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Automobiles
RVs, SUVs sweep top 4 spots in South Korea’s first-quarter auto sales
Recreational vehicles (RVs) and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) achieved an unprecedented feat by claiming the top four spots on the list of best-sell...
Apr 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop giants poised for rebound with new fandom, rookies
K-pop companies, led by HYBE Co. and SM Entertainment Co., are gearing up for a rebound from poor performances in the first quarter, with the releas...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Arts
Hyundai Card, MoMA partner to support young artists, curators
South Korea’s leading credit card company Hyundai Card Co. said on Tuesday it is collaborating with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New Yor...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung Asset's KODEX S&P500 TR ETF surpasses 1 tn won in net asset
Samsung Asset Management Co. announced on Tuesday that the net asset value of its KODEX US S&P500 TR exchange-traded fund (ETF), which tracks th...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Middle East, land of dreams for South Korean IT firms
South Korea’s information technology and game companies are rushing to the Middle East to seek global growth drivers as the oil-rich countries...
Apr 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Kookmin Card launches card for overseas payments
KB Kookmin Card, a credit card unit of KB Financial Group, announced on Monday that it launched the WE:SH Travel credit card that offers benefits sp...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Aekyung AGE20's to launch cushion foundation in Japan
AGE20's, South Korean cosmetic company Aekyung Industrial Co. 's flagship cosmetic brand, announced that it held a new cushion foundation for a Japa...
Apr 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate restructuring
Kakao Entertainment seeks restructuring, closer ties with Piccoma
South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp., a unit of mobile platform giant Kakao Corp., is seeking renewed growth through corporate restructuring and ...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Krafton makes local soft launch of mobile game 'Bullet Echo India'
South Korea's gaming giant Krafton Inc. announced on Friday that it soft-launched "Bullet Echo India," developed by global game developer ZeptoLab, ...
Apr 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung ups smaller OLED workforce to fend off Chinese rivals
Samsung Display Co., South Korea’s top screen maker, increased its workforce for smaller organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels used for p...
Apr 04, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Hyosung TNC to invest $1 bn in new bio-fiber plants in Vietnam
Hyosung TNC Corp., the world’s top spandex maker, plans to invest $1 billion in new bio-textile materials plants in Vietnam to accelerate its ...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Sandy Floor gets seed round from Kakao Ventures
South Korea’s casual multiplayer game developer Sandy Floor Games announced on Wednesday that it got a seed round investment from Kakao Ventur...
Apr 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's Military Mutual Aid Association starts search for new CIO
South Korea’s Military Mutual Aid Association (MMAA), which managed 10.4 trillion won ($7.7 billion) in assets as of the end of 2023, said on ...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus, Mobirix to jointly develop car infotainment
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domestic mobile game developer Mobir...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung releases 43-inch Moving Stand
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it launched the Moving Stand for 43-inch monitors, expanding its lineup following the release of 2...
Apr 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics unveils UltraGear OLED gaming monitors
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Monday that it unveiled LG UltraGear gaming monitors that can switch resolution and refresh rate according to conte...
Apr 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung unveils 2024 TV lineup at Changi Airport
Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday hosted an event at Jewel Changi Airport in Singapore to unveil its 2024 new TV lineup, including Neo QLED, organ...
Mar 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
HSBC faces criminal charges for naked shorting in Korea
South Korean prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges against HSBC and three of its traders, accusing them of illegal short selling worth 15.8...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Sovereign bonds
Korea yet to join global bond index for capital inflows
South Korea has so far failed to be included on a global major bond index, denting hopes for capital inflows into Asia’s fourth-largest econom...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG OLED TV's new theme: Empathetic, personalized AI
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s No. 1 OLED TV producer, defines artificial intelligence as empathetic intelligence for customers. On Wednesda...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
LG Electronics spins off X-UP, 4 other in-house venture firms
LG Electronics Inc. said on Thursday it is spinning off five promising in-house venture firms as separate entities to strengthen South Korea’s...
Mar 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
KDB halts KDB Life sale process to take full control
The state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) has suspended the protracted sale process of KDB Life Insurance Co. to take full control of the insurer b...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Hyundai Motor aims for next takeoff with $51 billion investment
Hyundai Motor Group plans to spend 68 trillion won ($51 billion) and hire 80,000 new employees over three years as South Korea’s top automaker...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Group earmarks $74 bn for 5-year investment in Korea
LG Group, South Korea’s No. 4 conglomerate, on Wednesday announced a plan to invest 100 trillion won ($74 billion) through 2028 in its future ...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Ferrari, SK On team up to innovate battery technology
Ferrari S.p.A. joined hands with SK On Co., the world’s fifth-largest electric vehicle battery producer, to innovate cell technology as the It...
Mar 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Global quest to find modern elixirs enters new chapter
NEW YORK/ BOSTON – Longevity has long been the dream of humankind. China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang was obsessed with finding magic e...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Asan Nanum Foundation invites innovators to startup pitch
The Asan Nanum Foundation, a nonprofit foundation set up in 2011 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung’s death,...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Netmarble Arthdal Chronicles pre-registration surpasses 1 mn
South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp. said on Tuesday that the pre-registration of its upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing ga...
Mar 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Samsung seeks to launch new super mobile banking app with a local bank
Samsung Financial Networks, a union of Samsung Group’s four financial affiliates, is seeking to launch a super mobile banking app in partnersh...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung Elec vies for Johnson Controls' HVAC units
Samsung Electronics Co. has joined the race to buy Johnson Controls International’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) assets wo...
Mar 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)