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Banking & Finance
BNK Capital raises $41.5 mn in foreign currency
South Korea’s BNK Capital announced on Monday that it raised $41.5 million in foreign currency funds from overseas state-owned banks.This is...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
GAS Entec wins order for Indonesian offshore plant
South Korea’s GAS Entec Co., the offshore plant design and modification form, has secured a contract to construct and operate a liquified natu...
Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Waste management
Korea Zinc, LG Chem team up for US recycling business
Korea Zinc Inc., the leading global zinc and lead smelter, and LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s top petrochemical producer, joined hands for the pl...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Shinhan Bank, Indodana co-work on digital finance
Shinhan Bank announced on Friday that its Indonesian subsidiary Shinhan Bank Indonesia signed a strategic business agreement with PT Artha Dana Tekn...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Private education spending in S.Korea hits new record high
South Koreans’ spending on private education hit a new record high of 27.1 trillion won ($20 billion) in 2023, as the government’s annou...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Cosmax NBT targets Halal health supplement market
Cosmax NBT, Inc., a health supplement original development manufacturing (ODM) affiliate of South Korea's Cosmax Group, announced on Friday that it ...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
CJ Freshway, Hanwha Robotics to team up for food robots
South Korea's CJ Freshway Corp. and Hanwha Robotics will jointly develop food robots. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding ...
Mar 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Korean rental platforms become headache for PE investors
South Korean rental platforms have become a headache for private equity firms, with their declining profits and dim business outlooks making them ha...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Kolon Plastics to be rebranded as Kolon ENP
Kolon Plastics Inc. announced on Thursday that it will change its name to Kolon ENP. The rebranding will be confirmed if approved at the regular sha...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Kia to recall 170,000 EVs
Around 170,000 units of electric vehicles (EVs) from Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. are voluntarily recalled, the largest recall in the domestic EV...
Mar 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
South Korea gets tough with Chinese platforms AliExpress, Temu, Shein
South Korea plans to introduce a get-tough e-commerce policy on Chinese platforms such as AliExpress, Temu and Shein amid increasing complaints abou...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
KT, Novatek to collaborate on logistics robot platform
South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic company Novatek which specializes...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
CJ Logistics gets IATA lithium battery transport certification
South Korea’s CJ Logistics said on Wednesday that it obtained the certification CEIV lithium battery, or the Center of Excellence for Independ...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
LG Chem to close base chemical styrene monomer business
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's No. 1 petrochemical company, will shut down its styrene monomer (SM) production line this month and is mulling closing a...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Hyundai L&C targets US, India with premium finishing material
Hyundai L&C, South Korea’s Hyundai Department Store Group’s building materials unit, said on Tuesday that it will increase the propo...
Mar 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai E&C, Glennmont D&D sign renewable energy PPA
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) announced on Tuesday that it signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for solar renewabl...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO Int’l wins $9 bn permanent magnet orders from US, Europe
POSCO International Corp. has bagged deals worth nearly 1.2 trillion won ($9 billion) in total to deliver permanent magnets to finished carmakers in...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG Uplus unveils AI Callbot at Cuckoo call center
South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will introduce the smart customer support solution artificial intelligence (AI) Call...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec named best front-load washer in US
LG Electronics Inc. has dominated the top positions in the latest ratings for the best front-load washing machines conducted by Consumer Reports, a ...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK Signet builds system to enhance EV charger cybersecurity
SK Signet Inc., South Korea's electric vehicle (EV) charger manufacturer, announced on Tuesday that it has established an enhanced cybersecurity sys...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Foreign venture funding for Korean startups picks up
South Korean startups raising funds from overseas venture capital firms nearly doubled in the first two months of this year from a year ago, heighte...
Mar 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Coupang launches direct purchase service to Japan
Coupang Inc., South Korea's leading e-commerce platform, announced on Monday that it is expanding its overseas direct purchase service, "Rocket Jikg...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai speeds up digital transformation with Naver
HD Hyundai Co. announced on Monday that it signed a business agreement with Naver Corp. for digital transformation (DX), cloud transformation, and a...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG CNS to develop AI platform of S.Korean government
South Korea’s LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of LG Corp., announced on Sunday that it plans to develop a government-wide hyperscal...
Mar 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to supply hybrid camera lenses to Hyundai
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, plans to begin supplying hybrid lenses for automotive camera modules ...
Mar 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Brookfield taps ARA Korea as preferred bidder for Conrad Seoul
Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. has selected Seoul-based real estate manager ARA Korea Ltd. as the preferred bidder for five-star ho...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung Asset wins iF Design Award
South Korea's Samsung Asset Management announced on Friday that its exchange-traded fund (ETF) brand KODEX has won the top prize in the communicatio...
Mar 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate governance
NPS to veto adding Hyosung chair, vice chair to board
The National Pension Service (NPS) will veto the appointment of the chairman and vice chairman of Hyosung Corp. as inside board members of the de fa...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
IGIS Asset halts sale process of controlling stake
Key shareholders of South Korea’s IGIS Asset Management Co., one of the largest real estate firms in Asia, have decided to halt the process of...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Taihan Cable to supply UHV network to Balfour Beatty
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Thursday that it will supply an an ultra-high voltage (UHV) power network worth $38 mil...
Mar 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)