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Pension funds
Korea’s NPS sees record assets, profit on double-digit return
South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) enjoyed record assets and profit in 2023 as the world’s third-largest pension fund reported...
Jan 02, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Asset management
Fed rate likely to be 2-4% over next decade: Oaktree's Howard Marks
Investors are experiencing the third “sea change,” facing the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes and its impact on economies and busines...
Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
SK Hynix’s new LPDDR5T chip shipped to Vivo for X100 smartphones
SK Hynix Inc. said on Monday it has commercialized the world’s fastest mobile DRAM by shipping its new advanced mobile chips, LPDDR5T, to Chin...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
Coupang on track to post first-ever annual profit in 2023
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. on Tuesday reported $87 million in operating profit in the third quarter, its third consecutive quarterly...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Won strengthens past 1,300 mark vs dollar on short-sale ban
The South Korean won continued its bull run on Monday, strengthening past the psychologically important barrier of 1,300 level against the dollar fo...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Advertising & Marketing
Innocean to invest $370 million in new growth drivers
Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, will invest 500 billion won ($370 million) for four years u...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
HD Hyundai President Chung to deliver keynote at CES 2024
South Korea's No. 1 shipbuilding group’s heir apparent Chung Ki-sun will deliver a keynote speech at the world’s biggest consumer techno...
Oct 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai, Kia aim for 20% share in Middle East with EVs by 2030
Hyundai Motor Co. and its sibling Kia Corp. together target selling 550,000 cars annually in the Middle East by 2030 to control about 20% of the reg...
Oct 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Samsung Heavy develops container loss prevention device
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries on Tuesday revealed its latest invention Special Structure Anti-Container Loss (SSA-CL), using its...
Oct 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
LG Elec beats earnings estimates on healthy automotive biz
LG Electronics Inc., the leading global home appliance maker, reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings thanks to the strong automotive busin...
Oct 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Incheon Airport’s cumulative passengers surpass 800 mn
Incheon International Airport, which opened in 2001, has surpassed a cumulative total of 800 million passengers. Incheon International Airport Corpo...
Oct 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Korea’s SKC to invest up to $70 mn in US smart glass firm Halio
SKC Ltd., a South Korean chemicals maker, is set to invest as much as $70 million in Halio Inc., a US smart glass technology company, to expand the ...
Sep 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SKC plans world’s largest biodegradable plastic plant in Vietnam
South Korea’s SKC Ltd., secured an investment registration certificate (IRC) to establish the world’s largest biodegradable plastics m...
Sep 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
SK Ecoplant to build data center linked to landing station in Pohang
South Korea's SK Ecoplant is set to establish, for the first time in South Korea, a global data center linked to a landing station in Pohang, North ...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
POSCO Int'l, Equinor tie up for Ulsan offshore wind project
POSCO International Corp., a South Korean energy and trading arm of steel behemoth POSCO Holdings Inc., signed a memorandum of understanding on Thur...
Sep 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD KSOE to build world's largest ammonia carriers
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (KSOE), the intermediate holding company of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, is set to become the f...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung releases Galaxy Z Fold5 Thom Browne edition
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will unveil the Galaxy Z Fold5 Thom Browne edition, a foldable smartphone created in collabora...
Sep 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Travel & Leisure
10 mn-subscriber YouTuber Mark Wiens to showcase K-food
Renowned food influencer Mark Wiens is set to showcase the allure of gastronomic journeys in South Korea. According to the Korea Tourism Organizatio...
Sep 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
Nongshim Kellogg enters S.Korean instant rice market
Nongshim Kellogg Co. announced on Monday its foray into the domestic instant rice market with the launch of "Whole Oat Rice," a product made exclu...
Aug 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
POSCO Int'l marks 1st animal vaccine exports
POSCO International Corp., the general trading and energy exploration unit of South Korea's steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., announced on Thursday t...
Aug 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
SK Geo Centric, China’s Sinopec mark 10-year alliance
China-Korea Petrochemical, a joint venture (JV) between South Korea’s SK Geo Centric and the Chinese public oil company Sinopec, celebrates it...
Aug 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
Blackstone, KKR join race for Korean pension fund's real estate debt
South Korea’s Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has shortlisted four global investment firms, Blackstone, KKR & Co., Goldman Sac...
Aug 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG Electronics’ projectors sweep world’s No. 3 golf market
Screen golf centers have become another gold mine for LG Electronics Inc. thanks to Koreans’ unwavering golf enthusiasm, which has made the wo...
Aug 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Samsung materials suppliers Soulbrain, DNF to merge in $87 mn deal
Soulbrain Holdings Co., a South Korean high-tech materials supplier to Samsung Electronics Co., is in final talks to buy a controlling stake in anot...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder value
SK Square to buy back $152 mn of its stocks by March 2024
South Korean investment firm SK Square Co. will buy back 200 billion won ($151.9 million) worth of corporate shares by March of next year as an effo...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
Com2uS' Minigame Party surpasses 1 mn global downloads
South Korean game company Com2uS Corp. announced on Friday that its mobile game "Minigame Party," which was simultaneously released worldwide on Jul...
Aug 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia Sportage celebrates milestone of 7 mn sales in 30 years
Kia Sportage has sold more than 7 million units since its launch three decades ago, celebrating the milestone with a special edition of its fifth-ge...
Jul 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Mergers & Acquisitions
SK Energy acquires logistics platform Goodsflow
South Korea's SK Energy will buy all shares of Goodsflow, a Seoul-based provider of logistics platform services, to enter the urban logistics center...
Jul 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Steel
POSCO Holdings posts operating profit of $790 million in Q1
South Korea's POSCO Holdings Inc. has returned to the level of 1 trillion won ($790.5 million) in quarterly operating profit after a year and sales ...
Jul 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Kia releases latest Sportage to mark model's 30th anniversary
Kia Corp. on Tuesday launched the sale of the 2024 Sportage, South Korea's bestselling mid-size sport-utility vehicle (SUV).Launched in 1993 as "the...
Jul 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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