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Blockchain
Korea's gaming industry turns to blockchain, unwavered by Seoul’s policy
Come next year, Korea’s online game developers are poised to release a number of games on blockchain platforms.The companies have lined up the...
Dec 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Pangyo, Bundang among Asia's hot office areas, DWS says
Many cities across the Asia-Pacific are springing up with exciting urban office districts, which offer attractive office investment opportunities,...
Dec 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korean unicorns jump fivefold in four years with record investment in 2021
Investment in South Korean startups hit an all-time high in 2021 as the number of new unicorns, unlisted companies with a valuation topping $1 billi...
Dec 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Money moves back to safe assets in Korea amid rising interest rates
With stock and cryptocurrency fevers subsiding amid a monetary tightening bias, South Koreans are moving their money back to safe assets, as banks s...
Dec 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Energy-saving chips emerge as new battleground
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements are expected to drive high-performance chip demand higher, in particular from data center op...
Dec 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Elec launches dedicated team for China
Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s top tech giant, has established a dedicated team for the Chinese market, where its smartphone and home ...
Dec 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Hyundai Motor reshuffles overseas units to deal with changing markets
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, has reorganized its overseas units, reducing the number of business sectors to five from nine,...
Dec 19, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s DL Energy to expand US power plant business
South Korea’s DL Energy is set to expand its power plant business in the US.DL Energy, formerly known as Daelim Energy, said on Dec. 17 that i...
Dec 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Korean core companies’ stocks underperform global peers
The world sought new opportunities in 2021, recovering from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Global major companies have been in cutthroat compet...
Dec 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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New York Life Investments
[Discussion] Think twice before heavy inflation hedge: NYLIM
November’s inflation print, while mostly in line with market expectations, was staggeringly high. Headline inflation increased ...
Dec 17, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung supplies self-driving, infotainment chips to global carmaker
Samsung Electronics Co. is supplying advanced memory chips to an unidentified global automaker for use in its self-driving and infotainment systems....
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Korea’s No. 2 art auction house to go public in Jan
K Auction, South Korea’s No. 2 art auction house, is set to go public in January 2022 as it aims to court the domestic leader Seoul Auction Co...
Dec 16, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung flexes foundry muscle amid supply chain woes
Samsung Electronics Co. may emerge a winner in the prolonged pandemic era, making full use of fabless chipmakers' efforts to diversify the manufactu...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Samsung, Hyundai race for $4 bn Indonesia petchem project
South Korean builders Samsung Engineering and Hyundai Engineering Co. are in a tight race to win a $4 billion petrochemical project in Indonesia.Sam...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Starbucks Korea secures No.1 spot in crowded market
Starbucks Korea's sales are on course to exceed 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion) this year, the largest-ever annual revenue for a coffee franchise oper...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biotech
Korea’s MedPacto, Merck plan phase 3 trials of colorectal cancer drug
MedPacto Inc., a South Korean biotechnology company that develops therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune diseases, has agreed with global drugmaker ...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
EQT chairman sees technology and services as attractive sectors in Korea
High price tags of target companies can be justified if you understand long-term trends of the industry and have expertise in the sectors, Conni Jon...
Dec 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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COVID-19
Korea approves export of Samsung Biologics-made Moderna vaccine
South Korea approved exports of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine produced by Samsung Biologics Co. in a move that will help the country’s...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s new Genesis G90: Epitome of luxury design identity
After an exterior peek of its new Genesis sedan G90 last month, Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday fully unveiled the flagship luxury model, its first mod...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Robotics shares climb on back of Samsung interest
Shares of Korean robot makers jumped this week following a tech giant’s decision to extend resources on its robotics department. Invest...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea exports hit record to top $640 bn in 2021
South Korea’s exports have reached an all-time high thanks to strong overseas demand for key products such as semiconductors amid the global e...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea moves to join CPTPP free trade pact as China fears ease
South Korea has officially declared its plan to join a mega Trans-Pacific free trade deal, called the CPTPP, following China’s application to ...
Dec 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung to produce STMicro's MCUs for use in iPhones
Samsung Electronics Co. has won a foundry order from Switzerland-based STMicroelectronics to produce microcontroller units (MCUs) for use in Apple I...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Winter is over? Samsung's Q3 chip sales beat Intel's
In August, a Morgan Stanley report on the semiconductor industry, “Winter is coming,” fueled debate on whether chip prices were peaking ...
Dec 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Samsung launches merged set division as DX; robotics new growth driver
Samsung Electronics Co. has officially launched its new set division, which combines its mobile and consumer electronics businesses into a single un...
Dec 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai Heavy, DSME merger set for collapse on expected EU veto
The European Union’s expected objection to the combination of the world’s two largest shipbuilders – Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. ...
Dec 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Samsung’s mobile business renamed MX to highlight user experience
Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday changed the name of its mobile communications business to MX, short for mobile experience, in line with its pursui...
Dec 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea's EcoPro BM to build first overseas plant in Hungary
EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s top cathode materials producer, has decided to set up its first overseas plant in Hungary.EcoPro BM on Dec. 9 ann...
Dec 10, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Samsung’s mid-tier executive reshuffle: More female and foreign faces
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday carried out its year-end reshuffle of mid-tier executives, marked by the highest number of promotions for female...
Dec 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Foreigners buy Kospi futures to raise bullish bets on Korea stocks
Foreigners bought Kospi 200 futures contracts on “quadruple witching day," the quarterly simultaneous expiration of South Korean options and f...
Dec 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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