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Fashion
Fashion Group Hyungji's profit surges 145% in 2023
South Korea's Fashion Group Hyungji reported on Tuesday a preliminary 30 billion won ($22.5 million) in earnings for 2023, a staggering 145% jump fr...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Govenment calls end to Korean financial group heads' long-serving posts
South Korean financial group chiefs will no longer enjoy automatic term extensions as the government is stepping up pressure on the groups to improv...
Jan 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Group reintroduces Saturday CEO meeting after 20 years
South Korea’s energy-to-telecom conglomerate SK Group has decided to reintroduce Saturday gatherings of its subsidiaries' chief executives aft...
Jan 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
Flashlight Capital urges KT&G to sue its directors for negligence
Singapore-based investment management firm Flashlight Capital Partners Pte. (FCP) has urged South Korean tobacco maker KT&G Corp. to sue its inc...
Jan 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi cited as a Lotte success story
Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi, a premium commercial complex, has emerged as a hot spot in Vietnam, hitting the 100 billion won ($74 million) milestone ...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group holds firm as world’s No. 3 carmaker
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group kept its title as the world's third-largest automaker by sales volume for the second straight year in 2023, ...
Jan 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s LS Group wins regulatory nod for securities biz
South Korea’s electrics components-to-energy conglomerate LS Group is set to start the securities business as it secured regulatory approval t...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial to bolster private banking service: chairman
Woori Financial Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest financial holding company, will reinforce its wealth management service for high-net-worth...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
S.Korea’s Hyosung to expand tire cord business to India
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Hyosung Group, a South Korean textile-to-chemicals conglomerate, plans to expand its tire cord business to India, the world's ...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Taeyoung’s fresh measures raise hope for debt workout
Taeyoung Group, South Korea’s midsize conglomerate controlling logistics, media and construction businesses, on Tuesday vowed to offer up its ...
Jan 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung eyes biotech investments via Flagship Pioneering
Samsung C&T Corp., Samsung Biologics Co. and Samsung Bioepis Co. will ramp up investments in US biotechnology startups in collaboration with Fla...
Jan 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Virtual humans debut on Korean Air’s in-flight video
Korean Air Lines Co. released on Thursday a new in-flight safety video featuring a virtual human dressed as a flight attendant. This is the first ti...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Celltrion to sell portfolio of Takeda drugs to CBC Group
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. will divest of a portfolio of Takeda Pharmaceutical's prescription medicines sold in Asia to CBC Group, a Singapo...
Jan 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
42dot to lead Hyundai Group's in-vehicle software R&D
Hyundai Motor Group’s self-driving technology arm 42dot Inc. will absorb the electronics, infotainment and autonomous driving technology divis...
Dec 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
HD Hyundai aims to double number of female employees by 2030
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s largest shipbuilding group, will introduce a childcare leave system to make the male-dominated conglomerate an att...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean innovators at CES 2024
Hyundai’s Supernal to unveil life-size UAM at CES 2024
Supernal LLC, the US-based urban air mobility (UAM) affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it will participate in CES 2024 ne...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Chip cycle hits rock bottom but uncertainty lingers: Chey
The global semiconductor market has hit "rock bottom" but uncertainties remain high amid growing protectionism and lingering concerns about China&rs...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Daedong wins $268 mn tractor order from Aral Group
South Korea’s No. 1 agricultural machinery maker Daedong Corp. announced on Tuesday that it signed a deal with Türkiye's Aral Group to ...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Elantra, Tucson selected among safest cars by IIHS
Hyundai Motor Co.'s passenger car Avante (name in the US: Elantra) and compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) Tucson earned the Top Safety Pick Plus ...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK E&S to strengthen Korea's liquid hydrogen ecosystem
SK E&S Co., an energy unit of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, will cooperate with domestic firms to strengthen the country’s liquid hy...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Fried chicken chain bhc to enter Thailand in 2024
South Korea’s No. 2 fried chicken brand bhc Group announced on Thursday that it signed a master franchise agreement with Thailand’s Me...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Booyoung Group donates 600 buses to Laos
South Korea’s Booyoung Group donated 600 buses to Laos. According to the group on Thursday, the Chairman of Booyoung Group Lee Joong-Keun, an...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group to be named NACTOY 2024
Hyundai Motor Group confirmed its victory in the utility vehicle category of "North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle (NACTOY) of the Year 202...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s labor gains slow in November with fewer jobs for young people
South Korea’s nonfarm payroll growth slowed in November after the country with the world’s lowest fertility rate marked its 13th straigh...
Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Saudi Arabia partners with Korea's LS to spur non-petrochem sectors
South Korean conglomerate LS Group and the government of Saudi Arabia will jointly seek business opportunities in a number of non-petrochemical sect...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million
South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has acquired Sharekhan Ltd., India’s 10th-largest brokerage firm, to enh...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
POSCO International foresees record-high profits for 2023
POSCO International Corp., a South Korean general trading and energy exploration company, is expected to post its highest-ever profits this year tha...
Dec 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Lotte Group’s 3rd-generation son comes to the fore
Shin Yoo-yeol, the eldest son of Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-Bin, was promoted to lead the group’s new division to be launched within its h...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Hanwha to re-enter biopharma market, targeting biomaterials
South Korea’s Hanwha Group will re-enter the biopharmaceutical market to become the country’s sole producer of tris buffers, a key reage...
Dec 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Sibling rivalry for Hankook Tire control takes new turn as MBK steps in
The sibling rivalry for management control of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, has taken another turn as the e...
Dec 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)