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Earnings
Samsung set to ship HBM3E chips in H2 after strong H1
Samsung Electronics Co. expects it will be ready to ship its fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM3E, in the second half, demon...
Jul 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NH to buy Donuimun D Tower for $650 mn
South Korea’s NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH Financial) is poised to acquire landmark office building Donuimun D Tower for about 900 billio...
Jul 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Sapien Semiconductors looks to overtake Novatek in MicroLED DDI chips
South Korea’s Sapien Semiconductors Inc. is a lesser-known startup outside of the chip industry. However, it is a little giant in the fabless ...
Jul 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Kolmar Korea, Sensient Beauty to co-develop pigments
Kolmar Korea, a supplier to global cosmetics brands such as Estee Lauder, announced on Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) wit...
Jul 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Rebound in large OLED TV demand bodes well for LG Display, Samsung
In the flat panel market, South Korea’s two display makers – LG Display Co. and Samsung Display Co. – have been bleeding for years...
Jul 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG UltraGear selected as official gaming monitor of EWC
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Friday that its UltraGear gaming monitors were selected as the official monitors of the eSports World Cup (EWC), th...
Jul 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Samsung likely to buy The Asset office tower for more than $724 mn
Samsung Group is poised to acquire the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. headquarters building in Seoul for more than 1 trillion won ($724.4 m...
Jul 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Hyosung to sell its specialty gas unit for $943 mn to Korean PEs
South Korea’s Hyosung Group is poised to sell a 100% stake in its specialty and industrial gas unit to a consortium led by IMM Private Equity ...
Jul 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
GIC taps its real estate expert Jasmine Loo as new Korea head
Singapore’s GIC Private Ltd., the world’s sixth-largest sovereign wealth fund with around $770 billion in assets under management, has t...
Jul 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Hyundai Rotem leads manufacture of next-generation railway
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province – Engineers at Hyundai Rotem Co.'s rolling stock factory in South Korea have their hands full manufacturin...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Samsung, SK Hynix lead value increase in Korea NPS' local shares in Q2
The second-quarter rally of Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. shares drove a value increase in the domestic stock asset held by South Korea&...
Jul 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor car sales hit record in India for 1st half
Hyundai Motor Co. delivered its record-high number of cars in India during the first six months of this year but lost share in the fiercely competit...
Jul 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
This Song Is Catchy and Going Viral. It’s Also North Korean Propaganda.
SEOUL—Jordan Daniels, a 31-year-old pianist and software engineer in California, posted a cover of a catchy new tune on TikTok. One asp...
Jul 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Inster, Kia EV3, Genesis Neolun shine at Busan auto show
BUSAN – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, on Thursday premiered the Inster, an all-electric crossover city car, the latest...
Jun 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air named Skytrax world's top 100 airlines
Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. have been selected for the 2024 World Airline Awards by UK-based aviation consultancy Skytrax on June ...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
EV battery maker LG Energy eyes $2 bn global bond sale
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery maker, is poised to raise $2 billion in global bonds by the end of...
Jun 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai to transform Jeonju plant into hydrogen vehicle hub
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, will transform its commercial vehicle plant in the country into the manufacturing hub for its ...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Dentlink, virtual lab for dentists around the world
It's been just over two years since Innovaid Co. launched Dentlink but the South Korean startup has already pivoted from its earlier local market-ce...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s SK Telecom, Moloco join hands for AI ad platform
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, has teamed up with Moloco Inc., a Silicon Valley-based ad-tech solution startup, for the glo...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
NongHyup likely to join $654 mn bid for Seoul D Tower office building
South Korea’s NongHyup Financial Group Inc. (NH Financial) is likely to join the race for the purchase of Donuimun D Tower, a landmark office ...
Jun 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Biologics eyes windfall gain amid US-China row
SAN DIEGO – Samsung Biologics Co. is enjoying a stream of contract development and manufacturing order inquiries from big pharmaceutical compa...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Gas eyes commercial operations of LNG power plant in 2nd half
SK Gas Ltd., South Korea’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier seeking to transform into a clean energy company, has moved a step c...
Jun 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG screens World Environment Day campaign in New York, London
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it has screend the World Environment Day (June 5) campaign video on its outdoor billboards in New York'...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS logs 5.8% return in Q1 led by US tech stock rally
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, posted a 5.82% investment return for the first quarter ...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
World’s No.1 magnet wire maker SPSX mulls Korean IPO
Superior Essex Inc. (SPSX), the world’s top magnet wire provider under South Korea’s LS Group, is mulling an initial public offering in ...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Signet to supply EV chargers to Gilbarco
SK Signet Inc., South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer, announced on Thursday that it partnered with Gilbarco Veeder-Root, the wor...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LX International joins UNGC
South Korean trading firm LX International Corp. announced on Tuesday that it joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to strengthen its envi...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai beats Volkswagen with world's 2nd-largest Q1 profits
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group surpassed Volkswagen Group to claim the second-highest operating profit in the global automotive industry for the ...
May 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SKC to build world's top biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam
SKC Ltd., a chemicals arm of South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, said on Sunday its biodegradable material unit has broken g...
May 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK E&S builds world’s largest hydrogen liquefaction plant
SK E&S Co., a South Korean liquefied natural gas importer, has built the world’s largest hydrogen liquefaction plant in Incheon, west of S...
May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)