global shipbuilding orders
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Korean games
Korean game developers expedite global conquest
South Korea’s major game developers NCSOFT Corp., Nexon Co. and Netmarble Corp. plan to roll out new games for overseas players next year in a...
Dec 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Culture & Trends
Anushka Sen, global celebs to ring in New Year in Seoul
Thousands of global celebrity infuencers, including Indian TV actress and model Anushka Sen, are set to ring in the New Year at a content festival i...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
HD Hyundai aims to double number of female employees by 2030
HD Hyundai Co., the world’s largest shipbuilding group, will introduce a childcare leave system to make the male-dominated conglomerate an att...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Campbell Lutyens taps ex-KIC PE chief as Korea head
Campbell Lutyens & Co. Ltd., a UK private equity advisory firm, has tapped sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) former PE he...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO named world's most competitive steelmaker
South Korea's POSCO was ranked number one as the world’s most competitive steelmakers for 14 straight years by the global steel analytics Worl...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
CJ CheilJedang to launch Excycle Basak Chip in global market
South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Thursday that it introduced its Excycle Basak Chip, a snack born from their in-house ven...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Shinsegae Gangnam stands out among department stores with $2.3 bn sales
Shinsegae Department Store, South Korea’s leading retail business operator, said on Thursday its flagship store in Gangnam, an upscale distric...
Dec 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
DL E&C’s 1915 Çanakkale Bridge named Project of the Year
South Korea’s DL E&C Co. announced on Wednesday that 1915 Çanakkale Bridge in Türkiye, completed by the company, received th...
Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Icure wins $2.85 mn lidocaine cataplasm order from Guatemala
South Korea's Icure Pharmaceutical Incorporation announced on Tuesday that it signed a supply contract for the specialized local anesthetic lidoca...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cryptocurrencies
Netmarble's Marblex listed on Bitget
Marblex, a blockchain subsidiary of South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp., announced on Tuesday that it has listed its MBX token on the global...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Daedong wins $268 mn tractor order from Aral Group
South Korea’s No. 1 agricultural machinery maker Daedong Corp. announced on Tuesday that it signed a deal with Türkiye's Aral Group to ...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Telecom, Thales jointly strengthen 5G security
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it collaborated with global data security company Thales for 5G security.According to the com...
Dec 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Samyang buys specialty chemical maker Verdant for $257 mn
Samyang Specialty Solutions LLC, a leading chemical and food products maker in South Korea, has entered into an agreement to wholly acquire Texas-ba...
Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
New Samsung, LG laptops drive industry shift toward on-device AI
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are unveiling new artificial intelligence-powered laptops next month, joining an industry move to in...
Dec 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE wins deal for 3 ultra-large ethane carriers at $500 mn
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), an intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai, announced on Friday that it has secured a co...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Webtoons
Naver Webtoon to enhance global biz with new exec for US IPO
Naver Webtoon Ltd., the world’s top digital comics provider, aims to ramp up its global business with the appointment of a new executive ahead...
Dec 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SeAH Wind bags $1.1 bn wind turbine monopile order in UK
South Korean steelmaker SeAH Steel Holdings Corp. said on Thursday its UK subsidiary SeAH Wind Ltd. has won a £900 million ($1.1 billion) orde...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Line Next attracts $140 mn to globally expand NFT platform
Line Next Corp., a digital asset affiliate of South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp., has attracted $140 million in a funding round led by Cre...
Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders shrug off concerns over lower new ship prices
South Korean shipbuilders shrugged off concerns of an industry peak-out boosted by the first fall of new vessel prices in 45 weeks and lower used sh...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
HYBE ranks fifth in global tour revenue in 2023
The global tour revenue of HYBE Co., home to BTS and Seventeen, reached 250 billion won ($190 million) over the year.According to Hybe on Tuesday, t...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million
South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has acquired Sharekhan Ltd., India’s 10th-largest brokerage firm, to enh...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea’s GC Cell targets global cell therapy CDMO business
GC Cell Corp., an affiliate of South Korea’s major pharmaceutical company GC Biopharma Corp., is targeting the cell therapy contract developme...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Paris Baguette opens 7 new stores in SE Asia in one month
Paris Baguette, the bakery franchise owned by South Korea's SPC Group, said on Tuesday that it opened seven stores in Southeast Asia in on...
Dec 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
POSCO International foresees record-high profits for 2023
POSCO International Corp., a South Korean general trading and energy exploration company, is expected to post its highest-ever profits this year tha...
Dec 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
LegoChem Bio mulls name change after defeat to Lego
South Korean biopharmaceutical company LegoChem Biosciences Inc. is seeking to change its name after it lost in a trademark infringement lawsuit fil...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
New 2024 E-Class soon to arrive in Korea, land of Mercedes-Benz
As with the launch of every new E-Class, the flagship model of luxury German car brand Mercedes-Benz, the phrase “evolution, not revolution&rd...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Movex to supply smart logistics for Hankook Tire US plant
South Korea’s Hyundai Movex Co., the logistics automation solutions affiliate of Hyundai Group, secured a $82 million contract to equip Hank...
Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Elec joins governing body of SOAFEE
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it became the ninth member of the governing body of the Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge ...
Dec 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Apple ordered to compensate Korean users for iPhone slowdown
An appellate court of South Korea on Wednesday ordered Apple Inc. to pay 70,000 won ($53.3) each to seven Korean iPhone users for deliberately slowi...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Executive reshuffles
Lotte Group’s 3rd-generation son comes to the fore
Shin Yoo-yeol, the eldest son of Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-Bin, was promoted to lead the group’s new division to be launched within its h...
Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)