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Business & Politics
S.Korea to strengthen cooperation with Portugal in renewable energy
South Korea’s the Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Lee Chang-yang participated on Wednesday in The Korean-Portuguese Business Forum at the ...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea fines Google $32 mn for squashing local rival
South Korea’s antitrust body on Tuesday fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC and its regional arms 42.1 billion won ($32 million) for allege...
Apr 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea sets Nuri space rocket’s third launch on May 24
South Korea will conduct a third attempt to launch its first domestically designed and developed space rocket Nuri on May 24. The Ministry of Scien...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
S.Korea's NHN Commerce acquires domestic cosmetics brand WLab
South Korea's major online company NHN Corp.'s online shopping platform NHN Commerce announced on Tuesday that it has acquired domestic cosmetics br...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
NPS, Korea Investment to sell off stake in Brazilian miner CBMM
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) and Korea Investment Private Equity Co. are set to sell off their stake in a Brazilian rare metal...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
Number of Netflix users in S. Korea drops 30% in a year
The number of Netflix users in South Korea has decreased by more than 30% in the past year since the recovery from COVID-19. According to Byun Jae-...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
KCCI, JCCI hold a working level meeting in six years
Business representatives from South Korea and Japan gathered for the first time in six years, with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
S.Korea sees release of generic diabetes drugs after Forxiga patent expires
South Korea's pharmaceutical companies are competing to sell generic drugs to raise their presence on the domestic market for diabetes treatment wit...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea’s debt-ridden public companies selling off overseas coal mines
South Korea’s debt-ridden public enterprises are selling off their stakes in overseas coal mines to improve their financial status and stay in...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Chanel watches make world's 1st online debut in Korea
Chanel watches have made their online debut through South Korea's leading platform SSG.COM, becoming the French brand’s first launch of fashio...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Korea Coal Corp. to sell Mongolian mine amid energy resource boom
Korea Coal Corporation, a South Korean state-owned firm, is preparing to sell its Khotgor Shanaga coal mine in Mongolia, which it acquired in 2010...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
S.Korea to allocate 70% of annual R&D budget to eleven core tech areas
The South Korean government plans to allocate 70% of its annual R&D budget to 40 projects for research and development in eleven core industrial...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hydrogen economy
SK Energy opens S.Korea's first hydrogen charging station for large trucks
SK Energy is the first company in South Korea to launch a station for charging large hydrogen-powered trucks. The company on Sunday said it held a c...
Apr 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Electronics eyes solid Q2 results after Q1 earnings surprise
LG Electronics Inc. is expected to report solid earnings for the second quarter after its first-quarter operating profit beat market expectations an...
Apr 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
S.Korea's Musinsa promotes domestic fashion brands in Tokyo
South Korea's e-commerce fashion platform Musinsa announced on Friday that it opens a K-fashion brand pop-up store in Tokyo's Harajuku until April 1...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
HD Hyundai Elec commercializes DC distribution facilities for 1 MW bldgs
HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical power equipment and energy solution affiliate of South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai Co. Group, on Friday s...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK, Samsung accelerate S.Korea’s CO2 capture biz growth
Samsung and SK, South Korea’s two largest conglomerates, are speeding up the growth in the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) busi...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
Korea's InnoGrid to collaborate with Hyosung for cloud business
InnoGrid Co., South Korea's cloud computing and digital transformation (DT) specialist, announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement with dat...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
Korea's electric battery maker SK On predicts 'tangible results' from 2024
"Despite many difficulties early on, we can see tangible results from next year if we overcome such challenges.”Chey Jae-won, CEO and executiv...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
S.Korea's D-Rex Polymer starts making green adhesive
South Korean petrochemical company DL Chemical on Thursday said its subsidiary D-Rex Polymer on April 1 began production of an eco-friendly adhesive...
Apr 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
S.Korea's NPS increases stake in Lotte Tour Development
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) has increased its stake in Lotte Tour Development Co. to 6.07%, according to an announcement by Lotte T...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
S.Korea strikes deal with Ecuador to export pears
South Korea's Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency announced on Thursday that after 10 years of negotiations, the country has secured a deal with Ecua...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Cloud computing
S.Korea's Yanolja Cloud acquires US solution company InSoft
South Korea's Yanolja Cloud announced on Thursday that it has acquired InSoft, a US hospitality solution company, to establish a base for expanding ...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
South Korea's Kosdaq Global Index set to add more stocks
Financial investment sources on Wednesday said Korea Exchange on March 31 conducted a regular review on listing more companies on the Kosdaq Global ...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
S. Korea's Orion sees brisk sales growth in Vietnam, Russia
South Korea's confectionary giant Orion Corp. has seen brisk sales growth this year, pushing out rival CJ CheilJedang Corp. to solidify its dominanc...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
SeAH rolls out S.Korea's first 24-inch STS steel pipe production line
South Korea's SeAH Steel Corp. through an expansion has the nation's largest plant for stainless steel (STS) welded steel pipe measuring 60.9 cm (24...
Apr 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
S.Korea to allow actual construction of hydrogen-powered ship
South Korea's the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on Wednesday that it has established "tentative standards for ship hydrogen fuel cell e...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Shinhan Financial, KOSME to support startups for expanding Japanese market
Shinhan Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) to support Korean startups' ent...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
South Korea groans under snowballing national liabilities
South Korea’s liabilities ballooned last year following heavy fiscal spending related to the COVID-19 pandemic to buttress growth in Asia...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Kyobo Life’s holding firm plan gains speed with Pavilion Asset acquisition
Kyobo Life Insurance Co. has completed the process to put a South Korea-based alternative asset investment company under its wing, a move that is ex...
Apr 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)