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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia invest extra $1.5 mn in automotive chip startup
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. announced on Wednesday that they have invested extra 2 billion won ($1.54 million) in BOS Semiconductors, a vehicle ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai bets big on futuristic displays, eyes roll-up screen in 3 years
South Korea’s top auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Tuesday it expects to begin mass production of its rollable vehicle display &ndas...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
S.Korea's Naver Webtoon to expand IP-based operations
South Korea's Naver Webtoon is selling its online intellectual property (IP)-based webtoon products on the offline market to expand its webtoon IP o...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Heyday over for Amorepacific, LG Household in China’s beauty market
Amorepacific Corp. and LG Household & Health Care Ltd., basking in the global K-beauty boom, reaped handsome profits in China, the world’s...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to take 1st crack at Korea’s used car market
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is entering the country’s used car market, whose entry by big companies has long been deni...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia surpass 10mn global connected car subscribers
Hyundai Motor Group announced on Monday that the global number of subscribers to the connected car services of Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp, first...
Jun 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
LG Energy’s 1st bond issue draws record $3.6 bn in bids
LG Energy Solution Ltd.'s first bond issue was 10 times oversubscribed on Thursday, drawing a record 4.7 trillion won ($3.6 billion) in bids for a S...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor partners with Japanese culture content firm for EV sales
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and Japanese lifestyle content company Culture Convenience Club (CCC) on Thursday announced a strategic par...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea attracts investment of $940 mn from 6 European companies
South Korea has attracted investment worth $940 million from six high-tech European companies to build factories and R&D centers.The six compani...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
GS Retail sells unmanned serving robots in convenience stores
The artificial intelligence (AI) serving robot has been introduced to convenience stores for sale. The number of stores where the robot is being sol...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Monthly exports set for growth in June for 1st time in 10 months
South Korea’s exports in the first 20 days of June rose from a year earlier, seeing growth in the period for the first time since last August....
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia regain top spot in Vietnam's auto market
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are solidifying their dominance in the Vietnamese car market through the launch of new models and competitive lineup...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung Electronics holds biannual global strategy meeting
Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday launched its three-day global strategy meeting, a biannual event held in June and December where major executives...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
HiteJinro tops global distilled liquor sales for 22nd consecutive year
South Korea’s leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. announced on Wednesday that it dominated the global distilled liquor market for the 22nd year i...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Lotte Rental CEO becomes first owner of Kia EV9
The first owner of Kia Corp.'s EV9 large electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) is Mr. Choi Jin-hwan, President and CEO of Lotte Rental, South Korea'...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor Way: New strategy to accelerate EV push
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday set out its vision to become a top-tier eco-friendly auto brand by accelerating its...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean cosmetics maker Able C&C rejuvenated by sales in Japan, US
Able C&C, the parent of South Korea’s first-generation low-priced cosmetics brand Missha, has swung to the black after years of net losses...
Jun 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
LG to slim down petrochem as Chinese rivals creep up
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. is speeding up restructuring efforts to sell or downsize uncompetitive businesses, with an aim to focus on three gr...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Samsung SDS HQ sale set to mark Korea's biggest real estate deal of 2023
The sale of Seoul-based Samsung SDS Co. headquarters, which is likely to become South Korea's largest real estate market deal of 2023, is predicted ...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
POSCO Future M cut greenhouse gases 8.6% in 2022
South Korea's chemical company POSCO Future M Co. last year lowered greenhouse gases a surprising 8.6% from 2021. Reducing its CO2 emissions despite...
Jun 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion puts Takeda’s assets up for sale after 3 years
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. has put its Japanese Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s primary care assets acquired in 2020 on sale as the biosimilar g...
Jun 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Biopharm’s Cenobamate gets nod in Canada, to boost US sales
South Korea’s SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. has obtained the sales approval for its antiepileptic treatment Cenobamate in Canada, paving the way f...
Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Energy, SK REIT to establish complex energy platforms
South Korea's SK Energy announced on Wednesday its partnership with Clean Energy REIT, a real estate subsidiary of SK REIT, to embark on the SK Eco-...
Jun 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai's Kona Electric nears 300,000 in cumulative sales
Kona Electric, the best-selling Korean electric vehicle (EV) of Hyundai Motor Co.'s compact sports utility vehicle (SUV), is on the verge of reachin...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai ramps up ties with Samsung, SK, LG for EVs, self-driving cars
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is strengthening its tech alliance with its local partners such as Samsung, LG and SK to stay ah...
Jun 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy to expand EV battery care with 7 imported car dealers
South Korea's LG Energy Solution Ltd. has teamed up with seven imported car dealers in the country to expand the company's electric vehicle (EV) b...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Mobis exceeds $770 bn in R&D investment in 2023
South Korea's car parts maker Hyundai Mobis is turning into a software-oriented mobility company by investing over 1 trillion won ($772.3 million)...
Jun 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea's Jeju Dream Tower Casino exceeds $7.6 mn in net monthly sales
Jeju Dream Tower Casino, located on South Korea's top tourist island of Jeju and run by Lotte Tour Development Co., broke the 10 billion won ($7.6 m...
Jun 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Dong-A Eng Co.
Key facts Main Business Industrial mold design and manufacturing / machinery manufacturing212.1 Millions USE(Automated Optical Inspection; AOI...
Jun 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea's new hybrid car registrations in May exceed diesel's for first time
The number of newly registered hybrid cars in South Korea overtook that of diesel cars for the first time thanks to consumer focus on such models,...
Jun 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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