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Corporate investment
Korea Inc. cuts factory runs, capex on record inventory
Samsung Electronics Co. and other major South Korean companies have reduced their plant operations and capital expenditures as weakening demand amid...
Aug 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to redirect its TaaS, AI functions to self-driving arm 42dot
Hyundai Motor Group will redirect the core functions of its Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) division and AIRS Company to its recently acquired se...
Aug 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Drones, AI, big data power Korean fisheries’ earnings
The Jubilee, a 2,200-ton tuna fishing vessel operated by South Korea’s leading fishing company Dongwon Industries Co., has been using drones t...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Blockchain
S. Korea's digital asset exchange operators bulk up despite crypto winter
Despite being in crypto winter, or a period in which prices of major cryptocurrencies have slid and stayed low for weeks on end, South Korea's bigge...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Silicon Valley-based AI startup Allganize revs up to go public in Japan
Allganize Inc., a Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, recently announced the company will relocate some of its headquarters f...
Aug 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
LG Chem, ADM to build two bioplastics plants in Illinois
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemicals maker, said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM), a globa...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Boston emerges as Korean firms’ R&D hub for AI, batteries
Top South Korean conglomerates Samsung and Hyundai have selected Boston as the home of their first overseas research centers for batteries and artif...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group rises to world’s third-largest automaker
South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Group ranked third in global car sales in the first half, its highest-ever ranking in terms of v...
Aug 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai to set up AI robotics R&D center near Boston
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will set up an artificial intelligence research center in the Boston area to develop AI-driven robotics tech...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung’s Lee reinstated; big moves in store for top conglomerate
Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Group’s de facto leader, on Friday had his right to work restored, paving the way for big moves for South Korea’s ...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea trade deficit jumps as chip exports fall on Aug. 1-10
South Korea suffered from a larger trade deficit in the first 10 days of the month as semiconductor exports declined on weaker demand for memory chi...
Aug 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Coupang posts first positive EBITDA, raises full-year forecast
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s answer to global e-commerce giant Amazon.com, said on Wednesday its second-quarter performance has improved signif...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korea’s SPAC IPOs eclipse company public listings
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are gaining momentum in South Korea’s initial public market on the back of eased regulations and...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilder KSOE wins $1.5 bn order for 7 LNG carriers
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of the world’s top shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Indust...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Megazone Cloud receives $343 mn from MBK, IMM PE in Series C funding
Megazone Cloud Corp., South Korea’s largest managed cloud service provider (MSP), has completed its Series C funding round with a combined 450...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Korea Inc. rushes to cut debt as interest rates surge
South Korean companies scrambled for lowering debts and borrowing costs with new financial and business strategies as interest rates on corporate lo...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Group to launch AI education programs for teenagers
South Korea’s LG Group will include teenagers in its mid- to long-term project to nurture artificial intelligence talent, as AI technology is ...
Aug 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Mobility platform Socar slashes price to push ahead with IPO
South Korea’s first mobility unicorn Socar Inc. has cut its IPO price by 18% to push ahead with its stock market debut, according to industry ...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
Four chip alliance: S.Korea's courage to overcome Chinaphobia
“I'm gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”Ahn Cheol-soo, a senior lawmaker of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party, c...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Investor sentiment on Korean IPOs remains chilly in H2
Investors are staying away from South Korea’s initial public offering markets as sentiment remains sour on global interest rate hikes, the sus...
Aug 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
SK Discovery to control affiliates’ entire biotechnology business
SK Discovery Co., an intermediate holding company of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group, will take charge of the entire biotech...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hanwha Solutions, OCI to benefit from US push for solar energy
Hanwha Solutions Corp. and OCI Co., South Korea’s two leading solar power-related companies, are poised to gain a tailwind from the US governm...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
LG Energy to power all its global operations with renewable energy by 2025
LG Energy Solution Ltd., South Korea’s top battery maker, plans to power all its global production sites with only renewable energy by 2025 to...
Aug 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Infineon chip flaws to disrupt IONIQ 5 EV production
Hyundai Motor Co. is highly likely to suffer a further production delay for its all-electric crossover IONIQ 5 after South Korean industry sources s...
Aug 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Doosan wins $640 mn desalination plant deal in Saudi
South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility Co. secured a $640 million deal for a desalination plant in Saudi Arabia to meet water demand in the kingdom.D...
Aug 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix unveils world's first 238-layer NAND; Samsung SSD 20 times faster
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., the world’s two largest memory chipmakers, are set to overtake their rivals in the industry’s...
Aug 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
S.Korea edges closer to joining US-led chip alliance
August could mark a turning point for South Korea’s semiconductor industry.The country has been keeping tight-lipped on whether or not to join...
Aug 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Co. to ship 27 hydrogen Xcient trucks to 7 firms in Germany
Hyundai Motor Co. is poised to ship 27 of its Xcient Fuel Cell hydrogen trucks to seven German companies by the year’s end, following a simila...
Aug 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Oilbank, Lotte Confectionery tie up for biodiesel business
Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, and food maker Lotte Confectionery Co. have forged a strategic partnership to jo...
Aug 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Corporate Korea pumps the brakes on developer pay hikes
South Korea’s biggest technology companies are taking a breather from their spending spree on hiring and retaining top developers, which has b...
Aug 01, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)