated cookie sticks Pepero and no-sugar ice cream Zero entered King Po...
Apr 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia to bring 1st hybrid variant of subcompact SUV Sonet to Japan, China
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to aggressively expand its hybrid vehicle lineup to subcompact SUVs amid slower-than-...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics, Ninja Van to co-work for cross-border e-commerce
South Korea's CJ Logistics announced on Thursday that it signed a customs clearance and delivery service contract with Singapore-based Ninja Van t...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Toss Bank exceeds 10 mn customers
South Korea’s fintech platform Toss Bank saw that its subscribers surpassed 10 million. According to the company, it's been two years and...
Apr 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG to double global built-in appliance sales to $722 mn
MILAN, ITALY – LG Electronics Inc. eyes 1 trillion won ($722 million) in global built-in appliance sales in three years by winning the hearts ...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to mass-produce industry’s fastest LPDDR5X DRAM in H2
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said on Wednesday it has developed an LPDDR5X DRAM chip that supports the industry’s fastest d...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai, Scottish firms to cooperate on offshore wind power
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Scottish Enterprise and...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis to supply $29 mn logistics automation systems
South Korea's Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a contract with Korea Superfreeze Inc. and EcoPro CnG to supply logistics aut...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Autech enters silver car market for seniors
South Korea's specialty vehicle company Autech Corporation announced on Tuesday that it plans to enter the silver car market for seniors. It al...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea’s Catchtable eyes offshore table reservation markets
Wad Corp., the developer and operator of South Korea’s most popular restaurant reservation app Catchtable, is considering offering Catchtable ...
Apr 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
South Korea’s chip design firms go abroad to tap $426 billion market
South Korea’s chip design companies are turning their sights overseas to tap into the 593 trillion won ($426 billion) system semiconductor mar...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
SK D&D, Habyt to cooperate for residential business
SK D&D Co., a real estate unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Private markets open to more high-net-worth individuals: Hamilton Lane
The number of high-net-worth individuals allocating capital to private markets is increasing fast. These are wealthy individuals who own at least $1...
Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG look to Europe with AI-powered built-in kitchen appliances
MILAN, ITALY – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are big names in the US home appliances market. The two South Korean electronic...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental launches driver-inclusive rental service in Vietnam
Lotte Rental Co., South Korea's largest car rental firm, announced on Monday that it has launched a "Vietnam Driver-inclusive Rental Car."The servic...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Korean kimchi makers spur production in US, Australia
South Korean top food makers such as CJ CheilJedang Corp. and Daesang Corp. are expanding their kimchi factories overseas to meet growing demand for...
Apr 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)