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Bio & Pharma
KAIST discovers diabetes treatment using light
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Wednesday that they have discovered a method to treat diabetes by insert...
Sep 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea warns foreigners of stricter rules on illegal short selling
South Korea’s financial watchdog urged foreign brokerage firms to strengthen their internal control systems to ban illegal short selling on th...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
High price, quality issues slow Kia EV9 sales in Korea
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, is struggling to sell its flagship large all-electric sport utility vehicle EV9 at home as high pric...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK C&C, Yonsei Univ. to develop digital manufacturing experts
South Korea's digital solutions provider SK C&C will open a master’s degree program at Yonsei University in Seoul to develop experts in di...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Uplus to hold job fair in Los Angeles
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. on Thursday said it will hold the recruiting event LG Uplus US Fair at the hotel Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey near Los ...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia see US sales increase for 13th consecutive month
South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Corp. posted a record 13th consecutive month sales increase last ...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
Kim Young-shub, ex-LG CNS chief, to lead Korea’s telecom giant KT
Kim Young-shub, former chief executive of information technology service provider LG CNS Co., has been named to head South Korea’s leading tel...
Aug 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung to hire experienced foreign staff in R&D
Three affiliates of Samsung Group are looking to hire outstanding foreign researchers.Samsung Electronics Co., Samsung Display and Samsung SDI Co. o...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop
K-pop label JYP Entertainment earnings disappoint; shares down
JYP Entertainment Corp., the music label behind K-pop bands Stray Kids, Twice and NiziU, saw its stocks drop on Monday due to its disappointing quar...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
SK Telecom's T deal sees 81.5% transaction amount increase in H1
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that the transaction volume of its artificial intelligence (AI)-curated text commerce T deal in the...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Taihan Cable posts highest first-half operating profit in 20 years
South Korea's Taihan Cable & Solution Co. announced on Friday that its consolidated operating profit for the first half of this year reached 41....
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG Uplus to grow EV charging JV to be among Korea’s top 3
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, aims to develop its electric vehicle charging joint venture with Kakao Mobility Co...
Aug 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Korea’s time deposit rates head north on higher bank bonds’ coupon
South Korea’s commercial banks have joined thrifts and credit unions in a race to offer their time deposit holders higher interest to cover cl...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Smilegate to host CFS Summer Championship 2023 in Vietnam
Smilegate Entertainment, a South Korean game developer and publisher, announced on Monday that it will host the "CFS Summer Championship 2023" in co...
Aug 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Tour's Jeju Island casino hits record revenue in July
South Korea’s Lotte Tour Development's Jeju-based casino saw record revenue in July thanks to an increased number of foreign tourists to the c...
Aug 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Super-large screens account for one third of Samsung’s TV sales
Samsung Electronics Co. announced that one out of every three of its Neo QLED and QLED TVs sold in South Korea between January and July this year fe...
Aug 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
Seoul mulls ‘treble damages’ for illegal K-content websites
The South Korean government and the ruling People Power Party are considering tripling punitive damages to illegal distributors of Korean entertainm...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
S.Korea's top four accounting firms to cut hiring 30%
South Korea's top four accounting firms -- Samil PwC, Samjong KPMG, Deloitte Anjin and EY Hanyoung -- are expected to cut hiring this year more than...
Jul 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Volvo tops S.Koreans’ favorite foreign car survey list for service
Sweden's Volvo offers the best after-sales service among imported automobile dealers in South Korea, while locals drivers are disappointed by the cu...
Jul 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
S.Korea in June sets post-COVID-19 monthly high in foreign visitors
The (South) Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) on Friday said 961,000 foreign visitors came to the country last month, a 321.9% jump from June last ye...
Jul 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
KB Financial logs record profit in Q2, above consensus estimates
South Korea’s second-largest financial institution KB Financial Group Inc. achieved record-high quarterly net profit in the April-June period ...
Jul 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Huons’ overseas market expansion leads to record-high sales
South Korea's Huons Group is continuing its record-breaking performance while expanding its influence in the global market.According to Huons Group ...
Jul 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
HMM officially put on sale with CB conversion shares
The privatization of South Korea’s No. 1 sea flag carrier HMM Co. has gained traction after an official announcement of its stake sale. But th...
Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Aekyung Industrial's sales on Amazon jump 58% in H1 2023
South Korea's Aekyung Industrial announced on Tuesday that its sales on the US e-commerce platform Amazon in the first half of this year increased...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO revises up 2030 cathode output target by 40%
POSCO Future M Co. is aiming to be South Korea’s largest cathode material producer by 2030, by when it hopes its output will sharply exceed th...
Jul 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
McDonald’s to increase locations by 25% in S.Korea by 2030
McDonald’s Corp., the world’s top fast-food restaurant operator, is set to increase the number of its locatons in South Korea by 25% to ...
Jul 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Hanatour sees surge of package tourists in June
South Korea’s top travel agency Hanatour Service Inc. saw a dramatic 661% increase in package tourists in June from the previous year, recordi...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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E-commerce
Coupang taps former Trump aide for political relations
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. hired a top aide of former US President Donald Trump to expand its political network in Washington and se...
Jul 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
Singapore includes KS Standards in construction guidelines
KS standards have been included in Singapore's Class 1 Building and Construction guidelines (BC1). As a result, it is expected that steel exports to...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
Samsung Electronics holds biannual global strategy meeting
Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday launched its three-day global strategy meeting, a biannual event held in June and December where major executives...
Jun 21, 2023 (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