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Travel & Leisure
Rising overseas trips to raise Korea’s travel account deficit
Demand for overseas travel among South Koreans during the upcoming holiday grew, while the number of inbound tourists from China is expected to shri...
Sep 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 5: Pope Francis’ Popemobile in Singapore
Pope Francis on Friday wrapped up his 12-day visit to the Asia-Pacific region with a visit to Singapore, where less than 10% of the population ident...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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SK E&S mulls sale of real estate to boost clean energy biz
SK E&S Co., the natural gas business unit of South Korea’s SK Group, is considering selling its real estate asset in Seoul, which is expec...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
MBK, Young Poong seek $1.5 bn hostile bid for Korea Zinc
MBK Partners Ltd., the North Asia-focused private equity firm, is set to take over Korea Zinc Inc. through an up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) ho...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea scraps anti-nuclear policy with approval of two nuclear plants
South Korea has approved the construction of two nuclear power plants, officially ending its anti-nuclear policy pursued by the previous Moon Jae-in...
Sep 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
OpenResearch gets $7.5 mn seed round
OpenResearch, an AI search service founded by former Kakao Brain CEO Kim Il-Doo, said on Thursday that it got a seed round 10 billion won ($7.5 mill...
Sep 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea’s LIG Nex1, Iraq set for $2.6 billion deal on M-SAM missile system
Iraq has decided to import South Korean-made mid-range surface-to-air missile (M-SAM) system II, known as Cheongung II, in a deal estimated at $2.6 ...
Sep 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion earmarks billions of dollars to build CDMO plant: chairman
Celltrion Inc., South Korea’s largest biosimilar maker, will spend several billion dollars to build a factory to crack the contract developmen...
Sep 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HMM to spend $17.5 bn by 2030 to double cargo capacity
HMM Co., South Korea’s largest ocean carrier, said on Tuesday it will spend 23.5 trillion won ($17.5 billion) by 2030 to nearly double its car...
Sep 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Celltrion chairman announces venture into CDMO market
South Korea’s biosimilar maker Celltrion Inc. will venture into the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) market, the com...
Sep 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
No Korean firms make it onto Korea’s top five mobile games list
No South Korean game titles developed by domestic game developers made it onto the list of the country’s top five mobile games last month, ind...
Sep 06, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
NewJeans surpasses 5 billion cumulative Spotify streams
K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed five billion combined streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, its agency, Adore, announced o...
Sep 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Nongshim to build export-only ramen factory in Korea
South Korea’s instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. will build a local plant dedicated to producing ramen — or ramyun, as the company spells...
Aug 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
1.4 mn foreign tourists visits S.Korea in July
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said on Thursday that the number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea in July was 1.41 million, an increase...
Aug 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Central bank
Bank of Korea holds rate steady, signals pivot to easing soon
South Korea’s central bank held interest rates steady but cut its inflation and growth forecasts for the year and signaled that it will pivot ...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Samsung SDI, GM to build $3.5 bn EV battery plant in US
Samsung SDI Co., the world’s No. 6 battery maker, and General Motors Co., the leading US automaker, are set to build a $3.5 billion cell plant...
Aug 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai IONIQ 5 N named Car and Driver's 2024 top EV
South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. said on Sunday that its high-performance electric vehicle (EV) the IONIQ 5 N was selected as Car and Driver's presti...
Aug 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hansae Yes24 moves closer to acquiring GM supplier Erae AMS
Hansae Yes24 Holdings Co., the holding company of South Korea’s leading apparel original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Hansae Co., has moved a ...
Aug 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
SK seeks sale of specialty gas unit for around $3 bn
SK Group, the second-largest conglomerate in South Korea, is considering selling global leading specialty gas producer SK Specialty Co. for around 4...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won at 5-mth high; BOK may not lower interest rate
The South Korean won on Monday touched a five-month high as the central bank may not immediately cut its policy interest rate due to rising property...
Aug 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung's AI home appliances hit 1.5 mn units sold
Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday that its cumulative sales of AI-integrated home appliances have surpassed 1.5 million units as of July this...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Korean Telco giant KT’s Midas touch with hotel business
KT Corp., one of South Korea’s top three mobile carriers, is on a roll in the hotel business despite its late foray into the hospitality indus...
Aug 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Acquisition loan rates dip to pre-pandemic levels in S.Korea
Interest rates on acquisition financing in South Korea are set to stabilize at the 5% level, rates last seen before COVID-19 swept the world, height...
Aug 15, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display seeks to supply tandem OLED display to Bentley, Cadillac
LG Display Co., the world’s top organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel maker, is seeking to supply next-generation tandem OLED displays for...
Aug 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction
S.Korea, Vietnam complete Smart City Cooperation Center in Hanoi
The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on Tuesday that it completed the construction of the Korea-Vietnam Smart C...
Aug 13, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Carlyle, Keppel, IMM stay in final race for Ecorbit
Carlyle Group, a union of Hong Kong-based Keppel Corp. and Gaw Capital Partners and a consortium of IMM Investment and IMM Private Equity are the th...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
KT posts Q2 profit drops on pay raises, bonus payments
KT Corp., South Korea’s No. 1 telecom service provider, on Friday reported a 14.3% drop in second-quarter operating profit despite steady reve...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Electrification, Hyundai Mobis’ growth engine for future mobility
Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s fifth-largest auto parts maker, is set to focus on electrification to enhance its competitiveness in future mob...
Aug 09, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Display to sell its last LCD plant to CSOT for $1.5 bn
South Korea’s LG Display Co. plans to sell its liquid crystal display (LCD) panel plant in Guangzhou, China, to TCL China Star Optoelectronics...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
IONIQ 5 N selected as official car of Fuji Speedway Circuit
Hyundai Motor Co. announced that its high-performance electric vehicle (EV) the IONIQ 5 N was selected as the official car of Japan's Fuji Speedwa...
Aug 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)