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  • Business & Politics
    Naver beleaguered by weak Korean businesses amid Line woes

    South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. is struggling with sluggish core domestic businesses – commerce, search and s...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Machinery
    Korean construction machine makers set sights on India, Brazil, Mexico

    South Korea’s leading construction machine makers are actively advancing into emerging markets such as India, Brazil, Mexi...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • 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 ...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Automobiles
    Korea’s Mobase to build US plant as it wins $733 mn Hyundai deal

    SUWON, Gyeonggi Province -- Mobase Electronics Co., a South Korean automotive electronics parts maker, is planning to establish ...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Electronics
    Samsung’s new AI PC to hit global market in mid-June

    Samsung Electronics Co. will start offering the Galaxy Book4 Edge, a new addition to its latest flagship Galaxy Book4 laptop ser...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Aerospace & Defense
    SM Bexel supplies $14.7 mn lithium ampoule batteries to KDI

    SM Bexel Co., the battery manufacturing arm of South Korea's SM Group, announced on Tuesday that it signed a supply contract wor...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Executive reshuffles
    Samsung Electronics replaces chip head amid HBM crisis

    Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top memory chipmaker, on Tuesday replaced its semiconductor business chief as the Sou...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Electric vehicles
    Hyundai Motor, Kia to develop alternative to rare earth materials

    Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. have partnered with South Korea's universities to secure materials for vehicle electrification c...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Sovereign wealth funds
    KIC eyes direct lending with high return potential: CEO

    Sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) seeks opportunities in direct lending for companies that are not cyclic...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Energy
    Doosan Enerbility wins deal for fuel conversion project in Chile

    South Korea's major power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Tuesday that it has won a contract for a fuel conve...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Korean stock market
    Korea Inc. nearly triples dividend payments in decade

    Cash dividend payments by companies listed on the Korea Exchange, the country's main bourse, have nearly tripled in a decade. Th...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Travel & Leisure
    Hotel Lotte resumes global push with management deals

    Hotel Lotte Co., South Korea’s leading hospitality, leisure and travel retail giant, has resumed its global expansion push...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • 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 ...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Pension funds
    NPS to spur buyout, VC in US tech sector: chairman

    South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest pension fund, will speed up its private equi...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    SK C&C unveils enterprise-tailored sLLM

    SK Inc C&C (SK C&C), the information technology service unit of South Korea’s SK Group, announced on Monday that i...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

  • Artificial intelligence
    Korean Air, Amazon to build AI customer center

    South Korea's Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Monday that it will build an artificial intelligence (AI) contact center (AICC) ...

    May 21, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)