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Electronics
Samsung Bespoke AI Combo sells 1,000 units in three days
Samsung Electronics Co. 's the Bespoke AI Washer & Dryer Combo surpassed 1,000 units sold in three days, Feb. 24 to 26. The Bespoke AI C...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Tous Les Jours exceeds 60 stores in Indonesia
CJ Foodville, the food subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group, announced on Wednesday that its bakery chain brand Tous Les Jours has opened a new st...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
S.Korea’s fashion brand Time to debut at Paris Fashion Week
Time, South Korea’s best-selling women’s fashion brand which is owned by Handsome Corp., will participate in Paris Fashion Week fall/w...
Feb 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korean brokerages expand bond issues to repay short-term debts
South Korea’s mid-sized brokerage firms are increasingly embracing bond sales as several large firms sold their bonds in January amid investor...
Feb 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
Shinsegae E&C to sell leisure unit to reduce debt
South Korea’s Shinsegae Engineering & Construction Co. (Shinsegae E&C) announced on Wednesday that it will sell its leisure unit Jos...
Feb 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire to supply tires to Toyota truck Hino
Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Wednesday that it will supply new tires for the mid-sized truck Hino from the Japanese Toyota Group.The t...
Feb 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Korean stock market volatility up since short-selling ban
The South Korean stock market has seen increased volatility and few rallies over the past three months, in sharp contrast to government hopes that i...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to exceed 100 mn cumulative sales in 2024
Hyundai Motor Co. 's cumulative vehicle sales are expected to surpass 100 million units this year since it started 56 years after the launch of car ...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Tesla to showcase Cybertruck in South Korea next week
Tesla Inc., the world’s No. 2 electric vehicle maker, is set to showcase its electric full-size pickup Cybertruck in South Korea, home to its ...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia Sportage reports best year in Europe, driven by hybrid models
Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-largest automaker, said on Tuesday the sale of its flagship compact sport utility vehicle Sportage reached a f...
Feb 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
SK Earthon sells Peru LNG stake for $257 mn to MidOcean
SK Earthon Co., the resources development subsidiary of South Korea’s top energy company SK Innovation Co., sold a stake in Peru LNG Co. LLC f...
Feb 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Lotte to sell 7-Eleven’s ATM unit in Korea for around $38 mn
Lotte Group is set to sell the automated teller machine (ATM) business of Korea Seven Co., the operator of convenience store chain 7-Eleven in South...
Feb 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to expand into secondhand EV market
Hyundai Motor Co. will expand its certified secondhand car business into electric vehicles (EVs) to increase the range of used vehicles it deals wit...
Feb 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Lotte Group Chairman says to sell ailing units for new biz: report
Lotte Group plans to sell ailing units as the South Korean retail-to-chemical conglomerate is shifting its focus to new growth sectors such as bio, ...
Jan 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai unveils All-New Kona Electric N Line in Europe
Hyundai Motor Co. unveiled 2024 The all-new KONA Electric N Line in the European market including the UK on Jan. 16., according to the company.&nb...
Jan 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Mercedes-Benz unveils New E-Class in S.Korea
Mercedes-Benz Korea on Friday unveiled the 11th generation of its fully redesigned mid-sized The New E-Class sedan in South Korea.This latest iterat...
Jan 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung Galaxy S24 heralds dawning of AI smartphone era
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled its latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S24 series, which it calls an “AI...
Jan 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hyundai sells Chongqing plant at $227 mn for China restructuring
Hyundai Motor Co. has sold its plant in Chongqing for $227 million as the leading South Korean carmaker continues restructuring its business to surv...
Jan 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte Chem’s sale of Pakistani PTA unit falls through
Lotte Chemical Corp.'s plan to sell off its Pakistani PTA subsidiary to local chemicals producer Lucky Core Industries Ltd. has collapsed, a year af...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS bets on Samsung Electro-Mechanics, sells POSCO stocks in Q4
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, saw the amount of listed local shares it owns rise...
Jan 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Samsung Group
Samsung heirs tap $2.1 bn block sale for inheritance taxes
The heirs of late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee are seeking to sell their shares in Samsung Electronics Co. and other Samsung affiliates worth ...
Jan 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
N.Korea fires more than 200 artillery shells off its west coast
North Korea's military conducted coastal artillery fire in the western part of the country on Friday.The North Korean military fired more than 200 a...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
BMW overtakes Mercedes-Benz as top-selling foreign carmaker in S.Korea
BMW has overtaken Mercedes-Benz in the South Korean market, regaining the top spot in the foreign automobile sales segment for the first time in eig...
Jan 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Short selling
Korea’s top regulator detects more foreigners’ naked shorting
South Korea’s top financial regulator is detecting more circumstances of naked short-selling worth tens of millions of dollars by foreign inve...
Jan 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Nexon fined over MapleStory in-game item selling
South Korea’s online game developer Nexon Korea Corp. was fined 11.6 billion won ($8.9 million) for allegedly misleading its customers over in...
Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
KEPCO sells 15% stake in KEPCO E&C for $269 million
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea’s state-owned utility company grappling with mounting losses, has secured additional funds of ...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Celltrion to sell portfolio of Takeda drugs to CBC Group
South Korea’s Celltrion Inc. will divest of a portfolio of Takeda Pharmaceutical's prescription medicines sold in Asia to CBC Group, a Singapo...
Jan 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Korea to sell $3.6 bn stake in NXC via private offering
The South Korean government is seeking to sell a 4.71 trillion won ($3.6 billion) stake in gaming giant NXC Corp. via private placement as the autho...
Dec 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Taeyoung files for debt workout; offers to sell stake in KKR JV
South Korea’s Taeyoung Group, saddled with 5.6 trillion won ($4.4 billion) in debt and loans it has guaranteed, filed for a debt workout progr...
Dec 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
BNP Paribas, HSBC fined $20.4 million in Korea for naked short-selling
South Korea’s financial regulator has slapped a combined 26.52 billion won ($20.4 million) in fines on BNP Paribas SA, its Korean brokerage un...
Dec 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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