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Korean startups
SoftBank-backed Balancehero still hungry for bigger market
In India, the world’s most populous country, about 1.2 billion people are estimated to have no credit score because most are unbanked, meaning...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Bubble tea chain Gong Cha struggles in its top market of Korea
Global leading bubble tea franchise Gong Cha Global Ltd.’s South Korean affiliate, which owns the beverage chain’s Japanese and Taiwanes...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia to enter pickup truck market
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, announced on Thursday its first pickup truck's name "The Kia Tasman."The name Tasman is der...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Won at 17-month low vs dollar on reduced US rate cut bets
The Korean won weakened to its lowest level in 17 months against the dollar on Thursday, after stronger-than-expected US inflation data dented hopes...
Apr 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia to enter emerging markets with its latest EV5 made in China
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to enhance its presence in emerging markets with the EV5 compact SUV, the company&rsq...
Apr 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Korea’s makgeolli market hits brakes amid whiskey fad
The market growth of South Korea’s traditional milky and often sweet rice wine, makgeolli, has slowed after the country’s younger genera...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Bio startup ArtBlood attracts $4.8 mn investment
South Korean bio startup ArtBlood, specializing in blood production for transfusion, announced on Tuesday that it successfully secured an investment...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kumho Tire to supply premium tires to Jeep, Peugeot in Korea
Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, announced on Tuesday that it will supply tires to 33 official service centers nationwide for J...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
South Korean drone startups rush to join military drone race
South Korean drone-developing startups are rushing to join the race to develop military drones to meet growing demand for drones fit for combat oper...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung Electronics stock likely to climb in Q2, analysts say
South Korean analysts have recommended investors buy Samsung Electronics Co. stocks as the world’s top memory chipmaker, which reported higher...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Carcinogens found in kids' goods sold on Chinese apps; Temu under probe
South Korea is looking into Chinese online shopping platforms as some products, including some for children, were found to contain cancer-causing su...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea’s LG telecom unit unveils AI agent with own technology
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, has introduced an artificial intelligence agent platform based on its own ixi AI technolog...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Korea’s Hansae MK targets global children’s fashion market
South Korean clothing retailer Hansae MK Co. selling National Basketball Association (NBA) apparel in the country aims to expand its presence with i...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia to boost hybrid lineup to lead eco-friendly car market
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, plans to strengthen its hybrid lineup and launch cheaper electric vehicles to lead the glob...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean firms' bond sales hit record in Q1 amid rate cut signal
Corporate bond issuance in South Korea hit a record in the first quarter of this year amid growing expectations of the Federal Reserve’s rate ...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung ups smaller OLED workforce to fend off Chinese rivals
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s top screen maker, increased its workforce for smaller organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels used for p...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Wavve to enter European, Oceanian OTT markets
South Korea's over-the-top (OTT) platform company Wavve announced on Wednesday that it plans to enter European and Oceanian OTT markets through it...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Marine Solution aims for top spot in global ship repair market
When the global shipbuilding industry was reeling from the economic slowdown in recent years, South Korea’s HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., a ...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
NPS sells shares in KT, making Hyundai the top shareholder
Hyundai Motor Group has become the top shareholder of South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT Corp., after the country’s National Pensio...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to unveil 3D DRAM in 2025 to lead AI chip market
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, aims to introduce three-dimensional (3D) DRAM, a game-changer in the artificial int...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Fed rate cuts will be faster than market consensus: TCW
Investors tend to rush to fixed-income markets when recession risk rises. South Korean investors are no exception – retail investors have been...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Breezm lands in US with plan to open 100 stores in 5 years
Breezm, a South Korean startup making customized eyeglasses with artificial intelligence and 3D technologies, has opened its first offshore store in...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, GM’s 2nd Ultium Cells plant begins production in Tennessee
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker, said on Tuesday that the second plant of Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture ...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korea, Japan lead Asia's buyout markets: MBK Partners
South Korea and Japan are the two most important markets for buyouts in Asia, and China is still a significant private market with potential for mid...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Korea yet to join global bond index for capital inflows
South Korea has so far failed to be included on a global major bond index, denting hopes for capital inflows into Asia’s fourth-largest econom...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Doosan Robotics, Bodyfriend to collaborate on marketing
South Korea's Bodyfriend Inc. announced on Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Doosan Robotics Inc. for co-marketing th...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
CJ Onstyle boosts live commerce unit
South Korea's CJ OnStyle announced on Wednesday that it broadened its mobile live commerce division by introducing programming, marketing, and new...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Genesystem enters Indian tuberculosis treatment market
Genesystem, a South Korean biotech company said on Tuesday that it will export 20 on-site tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic devices and 6,000 TB test kit...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Networks prepares to put SK Rent-a-Car on market
SK Networks Co. is preparing to put SK Rent-a-Car Co. on the market in a deal worth an estimated 600 billion won ($448 million) as part of efforts t...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Solus Advanced Materials poised to lead EV copper foil market: CEO
Solus Advanced Materials Co. is not a household name among ordinary electric vehicle drivers. But the South Korean company is a little giant to gl...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)