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Korean Innovators at CES 2023
With SmartThings Station, Samsung wants a more connected world
LAS VEGAS, NV – Imagine there’s a single easiest way to manage a myriad of devices simultaneously.Imagine all the people, connected live...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
EcoPro Group nearly doubles sales target to $7.8 billion this year
South Korea's EcoPro Group has set its sales target this year at 10 trillion won ($7.8 billion), nearly double that of last year, under a strategy t...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding expected to lead manufacturing sectors in export growth
South Korea's shipbuilding exports this year are expected to jump 76.1% from last year to $32.4 billion to lead all major manufacturing industries i...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
KT receives record-high corporate bond bids of $2.3 billion
KT Corp., which boasts the nation's highest credit rating at the stable “AAA,” reached a whopping 2.89 trillion won ($2.27 billion) in c...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
S.Korea's automotive unit Kolon Mobility Group reborn as separate entity
South Korea's Kolon Mobility Group has been launched with Lee Kyu-ho, the great grandson of the Kolon Group founder Lee Won-man, as co-CEO. Formerly...
Jan 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
K-defense sector to reach annual export of $16 bn for two consecutive years
The South Korean defense market is forecast to sign export contracts worth more than 20 trillion won (15.7 billion) combined this year on the back o...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
Blackpink's 'Ddu-du Ddu-du' music video surpasses 2 billion views
K-pop girl group Blackpink's “Ddu-du Ddu-du” music video has surpassed 2 billion views on YouTube on Wednesday, its record label YG Ente...
Jan 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's gaming industry reaches $15.7 billion in scale
South Korea's game industry in 2021 saw sales of over 20 billion won ($15.7 billion), ranking the country fourth on the global market. The Kore...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean cloud startups get funding despite recession fears
The contraction of South Korea's investment market has not stopped startups specializing in software as a service (SaaS) to attract funds given that...
Jan 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
LG Group's received orders for auto parts close to $393 billion
South Korea’s electronics-to-battery conglomerate LG Group expects its received orders for auto components to reach over 500 trillion won ($...
Dec 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Koreans buy $2.7 billion Tesla shares this year, favorite foreign stock
Tesla, Inc. was the investors’ choice in South Korea this year, ahead of other overseas stocks.According to the Korea Securities Depository he...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
TIGER KEDI30 ETF tops Korean retail investors’ themed stock buy list
The TIGER KEDI30 ETF has topped the list of the most purchased exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by South Korea’s individual investors in the theme...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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ECM/DCM
Net assets of S.Korea's ETF rise to $63.1 billion despite stock woes
Despite South Korea's weak stock market this year, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) sector, which marked its 20th anniversary, maintained a clear grow...
Dec 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
South Korea doubles gov't fintech innovation fund to $781 million
The South Korean government will double the value of its Fintech Innovation Fund, a source of financial support for the financial technology or fint...
Dec 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
SK may sell assets in Vietnam, Malaysia to raise billions of dollars
South Korean conglomerate SK Group is considering selling some of its assets in Vietnam and Malaysia owned by its investment vehicle SK South East A...
Dec 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea’s local govts gear up to lure Tesla for Gigafactory
All of South Korea’s major municipal governments are gearing up to be considered as the site of a new Gigafactory, Tesla Inc.’s manufact...
Dec 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea's golf course market doubles in value over 10 years
The value of South Korea's market golf course market now equals 98.5% of Japan's.The Korea Leisure Industry Institute (KLII) on Thursday released a ...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea's 2021 bio sector output $15.4 bn; 5-year annual growth 20%
South Korea's bio industry last year exceeded 20 trillion won ($15.4 billion) in production for the first time and continues to see strong growth.Th...
Dec 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Shin Hanul revives Korea’s aim to become global nuclear powerhouse
South Korea put a newly built nuclear reactor into full operation on Wednesday to reinforce energy stability, reviving its goal of becoming ...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Samsung Electronics launches newsrooms in Swedish, Norwegian
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chipmaker and major mobile device manufacturer, opened online newsrooms in Sweden and Norway, it...
Dec 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Bionote slashs IPO price to 9,000 won, 50% lower than previous valuation
Everybody is aware that investment fever on biotech firms has already cooled due to rising interest rates and concerns over the fizzling economy, an...
Dec 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Coupang to invest $4.7 billion in supply chains in Korea over 12 years
South Korea's e-commerce giant Coupang has briefed US Ambassador to Seoul Philip Goldberg at the company's fulfillment center in Daegu, a fa...
Dec 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's CJ CheilJedang mulls rebrand with name change
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is considering a new name for the company in a bid to represent its main businesses and target global c...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hyundai Rotem delivers first batch of K2 tanks to Poland in $3.4 bn deal
Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense equipment maker, said on Wednesday it has delivered the first batch of its battle tanks to Poland as part ...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
LG plans additional $4 billion investment in Vietnam
South Korean electronics giants including LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics plan to pour billions of dollars of additional investment into Viet...
Dec 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea's agro-food exports set record of $8 billion in 11 months this year
Korea's exports of agricultural and food products in the first 11 months of this year hit a record high.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural ...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
LG Chem unveils eco-friendly bioplastic, supplies to US toy firm Mattel
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, has unveiled a new eco-friendly high-performance bioplastic and supplied it to Mattel Inc...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea's foreign exchange reserves last month see first rise in 4 months
Korea last month saw its first rise in foreign exchange reserves in four months amid monetary authorities selling the greenback to avert a sharp dep...
Dec 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
MBK joins acquisition of $1.3 bn debts in Marelli from KKR
MBK Partners Ltd., alongside Deutsche Bank AG and other four investment firms, has acquired $1.3 billion worth of distressed debts in auto-parts sup...
Dec 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, GM to inject another $275 mn in Tennessee plant
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. and General Motors Co. plan to inject an additional $275 million in a US electric vehicle battery...
Dec 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)