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Chief Executives
Samsung’s new chip head instills a sense of crisis, hope
Samsung Electronics Co.'s new semiconductor chief Jun Young-hyun knows better than anyone about the difficulties the South Korean tech giant fa...
May 31, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Hyundai E&C to build Korea's 1st electrolysis-based hydrogen plant
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) has broken ground on South Korea’s first hydrogen production plant using water el...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Ferrari unveils 12Cilindri in S.Korea, 1st time in Asia
INCHEON -- Italian sports car maker Ferrari S.p.A. on Thursday unveiled the 12Cilindri with a V12 petrol engine in South Korea for the first time in...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Kyobo Life gets AAA IFS rating for 18 consecutive years
South Korea's Kyobo Life Insurance Co. announced on Thursday that it received the highest rating of AAA for insurer financial strength (IFS) from th...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Celebrity-run food chain operator TheBorn Korea files for IPO review
TheBorn Korea Inc., a leading South Korean food and beverage group operated by TV celebrity and chef Paik Jong-won, has filed for a preliminary revi...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
Kim Jong Un’s Balloon Barrage: Bags of Excrement Fly Into the South
SEOUL—An unusual sight drifted into South Korean skies on Wednesday: Large white balloons carrying plastic bags of North Korean trash. Some co...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea's bad loan managers seek liquidity via bond sales
South Korean non-performing loan (NPL) managers are increasing fundraising through corporate debt issuance given an outbreak of bad loans amid highe...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea, UAE sign economic partnership, reaffirm $30 bn investment
South Korea and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) to facilitate bilateral trade aft...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s HD Hyundai Electric wins $60 mn transformer deal in UK
South Korea’s electric equipment maker HD Hyundai Electric Co. said on Wednesday it has won a power transformer supply deal worth 47.1 million...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK shieldus, Yokogawa Electric Korea partner on security business
SK shieldus, the unmanned security subsidiary of SK Group, announced on Wednesday it has signed a business agreement with Yokogawa Electric Korea Co...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
Korea's golf apparel market shrinks as golf boom fizzles
The heyday of South Korea’s golf apparel market seems to be over with the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Millennials and Generation Z, who had ...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Korea Inc.’s AI executives double with LG Group leading the pack
The number of executive-level artificial intelligence (AI) specialists at South Korea’s 30 largest conglomerates has more than doubled in the ...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Korea’s Shinsegae building unit to raise $478 mn to cut debts
South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group’s building unit, suffering amid difficulties in the local real estate project financing sector, is s...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
South Korea steps on accelerator for record 2024 car exports
ASAN, South Chungcheong Province – At Hyundai Motor Co.'s manufacturing plant in Asan, over 60 km south of Seoul, thousands of robots were bus...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea intensifies rules on CB conversion price adjustment
South Korea will strengthen regulations on the conversion prices of convertible bonds (CBs) to protect stakeholders from excessive share dilution, t...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
HS Ad unveils LG Uplus ad created by 100% AI
South Korea's HS Ad Inc., an advertising agency affiliated with LG Group, announced on Monday that it launched LG Uplus Corp. 's brand advertising...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Kolon Global inks Korea’s 1st private wind power supply deal
Kolon Global Corp., the leading South Korean wind farm developer, signed the country’s first private wind power supply deal with local compani...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia to install LG Electronics’ vehicle webOS in upcoming EV3 SUV
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. will supply its automotive web-based operating system webOS to Kia Corp. for the carmaker’s upcoming v...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
LG Chem, KCC partner to develop eco-friendly paint
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with KCC Corp. on May 23 to research and develop e...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Seaweed, dubbed ‘Korea’s black semiconductor,’ powers its economy
Dried seaweed, widely used to make kimbap, or seaweed-wrapped rice rolls, is often referred to as the “black semiconductor” in South Kor...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Handok gets Biocon's obesity drug exclusive distribution in S.Korea
South Korean pharmaceutical company Handok Inc. announced on Friday that it signed an exclusive domestic sales and distribution agreement with India...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
US cosmetics brand Bath & Body Works enters S.Korea
The US-based cosmetics brand Bath & Body Works, renowned for its diverse lineup of over 250 fragrances, enters the South Korean market. Shi...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Kia premieres EV3 to boost global electrification push
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, on Thursday premiered the EV3, its low-cost electric sport utility vehicle (SUV), to reboot...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG targets India’s edtech market with interactive whiteboards
LG Electronics Inc. is acclerating its foray into India’s business-to-business (B2B) market, zooming in on the country’s rapidly-growing...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
World’s No.1 magnet wire maker SPSX mulls Korean IPO
Superior Essex Inc. (SPSX), the world’s top magnet wire provider under South Korea’s LS Group, is mulling an initial public offering in ...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea pledges $19 billion support package to revitalize chip sector
South Korea, home to the world’s two largest memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., has unveiled a record 26 trillion wo...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Korea Eximbank provides $1 bn in PF for Saudi Amiral project
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) announced on Thursday that it will provide $1 billion in project financing for the Amiral petrochemical f...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS' marketing platform MOP surpasses 800 corporate customers
South Korea’s LG CNS Co., a cloud computing services arm of LG Corp., announced on Thursday that its Marketing Optimization Platform (MOP), la...
May 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
Japan’s Toray to spend $366 mn on Korean capacity expansion
Japan’s Toray Industries Inc., the leading global carbon textile manufacturer, plans to spend 500 billion won ($366.3 million) to expand eco-f...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG named UK’s best home entertainment brand for five years
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has been named Home Entertainment Brand of the Year at the "Which? Awards," hosted by the UK non-...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)