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Business & Politics
FKI to be more open, future-minded and international as part of reform
South Korea’s major business lobby group the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) will become a more open and future-oriented business group ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Coreline Soft to supply AI diagnosis solution to France
Coreline Soft, a South Korean company specializing in developing medical artificial intelligence (AI) devices, said on Tuesday that it has signed an...
Feb 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
S.Korea to allow offshore investors to directly trade won
South Korea is set to allow offshore investors to directly trade the won and extend the operating hours of the local currency market from July next ...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Kumho Petrochem's rubber products win eco-friendly certification
Kumho Petrochemical Co. said on Tuesday that its four synthetic rubber products including SSBR, HBR, LBR, and NdBR have earned International Sustain...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
Hyundai Rotem releases data on eco-friendly railway businesses
Hyundai Rotem, the railway system subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Monday it has published information about its sales and research a...
Feb 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won falls on firm US jobs data, new BOJ head report
The South Korean won currency skidded to a four-week low on Monday as stronger-than-expected US employment data renewed expectations that the Federa...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Aekyung commences mass production of eco-friendly plasticizers
Aekyung Chemical, an affiliate of South Korea's Aekyung Group, has begun mass-producing eco-friendly plasticizers derived from recycled waste plasti...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
S.Korean institutional investors inject more capital in MMFs
South Korean institutional investors, such as pension funds, mutual aids and corporates, are rushing to money market funds (MMFs) for short-term pro...
Feb 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK, Unison to expand Osstem Implant's target reach beyond China
South Korean private equity firm Unison Capital Korea is set to focus on boosting the corporate value of Osstem Implant Co., once the PE manager and...
Feb 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
UK's Croda to buy Korean bio materials maker for $286 mn
Croda International Plc., a British specialty chemicals company, is set to acquire South Korean bio materials producer Solus Biotech Co. for some 35...
Feb 02, 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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Sovereign bonds
Foreigners net sell S.Korean bonds for first time in four years
Foreign investors dumped South Korean bonds in Janaury, becoming net sellers of the securities for the first time in four years as they booked pro...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
T'way Air completes IOSA recertification process
South Korea's low-cost carrier T'way Air Co. said on Monday that it has completed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) recertification from the ...
Jan 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Korea’s SK E&S opens 1st US EV charging stations with Avis
South Korea’s SK E&S Co. opened its first electric vehicle charging station in the US in a partnership with Avis Budget Group, a major Ame...
Jan 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Korea Exchange acquires market operator license in Singapore
Korea Exchange (KRX) on Thursday said it has received a "Recognized Market Operator" (RMO) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a...
Jan 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hyundai vows $8.5 billion investment after record 2022 sales, profit
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Thursday it will spend 10.5 trillion won ($8.5 billion) this year to ramp up facilities ...
Jan 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
S.Korean companies in renewed push for Kosdaq listings
South Korean companies are making renewed pushes to go public this year even at the expense of reduced IPO values.Zaram Technology Inc., a chip desi...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion increases its stake in British ADC developer Iksuda
Celltrion Inc. has secured an additional stake in the UK's antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) developer Iksuda Therapeutics.According to Celltrion on Wed...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Duty Free wins bid to operate Melborune Airport duty-free shop
Lotte Duty Free, an affiliate of the Lotte Group, won a bid for an Australian airport duty-free shop business, accelerating its move to bolster over...
Jan 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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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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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia make up 11.3% of UK's new car registrations in 2022
South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Group accounted for 11.3% of the new car registrations in the UK last year, according to a report that the Socie...
Jan 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
K-pop label SM taps activist investor as board member
K-pop behemoth SM Entertainment Co. said on Jan. 20 it has decided to tap Lee Chang-hwan, the CEO of local activist fund Align Partners Capital Mana...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia Sportage selected Family SUV of Year by UK auto journal
Kia Corp. said on Friday that its sport utility vehicle (SUV) Sportage has been named Family SUV of the Year by the British automotive magazine What...
Jan 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Doosan Enerbility acquires US design approval for metal nuclear cask
South Korea's energy equipment maker Doosan Enerbility Co. has obtained the green light in participating in the domestic nuclear storage cask market...
Jan 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
K-chicken chain Kyochon signs MOU with Taiwanese food conglomerate
Kyochon F&B, the company operating Kyochon Chicken, said on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for a master franchise agree...
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
Profitable Korean startups attract funds despite downturn
Profitable South Korean startups succeeded in fundraising despite an economic downturn as investors sought stable earnings from companies with clear...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK bio families to present visions to global investors at SK Bio Night
SK Inc., the investment company of SK Group, said on Tuesday that it will hold a networking event called "SK Bio Night" in the US along with its bio...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO to enter palm oil refining market in Indonesia
POSCO International Co., a trading arm of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Co., will build a palm oil refining plant in Indonesia to foray into...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Anda pushes for right to copy KT&G shareholder list
South Korea's Anda Asset Management Co. said on Tuesday it applied for an injunction Jan. 9 to view and copy the shareholders’ list of KT&...
Jan 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)