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Entertainment
S.Korean content shares surge with global success of Squid Game
South Korea’s major content production houses have made a big comeback in the local stock market on Sept. 27 after a period of downhill over t...
Sep 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Shares of Hyosung, Kolon Industries fly high propelled by hydrogen
Shares of hydrogen-related stocks such as Hyosung Advanced Materials Corp. and Kolon Industries Inc. are flying high on expectations of significant ...
Sep 24, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Brookfield to name Hahn & Co exec as Korean office head
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. will name Jun Park, a top manager of Seoul-based private equity firm Hahn & Co., as the new head of its South K...
Sep 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix-led $101 bn Korean chip project delayed again
SK Hynix Inc.’s $101 billion project to build a semiconductor complex in South Korea was delayed again, stoking concerns that the world’...
Sep 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air credit outlook raised, passenger traffic set to return
The credit rating outlook for Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) and its parent Hanjin KAL Corp. has been upgraded amid expectations that passenger flights ...
Sep 21, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Industrial Bank of Korea to sell $500 mn bond at lower cost
Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is slated to raise $500 million in dollar corporate bond at a lower-than-planned cost on strong demand.IBK decided to...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea content platform startup to buy Getty Images unit
A South Korean content platform startup OGQ Corp. is set to take over the world’s leading stock content company Getty Images Inc.’s unit...
Sep 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
DL Chem to spend $2 bn on petrochemical expansion
DL Chemical Co., the petrochemical arm of South Korea's DL Group, will spend 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) over the next five years to sharply boost...
Sep 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics leads industry shift toward OLED TVs
LG Electronics Inc., one of the world’s largest TV makers, is leading the TV industry’s shift toward organic light-emitting diode (OLED)...
Sep 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Monthly trade infographics
S.Korea's bio-health industry exports log best-ever first half in 2021
South Korea's bio-health industry exports log best-ever first half in 2021 South Korea’s diagnostic kits, biosimilars and health-related bio-...
Aug 25, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
IAA Mobility 2021 to showcase global auto industry’s future technologies
The global auto industry is set to show off their muscle to fight for the future mobility market not only with new models but also technologies at t...
Aug 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korea electronics, auto sectors hit by triple whammy
South Korea's electronics and auto industries, the two main pillars of Asia’s fourth-largest economy, are losing growth momentum. Demand is sl...
Aug 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air to retire all A380 jets over 5 years; B787 likely replacements
Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) will retire its superjumbo fleet of 10 A380 passenger jets over the next five years, a move the South Korean flag carrier...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SM Lab develops cathode with 98% nickel, industry’s highest density
SM Lab, a South Korean battery material startup, has developed a cathode with 98% nickel content, the highest density ever for rechargeable batterie...
Aug 18, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung unveils industry’s first 5 nm processor for wearable devices
Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a new Exynos processor for wearable devices, built with an advanced 5-nanometer extreme ultra-violet (EUV) proc...
Aug 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung, TSMC in heated race for industry’s smallest 3 nm process node
The world’s two largest foundry chipmakers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics Co., are in a heated race fo...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Seoul to create K-beauty road as part of interactive tourism
South Korea’s capital city Seoul will set up a walking route full of beauty products, services and interactive programs for visiting tourists....
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Kolon Industries posts strong Q2 results with growth in all key areas
Kolon Group’s industrial materials maker Kolon Industries Inc. saw a quarterly operating profit over 100 billion won ($87 million) for the fir...
Aug 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean startups raise record-high Series A funding in H1
South Korea's startup ecosystem has been booming with companies raising over 1 trillion won ($870 million) in the first half of this year -- an all-...
Aug 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip supercycle view revives with DRAM, NAND prices at multi-year highs
The contract prices of memory chip prices are hovering around multi-year high levels, fanning the view that the global semiconductor market is enter...
Jul 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Samsung works on industry’s first 200-layer NAND as its Q2 profit jumps
Samsung Electronics Co. has made significant progress in developing a 200-layer vertical or V-NAND flash memory –the industry’s first &n...
Jul 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
CS Wind buys Portugal's offshore wind energy firm
CS Wind Corp., the global leader in the wind tower market, has agreed to buy a majority stake in Portugal's largest wind tower manufacturer ASM Indu...
Jul 28, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Samho’s IPO faces hurdle on steel prices, baffling IMM PE
Back in the early 2010s, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. was a strong shipbuilder earning 800 billion won ($696 million) a year on sales of 4.8 t...
Jul 27, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
LG expands VC portfolio to industrial cyber security
LG Technology Ventures, a venture capital arm of South Korea's LG Group, has diversified its portfolio into the industrial cybersecurity market with...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ Bibigo challenges kimchi leadership in Korea
CJ Cheiljedang Corp. may overtake Daesang Corp.’s leadership in Korea’s packaged kimchi market for the first time in history. According ...
Jul 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Honorary Chairman Chung inducted into Automotive Hall of Fame
Hyundai Motor Group Honorary Chairman Chung Mong-koo was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame (AHF) on Thursday, acknowledging his work in deve...
Jul 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
BlackRock Real Assets makes first Korean offshore wind investment
BlackRock Real Assets, a unit of the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock Inc., has acquired a 100% equity stake in Korea Renewable Energy ...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Top industry talents launch AI chip startup; market takes note
South Korea-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Rebellions Inc. is drawing industry attention as AI chips become mainstays of the semiconduct...
Jul 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korea’s auto parts makers post record revenues in 2020
South Korea’s auto components makers posted another year of strong sales in the global market last year, according to the Detroit-based Automo...
Jul 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
BlackRock in talks to acquire Korea’s ESG-focused IGIS Private Equity
BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is in talks to acquire IGIS Private Equity, a South Korea-based firm specialized in eco-fri...
Jul 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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