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Earnings
SK Hynix, latest chipmaker to emerge victorious with record Q1 sales
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Networks establishes AI lab in Silicon Valley
South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Wednesday that it opened the PhnyX Lab, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology development organizatio...
Apr 25, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix to invest $14.6 bn to build HBM plant in S.Korea
SK Hynix Inc. will spend 20 trillion won ($14.6 billion) to build a new memory chip manufacturing plant on a site originally designated to build a NA...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Bet on innovations with societal impact: Kakao Ventures CEO
In the past 10 years, Kim Ki-jun has been on the hunt for deep technology startups that will have a significant societal impact, and he will continue...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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The KED View
K-pop: Pros and cons of HYBE's multi-label system
Disputes between HYBE Co. and its label behind popular girl group NewJeans has made headlines as an almost unheard-of conflict in the K-pop industry....
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
LG Energy vows to get tough on battery patent infringement cases
LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s second-largest battery maker in terms of sales after China’s CATL, said on Wednesday it will take st...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fiber & Textile
Toray Advanced Materials obtains AS9120 certification
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. announced Wednesday that it attained the AS9120 certification for aerospace industry quality management systems b...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Hanwha Ocean’s Q1 turnaround brightens earnings outlook
Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s third-largest shipbuilder, turned to the black in the first quarter powered by increasing sales of higher-end v...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai, Philly Shipyard cooperate to enter US
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. announced on Wednesday that it has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for design...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Woori Financial opens DinnoLab Vietnam Center
South Korea's Woori Financial Group announced on Wednesday that it has opened the DinnoLab Vietnam Center in Hanoi.DinnoLab is a program by Woori Fi...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beauty & Cosmetics
Aekyung AGE20's to enter US cosmetics market
South Korea's Aekyung Industrial Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Silicon2, a global K-beauty distrib...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Qcells inks US solar modules, power plants deal with TGC
Hanwha Q Cells Co., a solar power unit of South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group also known as Qcells in overseas markets...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung showcases AI TV techs in SE Asia
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Wednesday that it held its 2024 Southeast Asia Tech Seminar in Bangkok, Thailand from April 23 to 24. The compan...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea taps ex-NASA exec John Lee as space agency R&D head
South Korea named John Lee, a former senior executive of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as the head of missions such as...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Upcoming IPOs
Korchip sets IPO price above expected range
South Korea's micro secondary battery manufacturer Korchip set its IPO price at 18,000 won ($13.15), exceeding the upper end of the expected range (1...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai launches the ST1, its 1st electric work van with futuristic styling
South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said on Wednesday it is launching the ST1, its first fully electric work van that can be retrofit...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai Mobis to build battery plant in Spain for Volkswagen
NAVARRA, Spain -- Hyundai Mobis Co. said on Wednesday it has broken ground for an electric vehicle battery plant in Spain for stable supply to Volksw...
Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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North Korea
N.Korean hackers attack South’s arms makers for tech data
North Korean hackers allegedly attacked South Korean arms manufacturers and stole technical data from them over more than a year Seoul’s police...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Samsung Asset eyes expansion into US ETF market
NEW YORK – South Korea’s largest asset manager Samsung Asset Management Co. is leveraging its strategic partnership with a US investment ...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Retail
Used goods platform Gugus shines in slowing luxury market
Gugus, South Korea’s largest online retailer of secondhand luxury goods, posted double-digit growth in revenue and transactions in the first qu...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
S.Korea’s IBK, Japan’s Mizuho Bank agree on $218-million committed line
South Korea’s state-run Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) has agreed on a 300 billion won ($218 million) committed credit line with Japanese leadi...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG
SK Telecom, SoftBank to collaborate for SV measurement
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for cooperation in measuring social value ...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Banking & Finance
Hana Bank launches All-care Solution for Real Estate Wealth
South Korea's Hana Bank announced on Tuesday that it launched the premium real estate wealth management service Hana Real Estate All-care Solution in...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
HK inno.N to release K-CAB in MENA market
South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N announced on Tuesday that it signed a contract with Saudi Arabian local pharmaceutical company Tabuk Pharma...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
OCI to invest up to $1.5 bn in Malaysia’s polysilicon plant
KUALA LUMPUR -- OCI Holdings Co., South Korea’s leading chemical and green energy company, plans to invest up to 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) ...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean stock market
Krafton shares sink as SK Square taps 2.2% block trade
Shares of Krafton Inc., South Korea’s gaming behemoth, lost about 8% on Tuesday on news that SK Square Co., an investment arm of the country&rs...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
TYM exports 900 tractors to the Philippines
South Korea's agricultural machinery company TYM Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has won a bid project by the Philippine government to supply trac...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean food
CJ CheilJedang's K-style rice gains popularity in N.America
South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Tuesday that its sales of the flagship brand Bibigo’s Cooked Sticky White Rice in North Americ...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Korean banking group's Q1 profits drop on ELS sales
The combined net profit at South Korea’s four largest financial services firms, including KB Financial Group, are estimated to have dropped nea...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
POSCO tightens belts, seeks M&A within 3 years: new chairman
Chang In-hwa, chairman and chief executive of POSCO Holdings Inc., the parent of South Korea’s top steelmaker POSCO, has vowed to take drastic ...
Apr 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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