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Market Trend
Koreans return to foreign stock funds for bargain hunting
South Korean funds for overseas stock investments enjoyed the return of money to buy growth shares in the US on dips this year, while local investor...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmetics shares rally amid hopes of eased social distancing
Cosmetics and beauty shares are benefiting from president-elect Yoon Seok-yeol’s pledge to ease social distancing mandates. South Korean cosme...
Mar 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
HMM shares weighed by overhang concerns despite soaring profit
South Korea’s largest container line HMM Co. has seen its shares trapped in a boxed range over the past few months despite its spectacular ear...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
ETFs entice Korean investors amid volatile market
South Korean retail investors bought more exchange-traded funds (ETFs) than stocks on the country’s main Kospi in the last six months as the b...
Mar 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
China's lockdown: Double effect to Korean tech stocks
The COVID-19 lockdown of Shenzhen, the city known as Silicon Valley of China, is increasing concerns over supply disruptions to South Korea’s ...
Mar 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea reopening stocks rally as govt. eases COVID-19 restrictions
South Korea’s reopening stocks jumped on Friday as the government eases COVID-19-curbing restrictions and as the number of the Omicron variant...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korean builders, tech stocks rally after election
The South Korean stock market rose across the board on Thursday, reacting positively to the election of former prosecutor generator Yoon Suk-yeol as...
Mar 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea's president-elect Yoon vows deregulation, tax cuts
Former prosecutor general Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday was elected South Korea's next president, pledging drastic deregulation and investor-friendly m...
Mar 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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War in Ukraine
Korea defense firms in spotlight amid Russia-Ukraine war
South Korea’s defense makers are in the spotlight as nations are expected to boost their military power amid the Russia-Ukraine war. Industry ...
Mar 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
S.Korea seen to benefit from MSCI's Russia removal
MSCI Inc.'s decision to remove Russian stocks from its emerging markets indexes from later next week stirred up expectations that as much as $3.4 bi...
Mar 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy faces reality check as its stock turns a market laggard
South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. was touted as a market darling even before its Kospi debut last month, reflecting the investor fr...
Feb 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
S.Korea to ban execs' post-IPO share sale for certain period
South Korea will introduce an IPO lock-up period for company executives and their top shareholders to ban them from selling the company shares short...
Feb 23, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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War in Ukraine
Ukraine crisis haunts global stocks; oil prices surge
Global stock markets tumbled and oil prices hit their highest levels since 2014 on Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into b...
Feb 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Cosmetics stocks buoyed by ‘With Corona’ expectations
Shares of cosmetics and skincare companies in South Korea have surged recently on expectations of easing pandemic-related restrictions. A few...
Feb 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Game stocks plunge in S. Korea, US
Game shares in South Korea and the United States have plunged, hit by worse-than-expected earnings. Online game developers in Korea have also b...
Feb 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Stocks
Ukraine woes, global tightening knock down Asian stocks
Asian stock markets lost ground on Monday with South Korea’s main shares down to their lowest level in more than two weeks as rising tensions ...
Feb 14, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Gaming stocks tumble after disappointing Q4 results
Shares in South Korean gaming companies have been on a losing run since the start of the year, giving up about half of the gains they enjoyed late l...
Feb 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Korea corporate borrowing costs jump to 8-year peaks
South Korean companies suffered from surging financing costs as corporate bond yields shot to eight-year highs. Affiliates of major conglomerates wi...
Feb 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Treasury bonds
Korea bond yields near four-year highs on extra budget
South Korea’s government bond yields jumped to their highs in almost four years as lawmakers sought to raise a supplementary budget to up to $...
Feb 09, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Korea’s reopening stocks shine despite surging Omicron cases
South Korea’s reopening stocks rallied even as the local COVID-19 cases hit record-highs with the spread of the Omicron variant. Investors rai...
Feb 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Entertainment
All of Us Are Dead ends boost to related stocks
Netflix’s new original drama series All of Us Are Dead was another South Korean drama hit, but stocks related to the new zombie thriller have ...
Feb 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy: Will joining indices rescue stock from its plunge?
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s No. 2 battery maker, will gain quick entry to two MSCI indices in mid-February as well as join Ko...
Jan 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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IPOs
Hyundai Engineering drops IPO plan on stock market weakness
Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, dropped a listing plan to raise up ...
Jan 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Kospi melts as Fed, LG Energy spur foreign selling
South Korean stocks lost ground with the main index entering a bear market on Thursday as foreign investors intensified their selling after the US F...
Jan 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insider trading
Korea prosecutors probe alleged EcoPro BM insider trading
EcoPro BM Co., South Korea’s top cathode material producer, is under probe by local prosecutors for allegations of insider trading, according ...
Jan 26, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate bonds
Corporates raise record-high $193 bn via stakes, bonds in 2021
Korean companies raised capital of 231.5 trillion won ($193.2 billion) through stock and bond issuance in the domestic market in 2021, according t...
Jan 25, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Innotek shares rise despite mixed brokerage views
LG Innotek Co. stocks have been on a rising trend over the past three months and are trading at their highest-ever prices. However, there are mixed ...
Jan 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Markets
Time to buy Korean entertainment stocks?
Hopes for a rebound in South Korea’s entertainment shares emerged as their earnings are expected to improve on new businesses and their valuat...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fraud scandals
Kakao names new CEO to salvage reputation hurt by stock options scandal
Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, on Thursday announced a new chief executive nominee as the company ...
Jan 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Korea’s defense companies emerge as coveted growth stocks
South Korea’s defense companies have been regarded as typical domestic stocks with their share performances broadly linked to the size of the ...
Jan 16, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)