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Electric vehicles
Hyundai NEXO retains fuel cell EV leadership; Toyota Mirai follows fast
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. retained its leadership in the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) market in the January-...
Sep 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
LG seeks outside innovators' ideas on new growth drivers at Superstart Day
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest business group, is actively embracing collaboration with outside innovators to foster its new growth dr...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
E-Mart opens 4th Korean hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar
South Korea’s top supermarket chain E-Mart Inc. launched its fourth hypermarket in Ulaanbaatar on Thursday with a stronger push for Korean bra...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis eyes over 30% growth in Europe through 2030
MUNICH, GERMANY – Hyundai Mobis Co., an auto part-making unit of Hyundai Motor Group, is targeting average annual sales growth of 30% in Europ...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Korea emerges as growth market, design hub for global brands
Global fashion and luxury goods brands are opening directly managed stores in South Korea, one of their growth markets, ending their decades-long re...
Sep 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mirae Asset seeks to buy India’s 9th-largest brokerage Sharekhan
South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group aims to enhance its presence in India by acquiring Sharekhan, the Southeast As...
Aug 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Sapeon completes $45 mn series A funding
Sapeon, a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor company, announced on Wednesday that it has concluded a Series A funding round, ra...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
BOK chief’s top mission: Soft landing for household debt
South Korea’s central bank chief on Thursday vowed to reduce household debt without causing a severe economic downturn as the Bank of Korea he...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Naver eyes global market with new LLM HyperCLOVA X
Naver Corp., the South Korean online platform giant, has finally debuted its upgraded large language model (LLM) HyperCLOVA X, its new pillar busine...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Group accelerates shift toward AI, bio and clean tech
Artificial intelligence, bio and clean tech are in their early stages of development for LG Group, but they should lead the South Korean conglomerat...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea's pet-friendly tourism sees brisk growth
More lodging facilities and tourism infrastructure in South Korea are accommodating people who wish to travel with their pets.This strategy by the...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
LG Chem to sell film factories amid shift to new growth drivers
LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s chemical major, is seeking to sell its film factories at home amid accelerating business reorganization centered a...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Mirae Asset Securities exceeds $3 bn in overseas equity
Mirae Asset Securities Co. said on Tuesday it owns more than 4 trillion won ($3 billion) of equity capital in overseas operations as of June 30 of t...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
HiteJinro to strengthen soju marketing in UK
South Korea’s leading soju maker HiteJinro Co. announced on Tuesday that its soju sales in the UK are showing consistent growth year by year. ...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB, Shinhan, Woori improve rankings on Top 1,000 bank list
South Korea’s KB Financial Group, Shinhan Financial Group and Woori Financial Group improved their rankings on the list of the global top 1,00...
Aug 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK Group to pursue employee-led ‘deep change’
SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, has been dedicated to its “Deep Change” initiative since Group Chairman Chey ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean Investors
Korea taps Greyhound Capital, Headline Asia as venture fund managers
South Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced the results of selecting global fund management companies for the year 2023 on Monday. The chos...
Aug 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Seoul’s slow but enduring push to be Asia’s premier financial hub
It is a long-cherished dream of Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, to present itself to the world as Asia’s prime financial hub, but the ...
Aug 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
LG bets big on promising technologies for future growth
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, is accelerating its investment in promising tech companies across the world despite the l...
Aug 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korean think-tank lifts inflation forecast on oil prices
A South Korean government think-tank has raised its inflation prediction for this year due to the recent rise in oil prices and expectations that As...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Carmakers in race for low-cost EVs amid tepid sales growth
Global carmakers such as Volkswagen, Hyundai Motor Group and Stellantis N.V. are in a race to release cheaper electric vehicles with the entry price...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
SK Telecom’s transition into AI company gains traction
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading telecom firm, reported solid earnings across the board in the second quarter, especially with steady gro...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
KT earnings beat estimates in Q2; shares hit 6-month high
KT Corp., South Korea’s leading telecommunications carrier, reported better-than-expected earnings in the second quarter on strong results for...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
With long-gone heyday, Capro clings to stake sale for survival
Once everyone’s darling but now an ugly duckling, Capro Co., South Korea’s sole maker of caprolactam, a nylon raw material, is despera...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia America’s new normal: Record car sales month after month
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, has been dismissed as the weaker sibling or smaller sister firm of Hyundai Motor Co., the c...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korea’s duty-free sales skid despite China border reopening
South Korea’s duty-free shops suffered a sharp decline in sales in June, when the number of Chinese visitors jumped more than three times that...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
N.Korea's GNI lower than S.Korea's minimum monthly wage in 2022
It is estimated that North Korea's economic growth rate recorded -0.2% last year. This marks the third consecutive year of negative growth since the...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Energy lifts sales guidance; Samsung SDI sees firm growth
South Korean electric vehicle battery maker are offered upbeat market outlooks, gaining structural growth momentum through strong competitiveness wi...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS commits $724 mn to CVC Capital’s ninth PE fund
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, has committed €650 million ($724 million...
Jul 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Venture capital
S.Korea to form $6.2 bn corporate venture capital fund pool by 2025
The South Korean government and the private sector will jointly create a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund pool worth more than 8 trillion won ($...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)