World’s Best Companies
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Electronics
Samsung, LG rank top in J.D. Power’s appliance satisfaction study
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. top ranked in J.D. Power's 2023 US Appliance Satisfaction Study of nine major categories. J.D. ...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Heerim wins additional contract for Phnom Penh New Airport
South Korea’s Heerim Architects & Planners announced on Friday that it has been awarded a project management consultant (PMC) contract wor...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Bank's Chinese corporation issues $69 million in yuan bonds
The Chinese corporation of South Korea’s Shinhan Bank on Thursday said it issued 500 million yuan ($69.6 million) in bonds, a first in China b...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Foreign carmakers hit by EV sales drop in S.Korea
Foreign carmakers such as Mercedes-Benz and Tesla Inc. suffered a sales drop in South Korea in the first half of the year, as overall car sales jump...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to advance future mobility with nanotechnology
Hyundai Motor Group, which seeks to pivot from a fast follower to a game changer in the global auto sector, has unveiled advanced materials technolo...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Transys installs EV-customized seats on Kia EV9
South Korea's auto components maker Hyundai Transys on Thursday said it applied electric vehicle (EV) seat technology customized for electrification...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Metaverse
LG Uplus to open metaverse for Yonsei Univ. in September
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Wednesday announced the opening in September of Virtual Campus, a metaverse for Yonsei University, one of the nation...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Occupancy rate of S.Korean LCCs for int’l flights hits 87%
The average occupancy rate (AOR) on international flights of South Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) has exceeded 80%, fully recovering to its ...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Why do so many S.Korean innovators bow out following success?
Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of the global luxury goods leader LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is well known for sporting a full head of...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Alibaba launches express ships to S.Korea as orders surge
Alibaba.com, China’s largest online marketplace, launched an express cargo ship service between South Korea and China this week to meet a surg...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to feature Warner Bros. film trailers via Neo QLED 8K TV
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest TV maker, will feature Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.’s new movie trailers through its hig...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Road near SK On’s US plant in Georgia named SK Blvd
South Korean battery maker SK On announced on Thursday that a road near its US corporation, SK Battery America's (SKBA) site, has been renamed "SK...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hanjin teams up with global fandom company bemyfriends
South Korea's Hanjin Transportation on Wednesday said it signed an agreement on business cooperation in the US with the Seoul-based global fandom co...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Wine bubble bursts in S.Korea as whisky frenzy grows
The South Korean fever for wine has cooled, with its imports down in the first half for a second straight year as the popularity of whisky among you...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SM Group to buy HMM but not for over $3.5 bn: SM Chair Woo
SM Group has enough financial ammunition to buy the country’s No. 1 container shipping line HMM Co. but would not join the bid for the latter&...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
KKR leads $190 mn Series C funding of fashion platform Musinsa
South Korea’s leading fashion platform Musinsa said on Wednesday it has attracted 240 billion won ($189.7 million) in its Series C funding rou...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KHNP develops world's first accident monitoring system for nuclear reactors
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced on Wednesday that it has successfully developed the Technical Specification Operator Support System...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE secures order for world's largest liquefied CO2 carrier
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), an intermediate subsidiary of HD Hyundai Co., has successfully won a contract to build t...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
GM Korea releases new Trailblazer geared for S.Korean market
General Motors (GM) Korea on Wednesday launched the domestic sale of its new model of the small SUV Trailblazer customized for the South Korean mark...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Novomics expands presence in Chinese cancer market
South Korean molecular diagnostics company Novomics Co. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Chinese molecular d...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharm eyes Asia's No.1 spot in radioactive drug market
South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. is aiming to triple its enterprise value to $15 billion by 2026 with the goal of rising to the top run...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries gets early jump on green vessel market
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. by late next year will develop mid-size engines for ammonia-powered ships using its own technology and...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
South Korea's whisky imports surge 50% to record high
South Korea's whisky imports surged by 50% in the first half of 2023, reaching an unprecedented peak, according to trade data the Korea Customs Serv...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO Holdings posts operating profit of $790 million in Q1
South Korea's POSCO Holdings Inc. has returned to the level of 1 trillion won ($790.5 million) in quarterly operating profit after a year and sales ...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism
S.Korea files to revoke PCA ruling in favor of Elliott
South Korea has decided to challenge an international arbitration tribunal’s decision a month ago ordering the Korean government to compensate...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to make Tesla’s fifth-generation HW 5.0 auto chip
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will make Tesla Inc.’s next-generation Full Self-Driving (FSD) chips to b...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Prestige Biopharma participates in US gov’t Cancer Moonshot
Prestige Biopharma, a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company with operations in South Korea and the US, announced on Tuesday that it will partici...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Mirae Asset’s global ETFs exceed $100 bn in net asset value
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., South Korea’s leading asset manager, said on Tuesday its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) worldwide have surpa...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Aekyung Industrial's sales on Amazon jump 58% in H1 2023
South Korea's Aekyung Industrial announced on Tuesday that its sales on the US e-commerce platform Amazon in the first half of this year increased...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
E1 to invest $75 mn in Canadian blue ammonia project
South Korea’s major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor E1 Corp. said on Tuesday its plans of investing 10 million Canadian dollars (US ...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)