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Banking & Finance
Korean bank branch closures accelerate as online deals grow
South Korean banks are accelerating moves to close branches given the growth in digital transactions and decline in offline customers but financial ...
Feb 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW joins other foreign brands’ moves to use domestic car GPS in Korea
German luxury carmaker BMW Group is installing domestic GPS navigation systems in models sold in South Korea, joining other imported car brands&rsqu...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang overseas food sales surpasses domestic market
South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Tuesday that its overseas food sales surpassed the domestic market in the fourth quarter performan...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea’s telemedicine startups seek growth abroad
South Korea’s telemedicine startups are seeking growth opportunities abroad in the face of regulations such as drug delivery restrictions that...
Feb 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Aprogen gets OK Phase 3 trials in India for Herceptin biosimilar
South Korea’s biopharmaceutical company Aprogen Inc. announced on Monday that its Phase 3 clinical trial for a biosimilar of Herceptin (trastu...
Feb 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea needs sustainable ecosystem for startup accelerators
South Korea needs to create a “sustainable ecosystem” to nurture influential startup accelerators like US tech startup accelerator Y Com...
Feb 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Daewoo E&C teams up with Chinese company on wind power generation
Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. announced on Thursday that it has signed a business agreement with China Communications Construction Compa...
Feb 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Japan approves Korean Air-Asiana merger
Japan has finally given the nod to the merger between South Korea’s No. 1 full-service carrier Korean Air Lines Co. and No. 2 Asiana Airlines ...
Jan 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
AliExpress’ zero-commission offer jolts Coupang, Naver
AliExpress, an e-commerce arm of China’s Alibaba Group, has offered Korean companies zero commissions, under which it will not charge a sales ...
Jan 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea’s duty-free industry going downhill
The South Korean travel retail industry, once considered the country’s golden goose, is forced to streamline operations given no signs of a dr...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Nongshim to open brand zone in Myeongdong, Seoul
South Korean food and beverage giant Nongshim Co. announced on Friday that it will open its brand zone in Myeongdong, Seoul with the domestic street...
Jan 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai Marine Solution to enter ship cyber security
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Marine Solution announced on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic security...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Hyundai Glovis invests in stake of EV battery recycler
South Korean shipping and logistics company Hyundai Glovis Co. announced on Monday that it has signed a share subscription agreement (SSA) related t...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Tech spies face tougher Korean penalties; 18 years in jail for overseas leaks
South Korea plans to dole out harsher punishments for industrial espionage, with a proposal to triple the penalty for an overseas leak of national t...
Jan 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korean military fund anchors $142 mn real estate fund
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), a retirement savings fund for military personnel, is set to become an anchor investor in...
Jan 19, 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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Korean food
Bulgogi & ramyun top Jeju Air's in-flight menu in 2023
South Korea'st budget carrier Jeju Air Co. announced on Monday that its most popular in-flight meals and cabin cafe items in 2023 were bulgogi deopb...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Taeyoung becomes 1st Korean builder in debt workout in decade
The vast majority of creditors to Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. (Taeyoung E&C) have agreed to start debt restructuring for the tro...
Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Upstage installs Solar in KakaoTalk AI services
South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) tech startup Upstage announced on Thursday that its small language model (SLM) Specialized and Opti...
Jan 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Korean chicken chains accelerate overseas expansion
South Korean chicken chains are accelerating their overseas expansion, driven by a saturated domestic market and the growing popularity of the Korea...
Jan 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus invests $7.6 mn in 42Maru
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. announced on Sunday that it has invested 10 billion won ($7.6 million) in 42Maru, a domestic language AI startup....
Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
CGBio gets FDA approval for Novosis Putty
South Korea's bio-regenerative medical firm CGBio announced on Tuesday that its Novosis Putty has been designated as a breakthrough device by the US...
Jan 02, 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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Aerospace & Defense
Korea to domestically develop air-to-air missiles for KF-21
South Korea plans to develop short-range, air-to-air missiles to be mounted on the Korean fighter KF-21 with homegrown technology by 2035 in a 591.9...
Dec 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion applies for approval of Xolair biosimilar in Canada
South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has applied for CT-P39, a biosimilar of the treatment of asth...
Dec 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
J&J seeks US, European approval for drug developed with Yuhan
Global healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is seeking approval for a lung cancer drug developed with Yuhan Corp., bringing the South Korean pha...
Dec 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
NGeneBio gets approval for cancer diagnostic device in Thailand
South Korean medical diagnostic company NGeneBio Co. announced on Friday that it has received approval for the sale of its in-vitro diagnostic medic...
Dec 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to build $281 million chip packaging R&D center in Yokohama
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, will build a 40 billion yen ($281 million) advanced chip pa...
Dec 22, 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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Bio & Pharma
ToolGen gets FDA approval for TGT-001 as ODD
South Korean genome editing developer ToolGen Inc. announced on Monday that its application for orphan drug designation (ODD) of the gene correction...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)