recovery
Scope
Date
~
-
Steel
Typhoon Hinnamnor shuts all POSCO furnaces for 1st time in 49 years
POHANG, North Gyeongsang Province – POSCO Holdings Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s steel giant, said on Wednesday it has shut...
Sep 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Airlines
Korean LCCs’ international flight recovery remains slow
South Korean budget airlines are seeing a slow recovery in international flights as key routes such as China and Japan have yet to normalize while t...
Jul 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Business & Politics
Biden and leaders of Japan and South Korea pledge greater cooperation
President Biden met with the heads of Japan and South Korea—the first such gathering between the three countries’ leaders in nearly five...
Jul 06, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Retail
Korean duty-free shops hit by unfavorable exchange rate, limited inventory
The duty-free industry has been hoping that the end of COVID-19-related travel restrictions would help boost its sales. Even as international t...
Jun 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Automobiles
Renault confident of Korean sales recovery; looks to larger cars
When French carmaker Groupe Renault dropped Samsung from its South Korean unit's company name in March, it aroused worries that the firm may not be ...
Jun 13, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Airlines
Korean Air’s stock lags US peers' on slow demand recovery
Korean Air Lines Co.’s stock is underperforming those of its US rivals on concerns that South Korea’s top carrier is unlikely to immedia...
Apr 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Airlines
Global airlines raise flights to pre-COVID levels on border reopening
Global airlines are increasing flights to pre-pandemic levels as countries worldwide are opening up their borders to support the tourism sector, ram...
Mar 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Retail
End of No-Japanese boycott? Uniqlo Korea turns to black
Japanese companies operating in South Korea are making a comeback after being hit hard by a campaign that began in mid-2019 to boycott Japanese prod...
Dec 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Energy
Hyundai wins $1.7 bn natural gas field project order from Aramco
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co. and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), both carmaker giant Hyundai Motor Gr...
Nov 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Supply chain
Urea crisis lays bare South Korea’s heavy dependence on China
The diesel exhaust fluid crisis hitting South Korea across various industries lays bare the supply chain vulnerability of the country, which has hea...
Nov 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Airlines
Korean LCCs rush to stock market for fund on travel recovery hopes
Cash-strapped South Korean budget airlines are rushing to raise money in the local stock market on growing hopes for a travel recovery as government...
Oct 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Sovereign wealth funds
KIC advised to invest in Europe's residential market
Europe's residential real estate market has stronger growth potential than the US housing facilities, given the growing preference among millennials...
Sep 29, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Energy
Korea refiners' recovery accelerates on strong margins
South Korean refiners are gathering recovery momentum as refining margins hit a two-year high on falling petroleum product supply from China and r...
Sep 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Economy
Korea proposes record budget for 2022 to speed up recovery
South Korea’s government proposed a record high spending for 2022 to reinforce a recovery in Asia’s fourth-largest economy despite a wid...
Aug 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Chief Executives
US may return to low rates after modest inflation
The rising inflationary risk in the US, fueled by strong recovery from the pandemic-induced slowdown, is likely to be short-lived and modest, and in...
Aug 20, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
IPOs
Hyundai Heavy gets approval for IPO
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. got approval for an initial public offering (IPO) from South Korea’s stock exchange. The country’s top ship...
Aug 06, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
IPOs
SM Line files for IPO review, aims for Kosdaq listing in second-half
South Korean merchant liner SM Line Corp. has filed for a preliminary review by the Korea Exchange of its plan to go public on the junior Kosdaq mar...
Jul 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Bond issuance
CJ CGV receives $14.5 bn demand for perpetual convertible bond issues
South Korea’s leading multiplex cinema chain CJ CGV has received 16.2 trillion won ($14.5 billion) in investor demand for the perpetual conv...
Jun 04, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Economy
Chips, autos set S.Korea’s May export growth at fastest pace in 32 years
South Korea’s exports surged to the highest level in over 32 years in May on the back of strong demand for semiconductors and automobiles, rei...
Jun 02, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
Hyundai Motor group
Hyundai Motor sets recovery plan for commercial vehicles
Hyundai Motor Co. has devised ambitious plans for this year to rescue its declining commercial vehicle segment. The company will undergo organizatio...
Apr 05, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
language -
ESG
How South Korea can prevent a self-defeating green recovery
The rules of economic growth have changed. From the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have emerged with renewed sense of purpose, activ...
Mar 30, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Sovereign wealth funds
KIC sees pre-pandemic level economic recovery as early as H2
A senior investment manager of the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) said on Thursday that the global economy may return to pre-pandemic levels lat...
Feb 26, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
-
Economy
BOK raises growth view as it holds rate, warns against V-shaped recovery
The Bank of Korea has raised its growth forecast for this year and next, citing advances in vaccine development and a rebound in exports, after keep...
Nov 26, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
-
KOSPI
Credit Suisse raises KOSPI target to 2,600 amid positive outlook for market recovery
Swiss-based investment bank Credit Suisse has raised its KOSPI target to 2,600 from 2,300 on August 19 on the back of the weakened US dollar and impro...
Aug 20, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Korea’s top cinema chains seek merger to counter box office slump
- 2 S.Korea’s GEPS to commit $143 million to foreign mid-cap buyout funds
- 3 CJ CheilJedang to open $72 mn dumpling plant in Japan
- 4 LG Electronics breaks ground on $600 million home appliance plant in India
- 5 KakaoBank posts record Q1 profit, eyes Thai expansion after Indonesia