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  • Electric vehicles
    Kia unveils low-cost EV models to reboot sales growth

    Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, showcased new low-cost electric vehicles on Thursday to boost the slowing growth...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Energy
    KHNP closes in on Romania’s nuclear plant refurbishment project

    Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) is eyeing to participate in a project to refurbish Romania-based Cernavoda Nuclear Powe...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Real estate
    Mirae Asset puts HI Investment headquarters on the market

    South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. is seeking to sell off HI Investment & Securities Co. headquarters, t...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Bio & Pharma
    S.Korea's DuChemBio localizes core materials of radiopharmaceuticals

    South Korea's DuChemBio Co. announced on Thursday that it has obtained final approval for a recovery and purification facility f...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Beauty & Cosmetics
    Cosmax forms dedicated suncare OTC team

    Cosmax Inc., South Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer that specializes in original design manufacturing (ODM), announced on ...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Venture capital
    Lotte Ventures hosts L-Camp in Tokyo for promising Korean startups

     TOKYO – Lotte Ventures Corp., the corporate venture capital (CVC) business unit of South Korea’s Lotte Group, ...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean food
    Dongwon F&B to accelerate global push with StarKist

    COLOGNE, Germany – Dongwon F&B Co., South Korea’s largest canned tuna manufacturer, will break away from its dom...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Economy
    Korea’s household, business loans on upswing in September

    South Korea’s household debt continued to rise for the sixth consecutive month in September despite stricter regulations o...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Cryptocurrencies
    Netmarble's Marblex listed on Zaif in Japan

    Marblex, a blockchain subsidiary of the South Korean game developer Netmarble Corp., announced on Thursday that it has listed it...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Carbon neutrality
    SK Chemicals signs VPPA contract with SK E&S

    South Korea's SK Chemicals Co. announced on Thursday a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with SK E&S to shift 10% of t...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean chipmakers
    SGC eTEC E&C completes chip packaging plant in Vietnam

    South Korea's SGC eTEC E&C Co. on Thursday announced the completion of a cutting-edge semiconductor packaging facility in Vi...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean startups
    Ably, Meta develop AI-based ad measurement tech

    South Korean fashion commerce platform Ably Corp. on Thursday announced the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-bas...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • The KED View
    Five most common frustrations of Korean entrepreneurs

    A South Korean company recently gave up on its plan to venture into the burgeoning robot market.Fair-trade regulations that proh...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Food & Beverage
    KT&G breaks ground on new plant in Kazakhstan

    South Korea's KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, announced on Thursday the commencement of its new f...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Energy
    Seesawing refining margins cloud Korean refiners’ earnings

    The outlook on South Korean oil refiners' earnings in the fourth quarter has turned murky as oil refining margins are back on ...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Energy
    POSCO International, GS Caltex to build palm oil refinery in Indonesia

    South Korea’s POSCO International Corp. and GS Caltex Corp. on Thursday signed a $210 million deal to build a bio feedstoc...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Bio & Pharma
    S.Korean vaccine developer Quratis eyes Iraqi market

    South Korean vaccine developer Quratis Inc. on Wednesday announced its signing of a term sheet on the direction and major transa...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Tech, Media & Telecom
    KT, Hyundai Livart to pursue DX in home interior

    South Korea’s KT Corp. and furniture and interior company Hyundai Livart Furniture are pursuing Premium Interior Digital T...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Batteries
    Samsung SDI, Stellantis to build 2nd US EV battery plant in Indiana

    Kokomo, Indiana, will be the site of the second electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the US of South Korea’s Samsung SDI...

    Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)