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Aerospace & Defense
Korea eyes $20 bn in weapons exports as Hanwha inks $6 bn Polish deal
South Korea has moved a step closer to achieving a record 28 trillion won ($20 billion) in weapons exports this year, with Hanwha Defense Co. clinch...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
NPS emerges as savior of Korea’s ailing won currency
The South Korean state-run National Pension Service (NPS) has been spotted selling dollars for won, supporting the ailing local unit, as the world&r...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea to widen tech gap with global shipbuilding rivals
South Korea, the world’s largest shipbuilding country, will expand its production of high-value-added specialized vessels, such as liquefied h...
Oct 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
POSCO Holdings' Q3 profit tumbles on steel mill shutdown
POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of the world’s sixth-largest steel maker, missed market estimates for its quarterly profit as last mo...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
GM may consider producing EVs in South Korea
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province -- General Motors Co. may consider making electric vehicles in South Korea, the country manager said on Wednesda...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Korea's NPS seeks new CIO as Ahn ends term Oct. 18
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is looking for a new chief investment officer (CIO) as former CIO Ahn Hyo-joon’s term ended...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Foreigners in year's longest Korean buying streak; chipmakers top picks
Foreign investors have returned to the South Korean market, snapping up chip industry leaders such as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. for ...
Oct 19, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Korea's LG Chem buys Nasdaq-listed biotech firm AVEO for $566 mn
South Korea’s chemicals giant LG Chem Ltd. announced on Oct. 18 that it will acquire AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Nasdaq-listed US biotech fir...
Oct 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Medipost to expand CDMO business with 10 new clean rooms in Korea
Medipost Co, a South Korean biotechnology company, is expanding its cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO)...
Oct 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop megaband BTS to serve military duty, agency says
Members of K-pop boy band BTS will fulfill South Korea’s national military duty, starting with its oldest member Jin, their agency HYBE Co. an...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Samsung Asset says to pursue global, active, bond-type ETFs
Samsung Asset Management Co., South Korea’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF) manager, will focus on global, active and bond-type ETFs, as we...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea exempts foreign investors from treasury bond tax
South Korea on Oct. 17 started exempting foreign investors from two types of taxes on Korean treasury bonds and monetary stabilization bonds investm...
Oct 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea's Lotte Chem seeks more M&As for battery materials, CEO says
South Korea’s petrochemical firm Lotte Chemical Corp., which signed a 2.7 trillion won ($1.9 billion) deal to acquire the world’s fourth...
Oct 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Korea's luxury e-commerce platform Balaan completes Series C
South Korean luxury e-commerce platform operator Balaan Co. will complete the attraction of 25 billion won ($17.3 million) in investment in a Series...
Oct 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO breaks ground on nickel refining plant in Korea
POSCO Group, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, broke ground on Friday for a high-purity nickel refining plant in South Korea to meet risin...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korean bio suffers as weak won lifts global clinical trial costs
South Korean biopharmaceutical firms are facing challenges in clinical trials overseas alongside the rising Korean won to the US dollar exchange rat...
Oct 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Firm dollar deters Korea Inc.’s overseas acquisition deals
The firm dollar is causing South Korean companies to postpone or cancel their plans to buy overseas firms for future growth as the US currency&rsquo...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
For South Korea, US EV subsidies both give and take away
The Inflation Reduction Act provides a plethora of subsidies to boost domestic manufacturing for goods that help combat climate change. Tweaks to ...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Banks' term deposits attract largest sum in 20 yrs
A fresh 36.4 trillion won ($25 billion) was placed into bank accounts in South Korea in September, whereas 12.4 trillion won ($8.6 billion) was with...
Oct 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea, Chile to jointly develop key EV battery materials
South Korea has joined hands with Chile in a move to cope with the US’ Inflation Reduction Act, as well as strengthen the two countries' ties ...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Hyundai unveils Korea’s first heavy-feed petrochemical plant
Hyundai Chemical Co. on Wednesday held an official ceremony of completion of South Korea’s first heavy-feed petrochemical complex (HPC), desig...
Oct 12, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI-powered translation startups tackle niche marketplaces
Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven translation has been dominated by big tech.Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC is the global leader while Naver Cor...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai’s NEXO crossover tops world’s hydrogen vehicle market
Hyundai Motor Co.'s NEXO crossover has become the world’s best-selling hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) in the first eight months of...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Korea's Naver to ramp up global IR activity as stock continues decline
South Korea’s online portal giant Naver Corp. is poised to hire an investor relations (IR) executive whose chief responsibility will be to com...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Math app Qanda enjoys surge in popularity with 74 mn subscribers
The number of subscribers to the mathematics education app Qanda exceeded 74 million as of earlier this month. It is rare for an app developed ...
Oct 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Korean shipbuilders regain top post, to profit from higher ship prices
South Korea’s three major shipbuilders have regained the world’s No. 1 title in terms of ship orders and are expected to swing to profit...
Oct 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Hahn & Co. to sell off Korea's major biofuel maker SK Eco Prime
South Korean private equity firm Hahn & Company is set to put a 100% stake in biofuel manufacturer SK Eco Prime on sale, with Goldman Sachs as a...
Oct 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Korea's data solution provider for small biz becomes unicorn
Korea Credit Data (KCD), a South Korean data solutions provider for small business owners, has become a Korean unicorn, or an unlisted company with ...
Oct 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
NHN Cloud to raise $141 mn from stock issuance
South Korea’s cloud service provider NHN Cloud Corp. is eyeing 1.1 trillion won ($776 million) corporate value via a new stock issuance, marki...
Oct 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix hikes use of locally produced neon gas for chip manufacture
SK Hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, said on Wednesday it will significantly raise the use of locally produced neon, a ...
Oct 05, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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