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Automobiles
Hyundai AutoEver secures international safety, health certification
South Korea's mobility software provider Hyundai AutoEver said Wednesday that it has earned the international safety and health management system IS...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Tour signs with Costa Cruise to resume Korea-Japan routes
Lotte Tour Development Co. signed on Monday an agreement with Costa Cruise, an Italian cruise line, to charter cruise ships in Dubai, the United Ara...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
DL E&C, Doosan to invest $25 mn in SMR developer X-Energy
South Korea’s DL E&C Co. and Doosan Enerbility Co. will invest a combined $25 million in X-Energy Reactor Co., a US-based small modular re...
Jan 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korean companies ink $6.1 billion MOUs with UAE partners
ABU DHABI – Business leaders from South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed 24 initial agreements worth at least $6.1 billion...
Jan 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Kakao Pay likely to be included in MSCI index next month
South Korean mobile payment services firm Kakao Pay Corp. will be newly incorporated into the MSCI index next month, inducing an influx of more than...
Jan 10, 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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ESG
SK Shieldus acquires environmental management standard certification
South Korea's cybersecurity service provider SK Shieldus said on Wednesday that it had obtained ISO 14001, an international standard for environment...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Sejong kicks off private 5G business for exclusive use for industrial safety
Sejong Telecom, Inc. a mid-sized facilities-based telecommunications business and ICT platform company in South Korea, will launch a private 5G bu...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus succeeds in linking open RAN standard equipment
LG Uplus Corp. said on Tuesday that it has succeeded in linking open distributed unit (O-DU) and open RAN (radio access network) radio unit (O-RU) b...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean biotechs target US labs to speed up regulatory approval for tests
South Korean molecular diagnostics companies are increasingly buying high-quality laboratories in the US that meet federal regulatory standards in a...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS will intensify shareholder engagement, new CIO says
Seo Won-joo, the new chief investment officer of the National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, said on Dec. 27 that the pension fund will stren...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Standard Chartered's director attributes ESG success to board-led decisions
When it comes to the banking sector's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts, an industry veteran says the success depends on the chief...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha revs up to acquire STX Heavy Industries, following DSME purchase
Hanwha Corp. is revving up to acquire STX Heavy Industries, which provides parts and technical support for marine engines, shipbuilding equipment, a...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Launch of Innospace's Hanbit-TLV rocket called off due to technical glitch
The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on Wednesday that it will invest 350 billion won ($273 million) to build a rocket launch site, which will ...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Air Busan to resume Busan-Vientiane flights after 3-year hiatus
Air Busan Co. recently expanded the number of flights on its Japan routes and continues to resume flights on its Southeast Asian routes. It will now...
Dec 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
S.Korea leads liquid hydrogen fuel tank technology standards
South Korea's draft proposal on aviation liquid hydrogen fuel tanks was adopted as an international standard at the International Organization for S...
Dec 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Dajia Insurance likely to put Korea's ABL Life up for sale again
China’s Dajia Insurance Group Co. seeks to divest of a full stake in its South Korean subsidiary ABL Life Insurance Co. with an estimated valu...
Dec 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom gets global approval for UAM-interworking tech standard
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. on Thursday said the International Telecommunication Union's Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) approved ...
Dec 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Private equity juggernauts bid for $758 million worth of KT Cloud shares
A number of private equity giants in South Korea and beyond are bidding for shares worth up to 1 trillion won ($758.2 million) in KT Cloud, a subsid...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mispriced risk in EU, UK real estate brings appealing opportunities: Abrdn
European real estate prices are adjusting, creating mispriced risk amid current market turbulence. This brings attractive opportunities for investor...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Samsung Electronics acquires two global cloud security certifications
Samsung Electronics Co. acquired two international certificates regarding cloud security, ISO 27001 and ISO 27017.South Korea's electronics giant an...
Dec 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea adopts USB-C as unified connector for phone charging cable
The Korean government has released guidelines on its designation of USB-C as the unified national standard for charging and data transfer connectors...
Nov 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS posts 7% investment loss in Q1-Q3 as equities, bonds plunge
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said Tuesday it saw a cumulative loss of 7.1% on investment, or 68 trillion won ($51.3 billion), betwe...
Nov 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai E&C creates world's first children's playground using 3D printing
Hyundai Engineering & Construction said on Thursday it has installed children's playground equipment it made using 3D printing technology at Hil...
Nov 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB reaches out to Hyundai, POSCO, CJ, LX on HMM stake sale
State-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) has contacted major conglomerates including Hyundai Motor Group about the sale of its stake in HMM Co., the c...
Nov 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Public-private battery alliance launched to source critical minerals
The South Korean government, in tandem with the private sector, launched a battery alliance on Tuesday in a bid to support the companies in sourcing...
Nov 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ASK 2022
KIC to focus on tech ventures, private debt, infrastructure
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will continue to look for opportunities in private debt and venture capital investment with mid- to long-term gro...
Oct 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix eyes DDR5 dominance with industry’s fastest chip modules
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is aiming to secure market dominance for a next-generation DRAM chip called DDR5 b...
Oct 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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RFPs
Korean Presbyterian pension to tap GPs for alternative assets, equity
Pension Foundation of Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK Pension), a South Korean retirement plan for pastors and churches, is poised to hire several...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Edtech Onuii breaking barriers to private tutoring one tablet at a time
In an interview with The Korea Economic Daily, CEO of Onuii Go Yejin said she used to love contemplating a lot of random things since her elementary...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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