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IPOs
Internet lender K Bank gets green light for IPO
South Korea’s first internet-only lender K Bank on Tuesday received preliminary approval from the Korea Exchange to go public on the country&r...
Sep 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
SM mulls ending producer contract with founder Lee Soo-man's firm
SM Entertainment Co. announced Thursday it is considering terminating the production contract with Like Planning, wholly owned by its founder Lee So...
Sep 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Content platforms
Lotte Home Shopping to nurture Bellygom as a global character
Lotte Home Shopping Inc. announced Thursday the company will showcase Bellygom at a New York City exhibit next week, as part of a broader plan to gr...
Sep 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
SK Telecom-led consortium to commercialize air taxis on Jeju Island
Come 2025, visitors to South Korea’s resort island of Jeju will be able to hail air taxis while there – thanks to special air routes ded...
Sep 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lotte Card draws bid from Hana as key candidates back off
South Korea's Lotte Card Co. has drawn preliminary bids from Hana Financial Group, a leading banking group in the country, and two to three unidenti...
Sep 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Cash-rich Nongshim pursues first-ever sizeable acquisition
Nongshim Co., South Korea’s No. 1 instant noodle brand, is looking to buy a domestic food supplement maker for up to $50 million, which would ...
Sep 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus' K-pop idol platform goes global via smart TVs
Fans of K-pop idols such as boyband sensation BTS and girl group Blackpink will be able to enjoy their live performances through smart TVs at home a...
Sep 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate investment
Lotte to invest $900 mn in Vietnam smart city project
Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-largest conglomerate, is set to invest $900 million in Vietnam to establish a smart city as it aims to accele...
Sep 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Korean big-box stores see credit rating downgrades
Two credit rating agencies have lowered South Korean big-box retail giants’ credit profiles. Korea’s top three big-box stores, Homeplus ...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
South Korea’s Shinhan launches credit card in Vietnam
South Korea’s Shinhan Card Co. launched its first credit card in Vietnam to expand its business portfolios into overseas markets as the sector...
Aug 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Lotte Group to donate $10.4 mn to KAIST to build R&D, design centers
Lotte Corp. announced on Monday that it will donate 14 billion won ($10.4 million) to the prestigious Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Techno...
Aug 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea’s Iljin sticks to higher stake sale price than bid
Iljin Materials Co.’s sale process has reached a deadlock as its Chief Executive Heo Jae-Myeong is holding to its price to sell a controlling ...
Aug 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Lotte to support Korean SMEs via exhibitions in Berlin, New York
Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-largest conglomerate, is set to boost the global sales channels of some 200 Korean small and medium-sized ent...
Aug 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop, Toyota’s platform for marketing in the US
LOS ANGELES -- Toyota Motor Corp., the top global automaker, showcased its sports cars – the GR86 and the GR Supra – at the Los Angeles ...
Aug 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
China's high entry barriers for Korean films, dramas
“Oh! My Gran” was the only South Korean movie to hit the big screen in China in the past year. It was also the first Korean film to be p...
Aug 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Lotte Chem swings to red in Q2, hard hit by Malaysian unit's loss
South Korea’s major petrochemical producer Lotte Chemical Corp. faced an earnings shock in the second quarter of 2022, hard hit by the perform...
Aug 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
K-chicken chain BB.Q foresees stores quadrupling in N.America
Gourmands in North America will be able to enjoy South Korean fried chicken more conveniently as BB.Q Chicken, the country’s leading franchise...
Aug 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Kurly enters Singapore grocery market, targeting SE Asia
South Korea’s Kurly Inc., the operator of grocery delivery service Market Kurly, made inroads into Singapore with an aim to expand its busines...
Aug 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
CJ CheilJedang posts record-high operating profit in Q2
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. logged record-high quarterly operating profit in the second quarter of 2022 amid the growing popularity...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Lotte Chilsung to tie up with startups for vegan drinks
South Korea’s Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. is set to start the vegan business along with local startups as veganism, or the practice of abstain...
Aug 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
K-bio firms embrace gene therapy CDMO as Samsung looks the other way
South Korea’s major biopharmaceutical companies are rapidly embracing the cell and gene therapy business under a contract drug-making mechanis...
Aug 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Samyang Foods' Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen sales surpass 4 bn
Samyang Foods Co. announced Monday it has sold more than 4 billion packets of its uber-popular Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, or buldak-bokkeum-myeon, to...
Aug 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Hyundai Oilbank, Lotte Confectionery tie up for biodiesel business
Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, and food maker Lotte Confectionery Co. have forged a strategic partnership to jo...
Aug 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
China's lockdown slams Korean beauty giants' Q2 earnings
South Korea’s two major cosmetics firms, Amorepacific Corp. and LG H&H Co., posted their second-quarter earnings heavily impacted by Chi...
Jul 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
Daesang Life, China’s Sinopharm to launch health foods joint venture
Daesang Life Science Corp., a South Korean health foods maker, has signed an initial agreement with China’s Sinopharm International to launch ...
Jul 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Starbucks Korea faces its biggest challenge in 23 years
Starbucks Korea, the undisputed leader in South Korea’s coffee franchise landscape, is facing the biggest challenge of its 23-year history.&nb...
Jul 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
Lotte Chem, Itochu join hands on hydrogen, ammonia biz
South Korea’s major petrochemical producer Lotte Chemical Corp. and a Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. joined forces for the hydrogen and a...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Shinsegae to launch wholly owned US subsidiary on alternative meat
Shinsegae Food Inc. announced Thursday it will launch its US subsidiary focused on alternative meat. The food arm of Shinsegae Inc. will inject...
Jul 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Louis Vuitton chairman to meet with heads of S.Korean department stores
The chairman and chief executive of French luxury label Louis Vuitton is scheduled to visit South Korea next week and meet with the heads of three m...
Jul 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Bain Capital, Lotte Chem. among shortlisted bidders for Iljin
A US private equity firm Bain Capital and South Korea’s major petrochemical manufacturer Lotte Chemical Corp. were among the shortlisted candi...
Jul 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)