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  • Foreign exchange
    Korean won at 17-month low on Middle East woes, Fed rate view

    The South Korean won currency on Tuesday fell to its weakest level in 17 months, briefly touching the psychologically important ...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean chipmakers
    South Korea’s chip design firms go abroad to tap $426 billion market

    South Korea’s chip design companies are turning their sights overseas to tap into the 593 trillion won ($426 billion) syst...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Real estate
    Keppel REIT to sell Seoul-based prime office T Tower

    Singapore’s Keppel REIT Management Ltd. is set to divest of its Seoul-based prime office building T Tower near Seoul Stati...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Food & Beverage
    Tim Hortons opens sixth store in S.Korea

    Canadian coffee brand Tim Hortons opened its sixth store in K-Twin Towers in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, South Korea, according to the c...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Bio & Pharma
    Korea’s Celltrion, SK Biopharmaceuticals benefit from direct US sales

    Celltrion Inc. and SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. are witnessing improving sales revenue and profitability by selling their products ...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Electric vehicles
    Doosan, LG unveil automated EV charger served by robot

    Doosan Robotics Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. have jointly developed an automated electric vehicle charger served by a robot and ...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Private equity
    Affinity to buy SK Rent-a-Car at $572 mn, more deals expected

    Affinity Equity Partners is set to buy SK Rent-a-Car Co., South Korea’s No. 2 car leasing company, at some 800 billion won...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Real estate
    SK D&D, Habyt to cooperate for residential business

    SK D&D Co., a real estate unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Tuesday that it signed a memorandum of understa...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    Korea's AI startup Upstage raises $72 mn for global expansion

    Upstage, South Korea’s artificial intelligence startup, raised about 100 billion won ($72 million) in its latest funding r...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Food & Beverage
    Paldo completes second factory in Vietnam

    South Korea’s food and beverage company Paldo announced on Tuesday that it completed the construction of its second factor...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Private equity
    Private markets open to more high-net-worth individuals: Hamilton Lane

    The number of high-net-worth individuals allocating capital to private markets is increasing fast. These are wealthy individuals...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean startups
    Korean unicorns’ failed global expedition causes growth concern   

    Woowa Brothers Corp. and Viva Republica Inc., South Korea’s most valuable unicorns, have pulled the plug on some of their ...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Corporate bonds
    LH issues $193 mn Brazilian bonds

    Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH) announced on Tuesday that it had issued Brazilian real-denominated bonds worth approxi...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Corporate bonds
    Brokerage firms' bonds draw investors amid rate cut hopes

    South Korean brokerage firms are ramping up sales of long-term bonds to refinance their loans by repaying short-term debts in ho...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Economy
    Burger, chicken franchises raise prices after elections

    Fried chicken and hamburger franchises in South Korea have sharply bumped up their food prices following the parliamentary elect...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Travel & Leisure
    Lotte Home Shopping expands Japan tour packages

    South Korea's Lotte Home Shopping said on Tuesday that it will expand its range of travel packages to Japan, including trips to ...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Hyundai Mobis tests Level 4 self-driving

    Hyundai Mobis Co., the world’s sixth-largest auto component maker, will start test driving a Level 4 autonomous driving ve...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Energy
    Growing controversy over call to share profits for using wind energy

    Renewable energy companies in South Korea are facing growing pressure to share their profits from wind or solar energy electrici...

    Apr 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)