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Electronics
Samsung Electronics tops in S.Korea's after-sales service
Samsung Electronics Service, a service subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., announced on Tuesday that it topped all categories - home applia...
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League table
UBS tops Korea’s M&A advisor list on Asiana, Affinity deals
UBS Group AG topped the South Korean mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table in the second quarter as the global investment bank worked on m...
Jul 01, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea’s consumer goods exports to top $100 bn in 2024: KOTRA
South Korea is projected to reap more than $100 billion from selling the country’s consumer goods overseas this year. Exports of such products...
Jun 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air named Skytrax world's top 100 airlines
Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc. have been selected for the 2024 World Airline Awards by UK-based aviation consultancy Skytrax on June ...
Jun 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s travel payment card market competition heats up
Competition in the South Korean travel payment card market intensified as increasing overseas trips and cross-border shopping prompted credit card i...
Jun 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
LIG Nex1 earns top Morgan Stanley ESG rating of AA for 2nd consecutive year
LIG Nex1 Co., a leading defense system developer in South Korea, announced on Thursday that it has received an AA rating in the 2024 environmental, ...
Jun 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fashion
S.Korea's Handsome opens global flagship store System Paris
South Korean fashion company Handsome Corp. announced on Wednesday that it will open its first global flagship store System and System Homme Paris i...
Jun 19, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor to produce Genesis cars in Kazakhstan
Hyundai Motor Group will produce Genesis models from its knock-down (KD) plant in Kazakhstan to bolster the South Korean auto giant’s luxury m...
Jun 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Asiana's cargo unit to be sold for $362 mn to Air Incheon
South Korean flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. has tapped Air Incheon, a local airline dedicated to cargo business, as the preferred bidder to acqui...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Hotels & Resorts opens L7 Hotel in Chicago
South Korea’s Lotte Hotels & Resorts announced on Friday that it held the opening event for L7 Chicago by Lotte in Chicago, the US, E...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
KGC enters Malaysian healty functional food market
Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), wholly owned by South Korean tobacco giant KT&G Corp., announced on June 13 that it sells its red ginseng brand Jung ...
Jun 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
SK, Geely join forces for EV battery, component production
SK Inc., the holding company of South Korea’s No. 2 conglomerate SK Group, will join forces with Chinese auto giant Zhejiang Geely Holding Gro...
Jun 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Nara Space selected as IPEF's top-100 climate startups
South Korea's micro-satellite startup Nara Space Technology Inc. announced on Friday that it was selected as one of the top-100 climate tech startup...
Jun 07, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
LG-Kakao EV charger JV LG Uplus VoltUp sets sail
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, and the country’s largest taxi-hailing platform Kakao Mobility Corp. officia...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Dog meetup app MMDC aspires to be AI pet nanny
Some call it social media for dogs, others say it's a dating app for their four-legged friends. No matter what you call it, the Meet My Dog Challeng...
Jun 05, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung becomes No.1 smartphone brand in 38 countries in Q1
Samsung Electronics Co. has become No. 1 smartphone brand in 38 countries in the first quarter of this year.According to Counterpoint Research's Sma...
Jun 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Nvidia beats Tesla to emerge as top foreign stock held by Koreans
Nvidia Corp., the global top artificial intelligence chip leader, overtook Tesla Inc., the world’s second-largest electric vehicle maker, to b...
May 30, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
Mega Coffee to open first store in Mongolia
South Korea's low-price coffee chain, Mega MGC Coffee, announced on Tuesday that it will open its first overseas store in Mongolia on May 30. This...
May 29, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
Lotte Tour launches premium travel brand High&
Lotte Tour Development Co. announced on Tuesday that it launched the brand High& for high-quality premium package travel products.High& is a...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hankook Tire extends sponsorship of Europa League for 3 years
Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Tuesday that it extended its official sponsorship contracts with the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa C...
May 28, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Hanwha Galleria poised to buy drink maker Pure Plus
Hanwha Galleria Corp., a South Korean department store operator, signed a memorandum of understanding early this month to buy a domestic non-alcohol...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
GS25 opens 300th store in Vietnam
South Korean convenience store chain GS25 said on Sunday that it opened its 300th store in Vietnam. This is the milestone since it entered th...
May 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
US cosmetics brand Bath & Body Works enters S.Korea
The US-based cosmetics brand Bath & Body Works, renowned for its diverse lineup of over 250 fragrances, enters the South Korean market. Shi...
May 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG named UK’s best home entertainment brand for five years
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has been named Home Entertainment Brand of the Year at the "Which? Awards," hosted by the UK non-...
May 22, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung cements TV market lead in Q1; LG tops OLED segment
Samsung Electronics Co. has retained the top spot in the global TV market in the first quarter of this year, cementing its lead in the ultra-large p...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Amorepacific's Aestura to enter Thai market
South Korean beauty and cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. announced on Monday that its derma cosmetic brand Aestura will enter Thailand.Aestura joi...
May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Samyang tops Korean ramen makers by market cap, beating Nongshim
South Korean food maker Samyang Foods Co., globally renowned for its Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, saw its stock hit a record high on Friday after it de...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Korean beauty brands show signs of turnaround in China
South Korean cosmetics brands are showing signs of a turnaround in China, with their sales in the neighboring country recovering from the slump over...
May 17, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Samsung Galaxy 5G phone tops ACSI in US
Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy smartphone caught Apple in the cell phone manufacturer lead, taking the top spot among 5G phones, according to The ...
May 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
CJ CheilJedang profit beats forecasts on overseas business
South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on healthy overseas businesses and cost cut...
May 14, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)